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Latens & ZyXEL Partner To Offer IPTV Operators A Flexible CA
Security & STB Solution
Other Topics:
IPTV Investment, Portable
IPTV Streaming
Latens
June 4, 2008
Latens and ZyXEL Communications, have partnered
to offer low-cost, highly secure IP/hybrid set-top box (STB)
solutions.
The integration ensures that the ZyXEL STB-1003 and STB-1001H
benefit from Latens’ pioneering content and revenue security
solutions, enabling IPTV operators to simplify the launch of
advanced IPTV services.
Latens and ZyXEL have worked
together to ensure an efficient and tight integration of Latens’ CA
solutions with the flexible and powerful STB-1000 series. Both the
ZyXEL STB-1003 and STB-1001H offer IP video services, including SD
and HD, video on-demand and IPTV, based on MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
compression technology to reach a wider audience, achieve a higher
density of service and increase bandwidth efficiency. With Latens CA
integrated into the boxes, content owners are assured that any IPTV
operator utilizing the STB-1003 or the STB-1001H can provide the
very highest levels of security against piracy. |
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“The
integration of Latens CA with ZyXEL’s STB-1003 and STB-1001H devices
enhances the abilities to provide IPTV operators with a highly
secure, flexible platform on which to deploy advanced services both
now and in the future,” said Dr. Herman Chen, Assistant VP of IPAV
product division at ZyXEL Communications. “This partnership enables
us to provide operators with an STB that can offer industry leading
levels of content and revenue protection and can support all IPTV
business models, however complex. Furthermore, Latens’ solutions
allow the operator to upgrade and develop its offering in the future
without causing disruption to existing services, leading to
increased QoS levels and improved subscriber experience.”
To speed the integration, ZyXEL utilized Latens STIK (Set-Top Box
Integration Kit). Latens STIK is a toolkit which ensures swift and
easy integration and licensing of Latens CA for STB vendors. It
provides a step by step integration process including example code,
automated test suite and the option of initial self certification.
It includes a secure stream player tool to ensure full operational
integrity following upgrades of CA and STB software for IP and cable
(and hybrid cable/IP) boxes, verifying correct operation of DVB CSA
and AES descrambling.
“We are delighted to have formed this partnership. It enables ZyXEL
to provide a robustly secure set-top box with the power and
flexibility to ensure that operators can launch IPTV services that
scale efficiently in terms of customer-base, complexity and breadth
of service offering,” said Jean-Paul Heron, Client Integrations
Manager, Latens. “The integration was made far simpler through the
utilization of our new toolkit, Latens STIK. The advantages of STIK
do not end at integration; STIK also makes it much simpler for
Latens and ZyXEL to control and upgrade security and other STB
functionality. I am very confident that Latens will enjoy a close
partnership with ZyXEL, providing IPTV operators with secured STBs,
both now and in the future.”
ZyXEL Communications Corp
ZyXEL Communications Corp. (TSE:
2391), headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan,
is the world's leading end-to-end network solution provider and was
recently ranked as Taiwan's First "Green Enterprise," and the second
best "Green" Company in Asia (2007 CG watch, Asian Corporate
Governance Association). ZyXEL's
comprehensive Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions
include access multiplexers, customer premise equipment, Internet
security and Wireless LAN equipment, enabling high-performance
network services for SOHO, small to mid-sized businesses and service
providers. ZyXEL works closely with
worldwide network equipment vendors, telecommunications companies,
ISPs, and other major businesses.
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