Siemens Communications Inc. today announced a global agreement making Widevine Technologies Inc. a certified content protection vendor for broadband carriers delivering Internet protocol television (IPTV) services to viewers via the Siemens SURPASS Home Entertainment solution.

Irdeto, the proven expert in content security for Digital TV, IPTV and Mobile, and a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers, announced today that Optical Entertainment Network (OEN) has chosen Irdeto's content security solution, Pisys, to protect its IP-based fiber-to the-premise (FTTP) network video service offering.

Verimatrix, the leading developer of IPTV content protection and security solutions, today announced at NAB 2006 the next generation of the Verimatrix Content Authority System (VCAS) 2.0. VCAS 2.0 is an enhanced version that protects the network operator's revenue stream by providing patent-pending theft of service prevention, while offering a redistribution feature to increase the value of the network and provide additional revenue opportunities.

Verimatrix, the leading developer of IPTV content protection and security solutions, today announced at NAB2006 that the Verimatrix Content Authority System (VCAS) is now available on the Sun Solaris 10 Operating System (OS). This provides network operators that select the Solaris operating system for IPTV the advantage of high performance, enhanced security, and scalability.

Irdeto, the proven expert in content security for Digital TV, IPTV and mobile and a subsidiary of the multinational media group Naspers, today announced it has joined Coral Consortium<, an industry-wide technology initiative whose goal is to deliver an open, voluntary standard for interoperability between digital rights management (DRM) technologies for consumer devices and services.

Tut Systems, Inc., an industry leader enabling the delivery of next-generation data and video services over broadband networks, and Verimatrix, the leading provider of content protection and security for the IPTV industry, announced that MBO Video LLC/Cim-Tel Cable, LLC of Mannford, OK is deploying next-generation IPTV services utilizing Tut Systems’ Astria content processor (CP) and the Verimatrix Content Authority Systems (VCAS). The MBO Video win is the latest in a series of mutual customer wins, but the first in which Tut Systems acted as the prime vendor for the VCAS solution under a recently signed reseller agreement.

Auroras Entertainment, LLC and Verimatrix, Inc. announced that they have partnered to deploy Verimatrix's industry leading content security and encryption technologies, as well as VideoMark forensic watermarking technology, to protect both live broadcast and Video on Demand (VOD) television programming throughout the Auroras IPTV nationwide network.

Irdeto, the proven expert in content security for digital TV, IPTV and mobile, and a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers, announced today that it is securing SureWest Communications' High Definition TV (HDTV) over IP (Internet Protocol) services in its Fiber-to-the-Premise network.

NDS announced an agreement with SES AMERICOM to support their IP-PRIME IPTV distribution solution with NDS Synamedia. Synamedia is a secure IP solution for two-way IPTV network operators. IP-PRIME is a centralized, satellite-delivered IP television delivery system that permits Telcos to bundle traditional standard and HD programming on a single line with their voice and Internet services.

Latens Systems announced that Ringgold Telephone Company has selected Latens FCAS CA as the encryption solution for its advanced IPTV services. Ringgold, a pioneer in IPTV in Georgia, now can offer its subscribers secured video services that include Pay-TV, High-Definition (HD), personal-video-recording (PVR), video-on-demand (VOD), and subscription video-on-demand (SVOD), through tight integration with TVN, the C-Cor VOD solution and Minerva's iTV Manager.

Verimatrix, the leading provider of content protection and security for the IPTV industry, announced that Telecom Italia France has selected the Verimatrix Content Authority System (VCAS) for its AliceBox triple play service. AliceBox, which offers unlimited calls to France and Italy, a minimum of 6Mbit/s broadband and up to 100 broadcast channels over the DSL network, was officially launched on 1 January 2006 and is available to all subscribers of the Alice Internet broadband service.

Latens, the producer of Europe's most deployed software-based security for IPTV and Satlan, Poland’s leading systems integrator, today announced that the companies are working together to ensure that Satlan's cable and IPTV projects can be secured by Latens advanced software-based Content & Revenue Protection systems.

Widevine Technologies announced digital copy protection for high definition DVD-based content delivery formats Blu-ray and HD-DVD.

The introduction of Widevine Cypher for high-definition DVD players extends the patented Cypher Virtual SmartCard to provide advanced copy protection on these new devices. This enables IPTV service operators to license and acquire premium content for extended service delivery to a wide variety of retail available, IPTV-enabled high definition consumer electronics devices.

SecureMedia, a leading provider of conditional access and digital rights management (CA/DRM) software solutions for video content delivery over IP networks, announced today that it has achieved industry optimized status in IBM's PartnerWorld Industry Networks. As a participant in the PartnerWorld Industry Networks, SecureMedia can take advantage of IBM's sales, marketing and technical expertise to develop and deliver solutions that meet customer requirements in the IPTV industry.

SecureMedia, Inc., a leading provider of conditional access and digital rights management (CA/DRM) software solutions, announced today that Sierre-Energie SA, a power utility and communications service provider for Switzerland, has licensed SecureMedia's Encryptonite System to protect the broadcast pay TV, video-on-demand (VOD) and network Personal Video Recording (nPVR) in an IPTV deployment of its subsidiary, Television Sierre SA (TVSierre).