Irdeto Access is a provider of content protection technologies for digital video and IP networks.
The digital content protection systems offered by Irdeto Access include the DVB Conditional Access product range Irdeto M-Crypt, a compact Conditional Access (CA) system and its complete CA system Irdeto PIsys for the broadcast environment based on smartcard technology. DVB, short for Digital Video Broadcasting, is a suite of internationally accepted, open standards for digital television maintained by the DVB Project, an industry consortium with more than 300 members, and published by a Joint Technical Committee (JTC) of European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC... A smartcard or smart card is a tiny secure cryptoprocessor embedded within a credit card-sized or smaller (like the GSM SIM) card. ...
Irdeto Access is a subsidiary of the international subscriber platform group MIH Limited, which is a subsidiary of Naspers, a multi-national media group.
Irdeto is a world leader in digital content security, and provides comprehensive solutions for content protection in Digital TV, IPTV and Mobile environments.
Irdeto offers a choice between hardware and software clients and a wide range of middleware, VOD and STB partners.
Irdeto DRM and Mobile TV content protection solutions are being used by industry leaders around the globe.
Irdeto is a company which sells conditional access systems for digital satellite and cable television.
Irdeto is a division of Naspers, a South African company.
In common usage, the term Irdeto is most used to refer to the Irdeto encryption system used by satellite broadcasters such as South Africa's DStv and Australia's Austar.