CableLabs Awards CableCARD Qualification to NDS.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LOUISVILLE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 2003 CableLabs(R) has awarded qualified status to NDS See eDirectory. NDS - Netware Directory Services for its CableCARD(TM), formerly known as a point-of-deployment (POD) removable security module. NDS joins Scientific-Atlanta and Motorola as having achieved qualified status for CableCARDs. The CableCARD architecture is a key component of the cable operator-consumer electronics manufacturer "Plug-and-Play" agreement announced in December 2002. "We congratulate NDS on this accomplishment. Three of the major suppliers of conditional access Conditional Access (acronymized CA) is the protection of content by requiring certain criteria to be met before granting access to this content. The term is commonly used in relation to digital television systems, most notably satellite television. to nearly all cable systems now have qualified, interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. CableCARDs," said CableLabs President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Dr. Richard R. Green. The CableCARD is a critical element in enabling manufacturers and retailers to engage in retail sale of interoperable navigation devices, such as set-top boxes The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. and integrated digital television An Integrated Digital Television ("IDTV" or "iDTV") set is a television set with a built in digital tuner, be it for DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-C, ATSC or ISDB. Most of them also allow reception of analogue signals (PAL, SÉCAM or NTSC). sets that enable consumers to identify and select their programming. CableCARDs enable a device to decode (1) To convert coded data back into its original form. Contrast with encode. (2) Same as decrypt. See cryptography. (cryptography) decode - To apply decryption. encrypted en·crypt tr.v. en·crypt·ed, en·crypt·ing, en·crypts 1. To put into code or cipher. 2. Computer Science , or scrambled, content delivered from cable systems. "Timely testing and qualification of NDS' product demonstrates that devices covered by the 'Plug-and-Play' agreement can be tested and certified," said Don Dulchinos, CableLabs Vice President of Advanced Platforms and Services and manager of the OpenCable testing program. Additional testing will continue over the next few weeks on other devices that have been submitted for OpenCable certification. The cable industry, through OpenCable, began working on the next-generation set top in the fall of 1997. Later, the FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. acknowledged OpenCable as the most efficient vehicle by which to accomplish its regulatory objectives. OpenCable took on the technology mission of achieving interoperable, specification-based advanced digital video functionality allowing retail sale of set tops developed by multiple manufacturers. CableLabs Certified(TM) or CableLabs Qualified means that the device has passed a series of tests for compliance with the indicated version of a CableLabs' specification and has thus demonstrated interoperable functionality with any other "CableLabs certified/qualified" device. Many of these devices provide other functions or are designed to comply with other specifications, in each case tailored by the manufacturer to meet the growing needs of consumers or cable operators in an evolving communication/entertainment sector. While CableLabs encourages such innovation and diversity, the phrase CableLabs certified/qualified should not be understood as an endorsement of these other attributes (or that the product is certified to other specifications or versions), which are solely the responsibility of the company making the additional claims. Founded in 1988 by members of the cable television industry, Cable Television Laboratories is a non-profit research and development consortium that is dedicated to pursuing new cable telecommunications technologies and to helping its cable operator members integrate those advancements into their business objectives. Cable operators from around the world are members. CableLabs maintains web sites at www.cablelabs.com; www.packetcable.com; www.cablemodem.com; www.cablenet.org; and www.opencable.com. |
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