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Digital Keystone Showcases its HPNX DVB™ CI Plus Validation Tool at Anga Cable 2010

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Posted May 4, 2010

COLOGNE, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Digital Keystone, Inc., a leading provider of PayTV validation and manufacturing tools and technology, today announced its ongoing commitment to DVB-CI and CI Plus with the expanded capabilities of its flagship HPNX DVB validation tool. The new HPNX DVB with 2.0 software will be showcased at Anga Cable at the Labwise booth, # A49.


Paolo Siccardo, President and CEO of Digital Keystone, said, “Anga Cable is one of the premiere trade shows in the world, with a focus very much aligned with Digital Keystone’s areas of expertise. Anga Cable participants, and LabWise in particular, have clearly indicated the importance of enabling reliable consumer products with strong security for the cable industry. Digital Keystone is pleased to demonstrate its HPNX DVB validation tool at Anga, proving again the value of a professional validation tool in accomplishing these objectives.”


Pasi Toiva, President and CEO of Labwise, said, “we have been working with the Digital Keystone HPNX DVB tool for some time, and we are very impressed by its capability to pinpoint and document any interoperability issues between hosts and Conditional Access modules. We plan to continue making extensive use of this tool to expand on our test and validation services for Pay TV.”


HPNX DVB is the leading DVB-CI / CI Plus validation tool, used by the most advanced test laboratories, operators and manufacturers around the world. Based on the industry-reference HPNX Pro, HPNX DVB provides content security development and validation features for DVB-CI and CI Plus. The tool consists of a custom-designed hardware-based conditional access module (CAM) real-time emulator and an interactive PC application. This combination allows the user to trigger and analyze all CAM communication (including critical security components), to force negative test cases, and to validate the behavior of the TV receiver against the complete set of DVB-CI and CI Plus requirements. The 2.0 software of HPNX DVB includes optional automation and spy modes, allowing scripted validation and detailed protocol analysis of the complete CAM-Host ecosystem. The HPNX DVB validation tool is available directly from Digital Keystone.

About Digital Keystone: Digital Keystone is the world leader in content security for the Digital Home. Based in Mountain View, CA with offices in Aix-en-Provence, France, Digital Keystone develops digital entertainment technologies that bridge the Pay TV, personal computer and consumer electronics industries. Solutions include the HPNX family of validation, certification, and manufacturing tools, PODware® and CAMware™ content security software stacks, and the PRISMA® home gateway solution.


About Labwise: Labwise Ltd. was established in 2004 by professionals who have a strong background in all areas of digital TV – from DVB standardization work to STB development and manufacturing. Labwise offers full-scale digital TV device testing services to TV broadcasters, network operators and device manufacturers. Labwise is an independent, impartial and objective testing house, which ensures consistent and reliable test results. Labwise is located in Tampere, Finland.



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Digital Keystone, Inc.
Eric Rindner, 650-938-7300
pr@dkeystone.com
digitalkeystone
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