IBC 2008 – AMSTERDAM. The Canal Group has announced the commercial introduction of the SmarDTV USB key decoder to receive terrestrial HD pay-TV broadcasts on personal computers and laptops.
Launched under the name La Cle Canal+, the device offers subscribers the Canal+ Group’s premium content with more than 18 DTT FTA and local channels. The entire content protection for encrypted premium programming, including rights management on the PC, relies on the Nagravision and SmarDTV solution.
“La Cle Canal+ new service complements our existing offers perfectly, giving subscribers guaranteed continued access to the rich variety of Canal+ Le Bouquet content in high quality HD on their PC wherever they are,” said Jean-Christophe Dekeyser-Donze, business development director for PCTV of the Canal+ Group in a prepared statment. “Additionally, it allows us to reach new target groups who aren’t currently subscribers to the Canal+ service, particularly young adults or frequent and regular Internet users who don’t watch much TV.”
More details in an earlier report in Broadband TV News.