Kudelski Group

Kudelski S. A. is a publicly traded, on digital security systems specialized Swiss company based in Cheseaux -sur -Lausanne. Developed by Kudelski technologies are used primarily in the area of information transmission, the content protection in digital television and access control of persons or vehicles in real estate, ski slopes or events.

An encryption system for pay-TV, as used for example by Sky Germany - the company became known for Nagravision. Or its founder Stefan Kudelski - - Previously, the company had made ​​a name with the legendary Nagra tape recorders.

Stefan Kudelski

The company's founder and Nagra inventor Stefan Kudelski, was born on 27 February 1929 in Warsaw. During World War II his family fled from the Nazis after Hungary and France before they finally found asylum in Switzerland. During a recorded 1948 studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, he built his first tape recorder. In 1951 he founded his company and began production of the Nagra tape recorder -I for radio reporters. In 1990, he was honored for its technical merits of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with the Gordon E. Sawyer Award. He died on 26 January 2013.

André Kudelski, the son of the founder, is the current CEO of the company.

Nagra tape recorder

  • 2001: Nagra V - 24-Bit-Stereo-CompactFlash/Festplattenrekorder, successor of the Nagra IV -STC
  • 2008: Nagra VI - 6-Kanal-CompactFlash/Festplattenrekorder
  • 2009: Nagra LB - Successor to the ARES series, with graphic audio editor, 2 GB of internal memory, Compact Flash slot, Ethernet, Bluetooth, USB

The analog Nagras were once the standard tape recorder with radio, film and television; they were awarded, among others, in 1965, 1977, 1978 and 1983 at the Academy Awards with technical Oscars. All except the SN are for ¼ - inch tape.

Conditional access systems

The company started in 1991 with the development of encryption systems for pay-TV; the known relevant items of the Kudelski Group are:

  • Nagravision
  • Media Guard
  • MEDIACRYPT

Onomastics

Nagra is derived from the perfective ( a completed operation designating ) the form of the Polish verb " nagrywać " (Recording ) ago. This form is " nagrać " and literally means as much as: ( something ) " was added ."

Competitors

  • NDS, UK: VideoCrypt ( for analog TV ), VideoGuard ( DVB )
  • Irdeto, Netherlands: Irdeto, Irdeto 2
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