News & Events
ABTA 2014
September 20th, 2014 Sao Paulo, Brazil
ABTA is the Portuguese-language acronym for the Brazilian Pay TV/Telecom Association. It was founded in 1989 to represent distributors, programmers and suppliers dedicated to conditional-access communications services. Its mission is to defend the industry’s interests, foster its development and represent its members in relations with the regulatory authorities. Since 2006 the number of pay-TV subscribers in Brazil has risen 23.4% per year on average, with growth reaching close to 30% per year between 2010 and 2012. Last year, despite very
8 days left to Convergence India 2015!
January 13th, 2015
Protecting video content has always been challenging in terms of fulfilling the needs of each market and each customer. The introduction of new codecs like HVEC, also known as H.265, is revolutionizing the industry by promising twice the compression possible with AVC. At Convergence India 2015, ABV International will be presenting our new solutions including STB with H.265 enable plus our Time Shifting Solution which allows cable operator to provide IP services throughout the cable infrastructure. You will also find
Radio Africa Group and ABV International join Forces
March 06th, 2015
Nairobi – 6th March 2015. ABV International and Radio Africa Group, a leader in the Pay TV market in Kenya, announced they are joining forces to increase the penetration and services offered by its already famous Bamba TV. The partnership, includes the integration of ABV CAS Servers and over 1,000,000 ABV CAS-protected STBs, which will provides access to over 50 channels – 24 of which are premium channels exclusively carried by Bamba TV and with coverage over the entire country.
ABV International audited by Farncombe Consulting Group
March 09th, 2015
ABV International, Asia’s top-notch solutions provider in the Pay TV industry, announced that it has successfully completed an audit review of it ABV CAS by one of the industry’s leaders in security reviews for digital broadcasting and telecom sectors, Farncombe Consulting Group of UK. The reviewed ABV CAS 5.4 solution, implements the Samsung smartcards and is suitable for Cable, Satellite and Terrestrial broadcasting. ABV International, currently have over 30 million subscribers around the world. Since the company started operations in
Why you don’t need a 4K TV, just yet.
August 07th, 2015
It was 2012 when major consumer electronics manufacturers introduced UHD TVs. Only 3 years later, during this years CES, Samsung presented an 8K glasses-less 3D TV that just reminded us how hard it’s been for the content creators and ISP providers to cope with UHD content. With the official release of Windows 10 last week, news outlets have been buzzing about how in less than 3 days after launching; Windows 10 reached a record .39 percent market share. Windows 10
We’ve teamed up with Microsoft to offer our best DRM yet!
July 19th, 2016
We’re excited to announce a new partnership with Microsoft’s DRM services. As an approved licensee of the Microsoft PlayReady System, ABV has integrated the PlayReady system into ABV DRM – compatible across a host of devices including SDK clients for mobile products. Our engineers can also provide routine support and maintenance in line with Microsoft’s requirements. Microsoft PlayReady is a comprehensive content delivery and management solution for entertainment products and services across all platforms and types of devices. PlayReady has
DSPORT launched in India, with ABV full protection
April 08th, 2017
Discovery Communications announced the launch of DSPORT, an all-new premium sports channel in India. ABV International has been selected to provide full protection for DSPORT, with the world’s leading encryption technology. The ABV security solution has developed by our engineers and supports full integration with a magnitude of consumer devices and networks. Whether cable, satellite, terrestrial or IP, our solutions can adapt to ensure a wider range of protection services and monetizing strategies. You can be sure with ABV International,
Global Pay-TV subscribers reached 1.05bn in Q2 2017
October 23rd, 2017
As one researched data show, the global Pay-TV subscribers reached 1.05 billion after crossing the one billion marks for the year ending 2016, 60 million Pay-TV subscribers were added between the Q2 of 2016 and Q2 of 2017. Asia-Pacific with 8% quarter on quarter growth, is among the highest growing Pay-TV market in terms of subscribers. Apart from the negative growth of North America, all other regions have grown modestly from the Q2 of 2016 to Q2 of 2017, showing
OTT. The New Normal.
August 17th, 2017
Various research houses, which have been watching the trend closely, report increasing penetration for streaming video and OTT. The Diffusion Group reported that OTT is gaining consumers. Similarly, related research pieces suggesting that OTT is becoming the new normal. One indicated that more broadband households surveyed subscribe to VoDs, with other OTT services trailing far behind. The other indicated an increasing in broadband households watching Internet video on a TV screen – long the turf of traditional pay TV services
CIO Review: ABV International in shortlist of 20 Most Promising Tech Solution Providers in Media and Entertainment 2018
November 20th, 2017
ABV International has been shortlisted for 20 Most Promising Technology Solution Providers in Media and Entertainment 2018 by CIO Review, the list of leading vendors that benefit company users to consistently achieve business goals. ABV International has been becoming one of the leading providers of ecosystem for digital broadcast industry through its consistent strategy of customer-centric approach and industry leading expertise. We have been expanding our core value of conditional access (CA) system for encryption content in pay-TV sector to free