PARIS -- Viaccess, a France Telecom company, leader in conditional access and Neotion, the leading provider of highly-sophisticated System-on-a-Chip (SoC) MPEG-4 processors today announced the support for Common Interface+ (CI Plus) on Conditional Access Modules (CAMs). A demonstration of Viaccess CI Plus commitment with Neotion will be displayed during the IBC 09 Forum (Sept 11- Sept 15, Booth 1.A51).

The founders of the CI Plus LLP and CAM manufacturers are driving market development of the new CI Plus standard that implements both a sophisticated protection mechanism between the CAM and the digital television receiver as well as advanced interactive capabilities . CI Plus adds essential user experience and significantly enhanced security means to the DVB-CI Standard, being richer user interface controlled by the operator, strong copy-protection for HDTV, and numerous tools to maintain a vertical control on devices accesses.

“Neotion & Viaccess have begun a cooperative work for a CI Plus module launch. The Neotion experience in CI+ technology combined with Viaccess leading edge conditional access solutions results in an appealing CI+ solution for the demanding operators,” said François Moreau de Saint Martin, VIACCESS CEO. “ We are looking forward to expand our partnership with Neotion and have a long term and fruitful cooperation.”

Viaccess S.A.