Press Release

Irdeto Integrates Mobile TV Security Solutions with SIDSA

Barcelona, Spain – Mobile World Congress 2008 - February 10, 2008 – Irdeto, the proven expert in content security for digital TV, IPTV and mobile, and SIDSA, a leading DVB-H solutions provider, today announced an integrated offering that allows mobile operators and broadcasters to quickly deploy a proven, secure and scalable solution for the cost-effective rollout of mobile TV solutions. The solution combines Irdeto Mobile TV Conditional Access (CA) with SIDSA’s DVB-H headend. Irdeto Mobile TV technology is the world’s first content security system deployed for mobile broadcast services. Committed to the latest industry standards, Irdeto is the most-deployed security solution for mobile TV, protecting content across more subscribers and mobile devices than any other vendor. SIDSA leverages its technology innovation and partnerships with leading companies to provide complete mobile TV solutions. The company’s solutions include user management, headend, service protection and purchase, network planning, network management and monitoring, transmitters, gap fillers and the new micro-gap fillers for indoor usage. “The SIDSA partnership with Irdeto gives us a real advantage to offer turn-key solutions that match the current and future requirements of our customers,” said José Luis Isidro, commercial director of SIDSA. “Irdeto offers a complete portfolio of mobile security solutions that allow us to provide our customers with an optimized solution tailored to their requirements.” “Partnering with leading players within the broadcast market has always been a critical focus for Irdeto,” said Doug Lowther, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Irdeto. “SIDSA is a pivotal player in making broadcast content available to the mobile handset market, offering an ideal fit with our commitment to provide operators successful end-to-end solutions.” With nearly 40 years experience in developing enabling technologies for pay media services, Irdeto is a leader in conditional access (CA) and DRM for the mobile market. The company has unmatched experience with live customers in Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcast (S-DMB), Terrestrial Digital Media Broadcasting (T-DMB) and Digital Video Broadcasting Handset (DVB-H) technologies. With DVB-H, Irdeto solutions cover both the Open Security Framework (OSF) specification and the Open Mobile Alliance’s (OMA) BCAST smartcard profile. Irdeto’s broad portfolio of security products also includes a value-added (OMA) DRM client integrated with a wide variety of mobile handsets and operating systems, as well as, through its subsidiary, Cloakware Robustness Solutions for the protection of critical software applications embedded in mobile handsets and consumer electronics devices.