Irdeto

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Irdeto
Industry Media Protection, Multi-screen Technology
Founder(s) Pieter den Toonder
Headquarters Beijing, China, Hoofddorp, Netherlands and San Francisco, USA
Area served Global
Key people Graham Kill, Chief Executive Officer
Employees 1000+
Parent Naspers (JSE: NPN)
Website irdeto.com

Irdeto B.V. (known colloquially as Irdeto) provides global media protection, multi-screen and revenue assurance solutions for pay media companies with regional headquarters in Hoofddorp, Netherlands, Beijing, China and San Francisco, USA. It is a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers (JSE: NPN). Irdeto develops content security and media technology which includes: content management, middleware, social tv, digital watermarking, dynamic security, conditional access, anti-piracy services and customer care and billing. The company has customers in pay TV, over-the-top (OTT) operators, and gaming. Irdeto’s customer roster includes Netflix,[1] Comcast,[2] Adobe,[3] Sky Link,[4] Sky Deutschland,[5] MultiChoice Africa[6] and D-Link[7]

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History [edit]

Irdeto was founded in 1969 by Pieter den Toonder, an engineer in television technology. In 1997, MIH Limited, a company that provides entertainment, interactive, and e-Commerce services to consumers via television and Internet, acquired 49 percent of Irdeto, and then proceeded in January 1998 to attain the remaining 51 percent of Irdeto for $11 million in cash.[8] As part of MIH Limited's Mindport division, Irdeto Access provided conditional access systems for both analog and digital broadcasting platforms. Its products were installed in more than 3.6 million decoders on more than 25 broadcasting platforms. Its clients included, for the most part, television platform operators, but it was developing applications for data broadcasters and other information providers. A new product, M-Crypt, was launched during fiscal year 1999 (ending 31 March) for smaller pay-media operators.[9]

Acquisitions [edit]

  • March 2005, LockStream Corporation was acquired by Irdeto. LockStream Corporation provides digital rights management (DRM) software for the secure distribution of media.[10]
  • February 2006, Irdeto acquires Philips CryptoWorks. Philips CryptoWorks offers smartcard and other content protection systems for cable, satellite, terrestrial and IPTV platforms. This acquisition was made to enhance Irdeto’s line of CA products.[11]
  • July 2007, Irdeto acquires IDway. IDway a leading software company providing open software solutions for digital TV consumer devices based in Paris, France.[12]
  • October 2007, Irdeto acquires IBS Interpret. IBS Interpret is a customer care and billing system that delivers a complete, modular solution for managing all aspects of a pay TV operation.[13]
  • December 2007, Irdeto acquired Cloakware. Cloakware is a software technology company that sells software tools and professional services to content protection vendors with its primary market in North America.[14]
  • In 2008, Irdeto acquired Entriq. Entriq is a pay media company founded in 2000 by Irdeto employees to focus on emerging broadband markets. With Entriq’s acquisition of DayPort in 2008 prior to its own acquisition, Irdeto expanded its offerings to include content management and distribution of digital media over the Internet.[15]
  • July 2011, Irdeto acquired the BD+ content protection technology for Blu-ray discs from Rovi. BD+ is one of two sets of security technologies used in the Blu-ray disc format.[16][17]
  • October 2011, Irdeto acquired BayTSP, a company that analyzes the impact of digital media online, providing anti-piracy measures business intelligence.[18]

Products [edit]

Pay TV [edit]

Software Security [edit]

Culture [edit]

Dual headquarters [edit]

In 2007, the Hoofddorp headquarters (HQ) was replaced with a dual-core HQ split between Hoofddorp and Beijing. This allowed for decision-making and traditional headquarter functions to be shared across both locations. With this decision, Irdeto overcame a term coined by CEO Graham Kill called "dominant mothership syndrome", which has a wide-ranging set of symptoms including tightly-controlled central resources, career tracks that favor HQ based staff, and a bias towards investing in new projects that reinforce the HQ power base.[33][34]

Sustainability [edit]

