ISSUE 04 // December 09

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Dear reader

With IBC safely behind us we're now ramping up to CES in January in Las Vegas. A hot topic here will be the 'connected home' and giving control of content to the user. While still in its infancy, it's an area we're keen to support through our cutting-edge technology.

If you want a more technical peek at the 'connected home', delve into Tech Corner to hear about our NAGRA Media PRM (persistent rights management) solution. This 'connected home' enabler will give consumers access to all content without compromising rights protection for the content owner.

We also delve into the wonderful world of widgets benefits and discover how pay-TV operators are monetising them. This follows on from the article in our previous newsletter. There's information on CI+ (Common Interface Plus for copy protection) and how it's helping operators like CANAL+ explore new business models and bring content to more consumer electronic devices, including a link to the full white paper. Finally, you can get an insight into the growing 3D TV market from consumer electronics global lead Frank Dreyer and follow a Q&A session with the CTO from 3ality, a Nagravision partner.

There's a lot going on in the industry, including a lot of hype around certain technologies. We have a good idea of which ones are going to be successful.

Happy reading!

Ivan Schnider
Head of marketing communications, Nagravision – Kudelski Group