Hargray Communications has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System for IPTV solution to secure broadcast and VoD content on its Broadband TV service. Hargray delivers wired and wireless telephone, high-speed Internet and cable and IP television services to 100,000 customers in Hilton Head Island and the surrounding areas of South Carolina and Georgia.

Hargray is a telecom independent operating company that provides voice, video, data, wireless, high-speed Internet, and directory publishing services. As the 22nd largest IOC in the United States, Hargray has been one of the leaders in IP services deployment with incredibly deep experience in the delivery of video to its subscriber base.

VCAS for IPTV is an award-winning content security solution built on the principles of Public Key Infrastructure and X.509 digital certificates. Traditional conditional access systems are architected around one-way communications, while Verimatrix has designed its solutions from the ground up using the power and integrity of modern two-way IP infrastructure. By leveraging cryptographic and e-commerce technologies proven on the Internet, VCAS offers a more sophisticated level of content protection than traditional smartcard-based systems.