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The foundation of information security SafeNet and digital content security provider Irdeto have signed a partnership in mobile TV protection. The resulting joint solution unites two normally competing technologies: conditional access and digital rights management (DRM) to reduce risk and uncertainty for broadcasters and operators, and enable mobile TV to reach its potential. Conditional access brings the experience of decades of deployment in cable, terrestrial, broadband and satellite, while DRM exploits open standards favoured by the mobile community. Under the partnership, SafeNet’s DRM Fusion Toolkit4TV will be integrated into Irdeto’s mobile broadcast conditional access solution, therefore supporting all networks and protection standards. The joint solution is the only one to support conditional access using DVB-OSF and DRM using DVB-18Crypt, MBMS Security, and OMA BCAST. Through support for SimulCrypt, a part of the overall DVB standard, the joint solution also supports simultaneous deployment of multiple mobile TV protection standards within a single system. This allows the system to use OMA BCAST smartcard profile with standards-enabled handsets and SIMs, and DVB-OSF with other handsets and broadcast-only devices. Under the terms of the partnership, Irdeto and SafeNet will collaborate on an end-to-end OMA 2 DRM solution, integrating SafeNet’s DRM Fusion Toolkit server solution, and Irdeto’s mobile DRM client solution. Irdeto has more than a million mobile TV conditional access users in South Korea, South Africa and Germany.

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