SmarDTV completes CI Plus v1.3 certification

SmarDTV, part of the Kudelski Group, has announced that its latest generation of conditional access modules, the SmarCAM-3.5, has passed the CI Plus v1.3 certification.

In addition, Digital TV Labs has made a custom development based on the SmarCAM for the official CI Plus Test Tool, which is used for the certification of CI Plus televisions and set top boxes.

Through CI Plus v1.3, the latest Common Interface specification, the SmarCAMs will now offer new features including the ability for an operator to enable specific channel listing according to privately defined mechanisms, and video-on-demand directly to interactive TVs.

“The successful development and certification of the CI Plus version 1.3 features is a major milestone in the history of our company. Building complex features such as operator profile and VOD into a CAM brings great benefits for operators and also leverages the powerful platform we have developed for our SmarCAM product line,” said Laurent Molac, vice-president of engineering at SmarDTV.