Vewd’s Operator TV Expands Pay TV Content Protection with SmarDTV

Pay TV Operators can offer premium broadcast content on their branded Operator Smart TV with industry approved CI Plus technology.

Vewd, the leading provider of OTT software solutions, today announced that Operator TV now supports SmarDTV’s CI Plus CAM technology. SmarDTV joins a rapidly expanding ecosystem that can deliver Operator TV, a richly featured Smart TV that integrates Pay TV in an experience fully controlled and branded by the operator. SmarDTV’s pre-integration with Operator TV allows the operator to continue to use efficient broadcast distribution for linear channels and leverage a trusted industry standard for content security.

Vewd’s Operator TV is supported on leading Smart TV hardware and includes a customizable cloud-managed reference UX, specifically designed to seamlessly combine linear and on-demand content from all sources. The SaaS business model aligns Operator TV with Pay TV subscription revenue models, minimizing up-front costs, development time, and risk.

SmarDTV offers Conditional Access Modules (CAMs) based on proven, widely deployed CI Plus standard for linear broadcast in Smart TVs worldwide. SmarDTV’s CAMs seamlessly integrate with a Pay TV operator’s existing security deployment and strongly complement Vewd's Operator TV stack.

"2022 will be the critical year for Pay TV operators to choose their Smart TV strategy to complement and enhance their existing set-top box and in-app strategies,"
"We are pleased to add our CI Plus CAM technology to the Vewd Operator TV ecosystem and give Operators a proven security option when adopting a Smart TV strategy."
Erik Gazzoni, Direct-to-TV Product Line Director at SmarDTV Technology

"We’re pleased to integrate SmarDTV into the Operator TV ecosystem,"
"SmarDTV’s CI Plus technology adds another dimension to the content protection capabilities in Operator TV and enables Pay TV operators to launch their Smart TV strategy with minimal effort and risk."
Marco Frattolin, Head of Operator Products at Vewd

About Vewd
Vewd is the leading provider of OTT and hybrid TV solutions, connecting consumers anywhere to the content they love. By making OTT possible on almost 30 million connected devices each year, Vewd leads the way in defining the future of entertainment. Our suite of products and services are crafted to simplify complexity and offer solutions that unite the entire value chain, from silicon vendors to end-users. Market leaders such as Sony, Hisense, TPV, Vodafone, Sagemcom, and many more rely on Vewd products and services. Follow us, as we make TV connected. Visit Vewd.com to learn more.

Media Contact for Vewd:
Thomas Ford
Head of Communications and PR
+47 4865 4315
thomas@vewd.com

About SmarDTV Global
SmarDTV Global is a human scaled company specialized in designing and developing Set-top-boxes and Direct-to-TV solutions to worldwide pay-tv operators. Over 25 years, with an international footprint and committed teams in Europe, Asia, and India, SmarDTV Global can claim 50+ millions of secure devices for 100+ customers and countries across the globe. SmarDTV Technology is specially focused on Conditional Access Modules (CAM) and USB based TV-Stick product range.

Media Contact for SmarDTV Global:
Nathalie Bresson
Head of Marketing & Communication
nathalie.bresson@smardtv.com