CAS thriving in the region

IMS even identified China Digital TV (formerly known as Beijing Novel-Tongfang Digital TV Technology) as a leading CAS supplier in the Chinese market, which IMS predicts would increase Chinese company's worldwide market position from eighth at the end of last year to fourth or fifth by the end of 2010.

IMS says "the growth of Chinese digital cable has rapidly become the single-largest force in DTV. As a result, CAS providers have been successful in China and are forecast to continue to gain share against all of the major western CAS providers".

One "western" CAS provider that has a presence in China and a number of countries in the Asia-Pacific is Irdeto, which has dual headquarters in Amsterdam and Beijing. Recently, Irdeto reports that its DVB CAS will be part of Hebei Broadcasting and TV Information Network (Group) and Xinjiang Broadcast & TV Transmission Network's digital migration process.



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