Conax Advanced Security Solutions

Access to premium content
Successful pay-for-content operations will sooner or later attract attention from pirates looking to gain illegal access to premium content.

The operator’s immediate revenue streams and potential for continued subscriber growth are threatened, resulting in reduced investment in advanced services, infrastructure and content. Therefore, the choice of content security solution is of critical importance.

Conax Chipset Pairing – the most effective mechanism for securing your revenue while maintaining subscriber convenience

Conax Chipset Pairing is the essential tool for advanced security solutions such as:

• Ensuring that smart cards can be used only with secure devices
• Preventing card sharing by securing the link between the smart card and the client device
• Enabling secure authorization of several devices in a connected home
• Preventing illegal content redistribution

All major vendors supplying chipsets to the DVB client device market have integrated Conax Chipset Pairing.

Fingerprinting – securing live content
Conax Fingerprinting combined with Conax Chipset Pairing enables operators to immediately identify the source of illegal redistribution of live content. The Conax-unique subscriber identification code is securely embedded as a fingerprint in the video stream at chipset level to visibly identify the source device simply by looking at the screen.

Watermarking – securing stored content
While Conax Fingerprinting is highly effective for live content, Conax’ watermarking solution is ideal for stored content. This solution works by identifying subscribers who copy and redistribute content illegally by integrating the subscriber’s identity in the video content as a digital watermark - invisible to viewers, but easy to detect for the operator.