MUMBAI: Canal+Technologies, a leading provider of interactive TV software solutions with more than 14 million set-top boxes deployed around the world, has announced the launch of CJSC TELEMEDIUM's first Russian DTT platform, secured by the companies' conditional access system, MEDIAGUARD.

Canal+Technologies' MEDIAGUARD conditional access system is highly flexible and scalable to secure content delivery for the specific needs of terrestrial broadcast services. The new service will allow users to receive an enhanced value Pay-TV offering of premium and thematic channels including movies, entertainment and news. Viewers can avail of six different channels including CNBC Europe and Euronews for a complete overview of regional and global news, National Geographic channel for adventure and nature lovers, Fox kids, MCM music channel, TV XXI for eclectic movie choices and Eurosport for sports events.

VP Sales, Canal+ Technologies Thierry Maupetit says, "We are looking at the Asian subcontinent as the market of the future for us. After deploying our solutions in Europe, we are looking forward to Conditional Access Systems being given a go-ahead in India. The high-rate of television consumption and the growing needs of the organised cable TV sector are clear indicators that India will soon be one of the leading regions and we are all set to provide our solutions for cable, DTH and DTT platforms."

C+T has recently announced its entry to the Indian Conditional Access Software market and is already in talks with a number of prospective clients for its products - MEDIAGUARD (conditional access system) and MEDIAHIGHWAY (middleware). C+T has already provided its solutions to Zee TV in India and is to license its conditional access system to Himachal Futuristic Corporation Ltd. (HFCL) to manufacture STBs for direct-to-home (DTH) and digital terrestrial transmission (DTT).