Satnews Daily
February 13th, 2009

European End-To-End Mobile Broadcasting Demo Set Up By GlobeCast + Viaccess


Viaccess, a France Telecom company, has been selected by  GlobeCast to provide its Viaccess Mobile Broadcast service protection solution based on the OMA BCAST Smartcard profile for use in a key trial platform to faciliate the commercial launch of this technology in Europe.

The objective of this platform is to demonstrate the viability of DVB-H  as a mobile television standard as well as the expertise of GlobeCast as a technology integrator and end-to-end service provider for television bouquet operators, regardless of standard or networks used. OMA BCAST smartcard profile 1.0 standard was released in January 2009 and is the most performing standard fully supported by the major handset manufacturers and mobile network operators. With more than 15 years experience in payTV, Viaccess was selected for its track record in delivering mature and reliable solutions and on the basis of the wide interoperability testing plans that Viaccess did conduct with all its partners that provide the key technologies necessary to deploy an end–to-end Mobile broadcast solution.

Viaccess’s Conditional Access System dedicated to OMA BCAST Smartcard Profile standard handsets provides enhanced security and security management — this reduces SIM management costs for Mobile Operators.  This solution is compatible with any handset compliant with OMA BCAST Smartcard Profile. This solution take advantage of the outstanding experience of Viaccess in the pay TV business and the related security challenges.

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Viaccess OMA BCAST diagram