IBC 2013: Conax launches Conax Cardless to global market

Conax, a leading global specialist in solutions for securing multi-device and digital video content revenues, revealed the details of its new Cardless CA solution at a press briefing today at IBC Expo. On a roll, senior executives from the content security provider also introduced a new comprehensive global partner program, called Conax Connect. According to Conax CEO Morten Solbakken, Conax is continuing to step up the pace of the company’s new direction with an exciting portfolio of new solutions and global initiatives.  These include deployment of best-of-breed security solutions Conax Xtend Multiscreen, Conax Contego™, Conax Secure Clients, and now with the further expansion of the Conax Contego™ client portfolio with Cardless CA for STBs. Further, with the introduction of the Conax Connect professional partner program, Conax invites partners to connect to the Conax ecosystem.

Fully integrated in Conax Contego™, the new Cardless CA solution from Conax is expanding the Conax Contego™ client portfolio, meaning that Conax Smart Cards and Conax Cardless can seamlessly co-exist in an operator’s ecosystem. Now operators can utilize a mix of Smart Cards and Cardless clients to easily differentiate between the security demands for various types of content and consumers in diverse and growing business models. This is a key market differentiator between Conax and competing security solutions which may require deployment of separate back-ends. Conax will continue to guide operators to determine which type of content would best benefit from Cardless or smart cards based on value of content, threat scenario and required functionality.

The first chipsets to support the new Conax Cardless solution for STBs is a family of chipsets from ALi Corporation. To enable rapid development of Cardless STBs, Conax and ALi offer a reference design where the Conax Cardless security core is embedded. Conax will add support for other chipsets and continuously add functionality on an ongoing basis.

Conax Cardless is a conditional access product where the CA client runs inside a purpose-built secure area of the STB chipset instead of a in a physical smart card - providing hardware root of trust. The high level of security provided by Conax Cardless has been made possible by utilizing the very latest technology in STB chipsets, providing sufficient hardware security mechanisms to enable secure implementation of the CA client.

 Sales of Conax Cardless will in start November 2013. The product will be ready for mass production by Q1 2014 and we also have an exciting pilot planned from January 2014. 

Conax open partnering strategy to the next level by providing closer cooperation with a broad range of both local and global strategic partners. As a security specialist, we strongly believe that a close cooperation with best of breed partners creates flexible and future proof solutions for tomorrow’s media consumption.

Conax Connect is targeted at both new and existing strategic Conax partners and will facilitate further expansion of the Conax security ecosystem; providing operators with a continually growing selection of end-to-end, secure solutions for growing their business.

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