ViXS Systems, a developer of video processing solutions, and China Digital TV, are collaborating on an ultra secure PC-based digital TV capture solution and Conditional Access PCI card. This product will be the first PC capture card with enhanced security available in the Chinese market.

ViXS partnered with China Digital TV to develop the STV-TC11P ASIC specifically for use in this PCI video capture card. China Digital TV's subsidiary, Beijing Novel-Super Media Investment Co. Ltd, is dedicated to being a first mover and market leader in value-added products and services for China's digital television market.

Targeted at the rapidly growing Chinese digital cable TV market, the ultra secure PCI video capture card gives users the ability to inexpensively capture HD video content on their PCs for real-time viewing or recording onto a hard drive for later playback (time shifting). The STV-TC11P ASIC ensures that video content remains protected and that Conditional Access is maintained.

Toronto-based ViXS Systems is a fabless semiconductor company enabling advanced video processing technologies for consumer electronic and PC platforms.  The company has developed advanced video codecs for processing, managing, protecting and distributing broadcast-quality video.  ViXS supplies IC solutions and full production reference designs to the world's top CE and PC manufacturers, OEMs and ODMs.  Applications include IPTV/cable set-top boxes, multimedia PC boards, digital TVs, PVRs, and Blu-ray and HD DVD products. To date, ViXS has issued and filed over 100 patents.

Founded in 2004, China Digital TV is a provider of conditional access (CA) systems to China's rapidly growing digital television market. CA systems enable television network operators to manage the delivery of customized content and services to their subscribers. China Digital TV conducts its CA-related business through its subsidiary, Beijing Super TV Co., Ltd., and its affiliate, Beijing Novel-Super Digital TV Technology Co., Ltd. and its value-added services business through its subsidiary, Beijing Novel-Super Media Investment Co., Ltd.

Contact:
Zengxiang Lu, Chairman and Chief Strategy officer of China Digital TV, ir.chinadv.cn
Sally Daub, President and CEO of ViXS Systems, www.vixs.com