Irdeto's new western headquarters was build according to cradle-to-cradle design.[35][36]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Briel, Robert. >"Netflix selects Irdeto" Broadband TV News, 14 April 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  2. ^ Santo, Brian. "Irdeto cranks up content protection beyond DRM" CED Magazine, 28 February 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  3. ^ Siglin, Tim. "Adobe to Launch Flash Access 2.0 Next Month; Irdeto Announces Hosted Flash Access Service" "Streaming Media", 20 April 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2011
  4. ^ "SMiT Irdeto Dual Secure CAM dually certificated by Skylink & CS Link" "Streaming Media", 8 September 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011
  5. ^ Swedlow, Tracy " Irdeto Powers Sky Deutschland's New iPad VOD App, Demo's Interactive Social TV at IBC" InteractiveTV Today, 13 September 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2011
  6. ^ Adams, David "Irdeto secures mobile TV for DStv" CSI Magazine, 6 June 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Irdeto’s Cloakware content protection chosen by Boxee Box by D-Link" OnScreen Asia, 17 January 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  8. ^ "MIH Limited" "Bloomberg Businessweek". Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  9. ^ "Company History" "Naspers". Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  10. ^ "LockStream Corporation" "Bloomberg Businessweek". Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  11. ^ "Irdeto buys CryptoWorks" TechWatch, 16 February 2006. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  12. ^ "Irdeto Acquires French Company, IDway SAS" DigitalTV News, 6 July 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  13. ^ "Irdeto Launches Complete, Integrated Digital TV Solution" IT Backbones News, 10 October 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  14. ^ Rosenblatt, Bill. "Irdeto Acquires Cloakware" DRM Watch, 13 December 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  15. ^ "Irdeto" "Open Media Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2011
  16. ^ "Irdeto fights piracy with BD+ technology" OnScreen Asia, 11 July 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  17. ^ Rosenblatt, Bill." Irdeto Acquires BD+ Technology from Rovi" Copyright and Technology, 7 July 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  18. ^ Clover, Julian." Irdeto extends content monitoring through BayTSP buy" Broadband TV News, 24 October 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  19. ^ "Irdeto Gives A SmartStart" EFY Times, 11 October 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  20. ^ "Irdeto Unveils Latest Generation Renewable Conditional Access Solution For Advanced Security Of High Value Content" Network Computing, 10 September 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  21. ^ "Irdeto Customer Care & Billing Solution" "CommunicAsia". Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  22. ^ "Irdeto launches end-to-end TV Everywhere solution" IPTV News, 14 August 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  23. ^ Clover, Julian. "Irdeto takes TV everywhere" Broadband TV News, 14 September 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  24. ^ "Irdeto launches end-to-end TV Everywhere solution" IPTV News, 14 September 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  25. ^ Jamie Beach. " Irdeto wins key role in Malaysian OTT video service" IP&TV News, 19 June 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  26. ^ Richmond, Will "Irdeto Launches Active Cloak for Media With Dynamic Security Approach" VideoNuze, 28 February 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  27. ^ Rosenblatt, Bill. "Irdeto Sets Next Level in Video Content Protection" Copyright and Technology, 7 March 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  28. ^ Clover, Julian." Irdeto takes TV everywhere" Broadband TV News, 14 September 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  29. ^ O’Neil, Jim. "Irdeto takes ActiveCloak content security over the top" Fierce Online Video, 14 September 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  30. ^ Clover, Julian. " Irdeto secures 3 US watermarking patents" Broadband TV News, 10 February 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  31. ^ Clover, Julian." Irdeto extends content monitoring through BayTSP buy" Broadband TV News, 24 October 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  32. ^ " New Irdeto Intelligence offers online ad network, live event piracy monitoring " Broadcast Engineering, 9 September 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  33. ^ Birkinshaw, Julian. "Overcoming the mothership syndrome: the story of Irdeto" Management Innovation eXchange, 29 July 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  34. ^ "Dual HQ strategy for Irdeto" OnScreen Asia, 1 April 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  35. ^ "Irdeto moves to Park 20|20" I Amsterdam. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  36. ^ Disson, Sian. ."Interplay between natural wood and engineered metal at Irdeto Head Office" World Architecture News. Retrieved 29 October 2011.

External links [edit]

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