NDS leads new content security rankings

July 22, 2008 - UK-based conditional access firm NDS has come top of a new report ranking the top independent content security vendors in the IPTV and IP video market globally, with Irdeto coming second and Nagravision tying for fourth place with Verimatrix.

The report, by US market research firm Current Analysis, places Widevine in fifth, Latens in sixth, Viaccess in seventh and Secure Media in eighth place. The rankings were reportedly based on the three main criteria of network flexibility, ease of integration and cost.

"Operators are increasingly leveraging IP technology to expand their consumer video service offerings with functionality such as interactive services and non-linear content," said Yoav Schreiber, Senior Analyst, Digital Media Infrastructure for Current Analysis. "This puts increased demand on content security vendors for enabling operator business model flexibility to provide differentiated services."