Turkey's Largest Pay-TV Operator DIGITURK Selects SCM Microsystems Security Modules
May 13 2004 - 3:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Turkey's Largest Pay-TV Operator DIGITURK Selects SCM Microsystems
Security Modules ISMANING, Germany and FREMONT, Calif., May 13
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SCM Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCMM;
Prime Standard: SMY), a leading provider of solutions that open the
Digital World, today announced an agreement to supply digital TV
security modules to Digital Platform A.S. of Istanbul, Turkey. The
new client operates DIGITURK, the first and the only digital
direct-to-home satellite network in Turkey. With 800,000
subscribers, DIGITURK is the biggest Turkish pay-television
operator. DIGITURK ordered security modules from SCM with the
Philips Cryptoworks(TM) security system, which they will resell to
existing and new subscribers in Turkey and throughout the satellite
footprint in Europe and the Middle East. The SCM security modules
comply with the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) Common Interface
(CI) standard. "Now anyone with a CI standard set-top box can
subscribe to DIGITURK," said Taylan Ozsipahi, head of Set-Top Box
& Conditional Access Technologies of DIGITURK. "The growth in
CI-ready set top boxes makes this a good opportunity for us. We see
a pent up demand from the base of CI-ready devices throughout
Turkey and with the Turkish people living throughout Europe." "As
the base of CI-ready DTVs and set top boxes expands, it becomes
very interesting financially for operators to expand their
subscriber base by offering a licensed, CI-compliant security
module," said Robert Schneider, chief executive officer of SCM
Microsystems. "Our commitment to the DVB standards and our
investment in supporting leading DTV security systems position us
strongly to capitalize on this growing trend." Worldwide about 350
companies have endorsed the DVB standard for digital TV security.
Under the standard, manufacturers design set top boxes and digital
televisions with a Common Interface (CI) slot that accepts a
security module. The security module works with a smart card issued
by the broadcaster and acts as a "lock" to safeguard broadcast
content. Consumers who already have a CI-ready digital television
or set top box can easily subscribe to premium pay-TV services
without adding an additional set top box. Established in 1997, the
DVB standard was approved by the European Committee for
Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC). About SCM Microsystems
SCM Microsystems is a leading supplier of solutions that open the
Digital World by enabling people to conveniently access digital
content and services. The company markets and sells its smart card
reader technology for network and physical access and conditional
access modules for secure digital TV decryption to OEM customers in
the government, financial, enterprise and broadcasting markets
worldwide. Global headquarters are in Fremont, California, with
European headquarters in Ismaning, Germany. For additional
information, visit the SCM Microsystems web site at
http://www.scmmicro.com/. NOTE: All trade names are either
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
DATASOURCE: SCM Microsystems, Inc. CONTACT: Manfred Mueller of SCM
Microsystems, +49 89 95 95 5140, or ; or Deb Montner of Montner
& Associates, +1-203-226-9290, or , for SCM Microsystems Web
site: http://www.scmmicro.com/
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