Irdeto acquired the French middleware company IDWay. The group’s customer care and billing business now forms part of Irdeto. A next-generation product was launched recently, as was an end-to-end solution, Irdeto Digital TV SmartStart.

Advanced service offerings were highlighted. Partnering with OpenTV and Pace, Irdeto delivered high-definition PVR to DigiTurk in Turkey and will add push video-on-demand services in 2008.

In line with its objective to diversify on its security foundation, Irdeto acquired American-based software security firm, Cloakware. This unit offers software protection products.

Broadband penetration now grows strongly in almost all markets. The group’s unit Entriq is well positioned and has captured market share with its security and commerce products. To cover a greater part of the technology value chain, it acquired Dayport, which specialises in production workflow, encoding and syndication software for broadcasters and web publishers. The combined products facilitate all aspects from content creation to consumption.