(15 November 2008 5:00 pm)

MUMBAI: Arab Radio and Television Network (Art), which showcases Arabic family programming and entertainment worldwide, will deploy Viaccess’ Praha card to secure its pay TV satellite platforms in the Middle East region.

In the next coming months, Art and Viaccess will strenghten their current collaboration to migrate the operator’s satellite platforms and set-top-box (STB) population to the Praha Card (Proactive Against Hacker Attacks). The company says that this is proactive against card sharing and enables hacker attack analysis.

Viaccess and Art have been long-time partners in the North African region for more than 11 years as Art selected Viaccess to securely deliver pay-TV content. Art produces over 6000 live and recorded shows every year including family oriented dramas, series, plays, sports programs, music videos, and documentaries.

The network claims to have the largest Arabic movie library in the Middle East and (as part of the AMC conglomerate) has been associated with film production houses in the Arab world for over 30 years.

Viaccess CEO François Moreau de Saint Martin says, “Our world class content protection products will bring premium content to ART consumers. The extension of our partnership with Art for the Middle eastern market is the ultimate proof of the benefits provided by our security technology.”