Alticast today announced that CJ Hellovision, the
largest cable operator in the Korean market, has completed the largest seamless
overhaul of a content security system using Alticast’s AltiProtect download and
replace conditional access solution.
CJ Hellovision
installed the cardless, software-only AltiProtect system remotely and
transparently to more than 4 million subscribers, using Alticast’s patented
remote switching technology. The
deployment has enabled migration to AltiProtect CAS on all of CJ Hellovision’s
legacy set-top-boxes, allowed unification of CJ Hellovision security across
legacy and new devices and provided a long-term solution for UHD content
protection – all while reducing system maintenance costs.
"We selected Alticast because their solution
was backed by a patent for remote switching technology, and the service was
completely transparent to subscribers during the conversion process," said
Dr. Hong-Ik Kim, Head of Engineering for CJ Hellovision. "Thanks to Alticast’s security team, we
were able to successfully commercialize the software platform without any
customer calls. The superiority of Alticast's patented technology gave us
confidence for success, which was solidly proven during the implementation.
Also, the service quality has been much improved with AltiProtect.”
Working together with Alticast, CJ Hellovision
created an action plan for migrating CAS security over 22 individual business
areas and 13 different set-top box types, including bi-directional and
uni-directional models. During a 28-month period, the system was remotely
installed and provisioned specifically for each customer without costly truck
rolls or the interruption of subscriber services.
As the provider of the core STB software for CJ
Hellovision, Alticast was uniquely positioned to facilitate any necessary
integrations between AltiProtect CAS and the CJ Hellovision deployed devices.
In addition, Alticast leveraged its expertise in content security to manage the
project closely, allowing flexibility as needed for meeting CJ Hellovision’s
infrastructure and service delivery needs.
Studio-approved and highly rated by Telcordia,
AltiProtect uses well-defined industry standards to ensure reliable content
protection for broadcast and VOD, and can easily adapt to unique network
infrastructures. Alticast now has converted more than 90 percent of Korean
domestic cable operators’ legacy conditional access systems to AltiProtect CAS.
“Our industry-leading know-how in content security
and our prioritization of client needs were key to the successful and seamless
completion of this project,” said Dr. Mi-Sung Cho, Executive Director of
Security Division. “We look forward to
helping other pay-TV operators replicate CJ Hellovision’s success of migrating
efficiently and without schedule delays to stable, highly-secure content
protection systems.”
