Conax

Conax develops television encryption, conditional access and content security for digital television. Conax provide CAS technology to pay TV operators in 85 countries. The company has offices in Norway (headquarters), Russia, Germany, Brazil, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, China, Singapore, and India, with a 24/7 Global Support Center in India.

Conax stems from Telenor Research Labs in the 1980s. It was incorporated as a separate company Conax AS in 1994.^[1]

In March 2014, the company was sold by Telenor Group to Swiss-based Kudelski Group for NOK 1.5 billion.^[2]

A few pay TV operators using Conax conditional access are Canal Digital Norway, Dish TV India, KPN Netherlands, Focus Sat ( operated by UPC Romania), AKTA Telecom Romania, TVR Romania, Mindig TV Hungary, 4TV Myanmar, SitiCable India, Digicable India.

External links

Official website

Broadcast encryption and digital rights management

Conditional access	CableCARD Conditional access system Renewable security

DVB	Common Interface CSA Conditional-access module DVB-CPCM FTV Syndication

Smart cards and encryption	BISS Conax Cryptoworks Digicipher HDCP KeyFly Nagravision Cisco Videoscape VideoGuard PowerVu RAS SECA Mediaguard Viaccess

Digital video disc	Content Scramble System (CSS) Advanced Access Content System (AACS) BD+

DRM	Authorized domain B-CAS Broadcast flag Hardware restriction

Data security	Card sharing FTA Pirate decryption

Analogue broadcast encoding	EuroCrypt Videocipher VideoCrypt

See also free-to-view and pay television

References

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