Viaccess, a France Telecom company and specialist in conditional access, and UDcast, a provider of wireless IP broadcast solutions, have today announced a partnership to provide an end-to-end mobile TV security solution, based on the OMA BCAST SmartCard Profile standard.
The joint offering ensures full interoperability between the Viaccess purple-TV conditional access system with UDcast's Mobile TV head-end solution to provide a secure environment for Mobile broadcast and on-demand video.
Viaccess's Conditional Access System dedicated to OMA BCAST Smartcard Profile standard handsets is said to provide enhanced security and security management, thus reducing SIM management costs for Mobile Operators. This solution is compatible with any handset compliant with OMA BCAST Smartcard Profile. This solution takes advantage of the outstanding experience of Viaccess in the pay TV business and the related security challenges.
UDcast solutions are enabling commercial Mobile TV operations world-wide – in Austria, Switzerland, Finland, the Netherlands, Qatar, Philippines, etc. The company provides technologies by pooling together wireless, broadcasting and Internet protocol.
"Our partnership with UDcast demonstrates our full interoperability with the Broadcast mobile TV market," explains François Moreau de St Martin, Viaccess CEO. "The end-to-end pre-integration of UDcast mobile solution with Viaccess conditional access will accelerate the deployment of mobile TV and hence will promote the distribution of high-value content over mobile TV networks. We are proud UDcast joins our ecosystem of partners to ensure compatibility of our solutions with the complete chain of broadcast equipment and receivers."
Antoine Clerget UDcast CEO said "We are delighted to have Viaccess as conditional access partner in the mobile television arena, the UDcast partners and customers are always welcoming maximum interoperability and compatibility, which made UDcast the leading provider of mobile TV IP Encapsulation solutions"