WHO: Verimatrix enhances the value and security of pay-TV networks with advanced technologies designed to address the content protection challenges of today, and those of tomorrow. The Verimatrix 3-Dimensional Content Security approach provides a framework to enhance operator competitiveness and the consumer experience in the new world of pay-TV.

WHAT: Conference Track:

Steve Oetegenn, chief sales and marketing officer, will be contributing to a panel session discussing how IPTV operators can gain a competitive edge with launching time-shifted and catch-up services.

The panel, which includes partners from Harmonic and ADB, will address:

• Exploiting the USPs of IPTV: time-shift and catch-up as “killer applications”
• Enriching the user experience with a compelling catch-up service
• Assessing service possibilities for PVR and full NPVR, beyond just “start-over” TV

WHEN: Sunday 15 Nov., 2009 at 4:10 p.m.

Product Focus:

VCAS 3 – Verimatrix’s next-generation Video Content Authority System platform broadens the domain of traditional conditional access. The core value proposition for VCAS 3 shifts beyond content protection alone towards the broader perspective of revenue security. The initial release of VCAS 3 supports emerging video delivery formats and new consumption models through a single content authority architecture.

Multi-device Adaptive Rate Streaming – As an important extension to the revenue envelope of pay-TV deployments, Verimatrix will be promoting its ability to secure adaptive rate streaming services to the PC, iPhone and other devices. In its latest whitepaper, “Adaptive Rate Streaming: Pay-TV at an Inflection Point,” the company highlights advances with this emerging technology are likely to alter the current framework of managed network vs. OTT delivery.

WHEN: During exhibition hours; 15 – 16 Nov., 2009

WHERE: IPTV World Middle East & Africa, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai, Booth #2