The Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance was launched in Paris on December 17, building upon the work of its predecessor AEPOC.
Content protection: connected TV’s big challenge
IBC 2011 – AMSTERDAM. Manufacturers will probably have to meet the cost of software updates for connected TVs, according Metin Salt, VP of engineering at Vestel.However, they will also see this an opportunity to establish a relationship with, and thereby provide a better service to, the consumer.
AEPOC scores double success
AEPOC has given details of two major victories in its fight against the piracy of pay-TV content.
Cyprus pay-TV piracy clampdown continues
The European Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works and Services (AEPOC) has announced the seizure of six more card sharers and arrest of six new suspects offering illegal subscriptions for BFBS, BSkyB and Nova in Cyprus.
Exclusive: AEPOC says TV manufacturers need to secure content
Television manufacturers that are beginning to take a direct role in the delivery of content need to ensure they are adequately dealing with security issues. In her first media interview since becoming the executive director of the European Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works and Services (AEPOC), Sheila Cassells told Broadband TV News it […]
Sheila Cassells new AEPOC executive director
AEPOC, the European Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works and Services, has announced the appointment of Sheila Cassells to the position of AEPOC executive director.
Cassells appointed AEPOC executive director
Sheila Cassells has been named as the new executive director of the European Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works and Services (AEPOC).
Sky Deutschland in €2m piracy win
Sky Deutschland has been awarded €2 million in damages after a case was brought against Belgian smart card pirates that exported unlicensed smart cards to Germany and Austria.
Viaccess maps out the fight against smart card piracy
Smart card piracy is no longer the preserve of computer geniuses who work out the algorithms used by pay-TV providers, before distributing the codes over the internet. Instead highly sophisticated criminals run a global network, where individual organisations on different continents are each responsible for a separate part of the process.
New action plan broadens AEPOC remit
European anti-piracy association AEPOC has unveiled a new action plan that places a new emphasis on extending the organisation’s intelligence capability.