- Digital Keystone
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Digital Keystone, Inc. Type Private Industry Video Technology Founded 2001 Headquarters Mountain View, California, USA Key people Paolo Siccardo
Luc VantalonProducts PRISMA, PODware, CAMware, MURANO, BAIKAL, HPNX PRO, HPNX DVB Website www.digitalkeystone.com Digital Keystone, Inc. develops digital entertainment technologies that bridge Pay TV with the new digital home. DK solutions include security and navigation software. Digital Keystone also develops industry-standard validation tools for development, certification, and manufacturing. DK technologies enable content access throughout the entire home, offering security, interactive services, and device connectivity.
Business Activities
Digital Keystone licenses its technologies to TV broadcasters, to manufacturers of consumer electronics, to developers of digital home components, and to manufacturers of integrated circuits that power consumer electronic devices and digital home components. In partnership with Microsoft and CableLabs, the company developed "OCUR", the world's first secure Pay TV bridge.[1] The first OCUR prototype, developed by Digital Keystone, was demonstrated by Bill Gates in his keynote speech during the 2006 CES.[2] During the same CES ATI Technologies demonstrated the ATI OCUR product, manufactured under license.[3] In 2007 Michael Dell announced the commercial launch of the product during his CES keynote.[4]
In September 2008 Digital Keystone announced a licensing agreement with Thomson SA that allows the consumer electronics manufacturer to include Digital Keystone's PODware solution in its tru2way set-top-boxes.[5]
In addition to consumer electronic software components, Digital Keystone, Inc. develops industry-dstandard test tools that are used to validate content security interoperability for major Pay TV systems worldwide. These tools verify compliance with published content security standards such as OpenCable and Cablecard.[6] As an example CableLabs utilizes Digital Keystone tools to qualify M-Card devices.[7] Digital Keystone tools such as HPNX PRO have been utilized to certify digital televisions, personal video recorders, and set-top-boxes.[8]
As of June 2010, according to the National Cable & Telecommunications Association ("NCTA"), Digital Keystone customers have shipped over 21 million certified consumer electronic devices.[9]
- Digital Keystone, Inc. was ranked as one of Silicon Valley's 50 fastest growing companies in Inc Magazine's Inc 5000 list for 2008.[10][11]
References
- ^ "Microsoft and CableLabs Announce Agreement to Enable High-Definition Digital Cable Programming on Windows-Based PCs" (Press release). Microsoft. 2005-11-16. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/nov05/11-16CableLabsPR.mspx. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
- ^ "Gates Outlines Vision for the Digital Lifestyle and Showcases New Products and Technologies From Microsoft" (Press release). Microsoft. 2005-01-04. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jan06/01-04CES06PR.mspx. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
- ^ "ATI Shows Groundbreaking High Definition Digital Cable PC Receiver" (Press release). ATI Technologies, Inc.. 2005-01-05. http://ir.ati.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=105421&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=800664. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
- ^ "Dell Challenges Telcos, Cablecos to Accelerate High-Speed Broadband Deployment". The Online Reporter. 2007-01-14. http://www.onlinereporter.com/article.php?article_id=8506. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
- ^ "Digital Keystone PODware solution selected by Thomson for its tru2way set-top-boxes" (Press release). Digital Keystone, Inc.. 2008-10-08. http://www.digitalkeystone.com/press/PODware-Thomson-Oct_10_2008.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ^ "CableCard". Lightreading.com. 2009-06-30. http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=178653. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ^ "CableLabs Awards Qualification to Scientific Atlanta for Multi-Stream CableCARD". CED Magazine. 2006-03-31. http://www.cedmagazine.com/cablelabs-greenlights-first-multi-stream.aspx. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
- ^ "CableLabs Awards Qualification to Motorola Multi-Stream CableCARD, announces HPNX Pro" (Press release). CableLabs. 2006-07-06. http://www.cablelabs.com/news/pr/2006/06_pr_motorola_070606.html. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
- ^ "Re: CS Docket No. 97-80 (Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices)" (Press release). NCTA. 2010-06-23. http://www.ncta.com/PublicationType/RegulatoryFiling/NCTA-Letter-06-23-10.aspx. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
- ^ "Digital Keystone earns “Inc. 5000” qualification" (Press release). Inc. Magazine. 2008. http://www.digitalkeystone.com/press/Inc5000-Inc-Oct_10_2008.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ^ "Top 50 Businesses in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA". Inc. Magazine. 2008. http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2008/company-profile.html?id=200819260. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
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Categories:- Companies established in 2001
- Companies based in Mountain View, California
- Software companies of the United States
- Digital television
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