Participation – Shaping technology

The role played by Nagravision in standardization committees testifies to the innovative spirit of the company. Nagravision is an active contributor to the creation and development of digital TV standards, providing us with the benefit of being able to anticipate the development and deployment of standards in emerging markets from the earliest stages.

Nagravision has been elected by the DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) General Assembly to be one of the ten companies representing digital television manufacturers on the DVB Steering Board, alongside regulators, broadcasters and network operators. This Board is responsible for setting the overall DVB policy and approving specifications towards standardization.

In the Mobile TV sector, as a founder and board member of the FLO Forum, Nagravision contributed to the definition of the MediaFLO standard with Qualcomm. This is a new open broadcasting standard used initially in North America. Following our role as editor of the OpenCA specification in the Flo Forum, Nagravision has completed the work of submitting and defending the adoption of the OpenCA specification within the Telecommunications Industry associations as a formal US standard.

In the area of removable security solutions, the Kudelski Group is also actively involved in standardization committees through its subsidiary SmarDTV. For several years, SmarDTV has been contributing to the development of technical specifications for open digital receivers and decoders worldwide, and in particular to the development of the DVB-CI and follow-on standards.

SmarDTV is one of the founding companies in the CI+ Forum, which is active now as a new standards setting body in the area of removable security solutions.

As shown in these examples of the investment and work achieved in the standards bodies, Nagravision is continuing its leading role in shaping the future of digital TV technologies. This leading role contributes to the success of the Group and is customers, who benefit directly from Nagravision’s innovative and future-proof solutions.