New Recommendations For Free-to-Air

PRLog (Press Release) - Jun 18, 2009 -
Members of the Centre for Content Protection(CCP) launched recommendations on outputs for free-to-air(FTA) receiver units at the Digital Future Seminar(DFS) Series held during the Broadcast Asia event in Singapore June 17.

Protecting the Digital Video Broadcasting(DVB) Common Interface and ensuring High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)  for digital display outputs, disabling analogue outputs for High Definition (HD) content and adopting the latest version of broadcast signaling for DVB were best practices recommended.

Key content industry players, including HBO, Conax, Irdeto, SecureMedia, NDS and  Nagravision, participated in the seminar to talk broadcast content protection developments and the role of government. Paul Jackson, CTO of NDS, shared insights on regulatory practices for broadcasters in India.

Despite the proliferation of media, a bright future was predicted for FTA television broadcasters, with well-managed and protected HD digital broadcasts.

Earlier, at CCP’s first DFS this year June 16, Motion Picture Association of America CTO Jim Williams recommended terrestrial broadcasters tap low-cost content protection choices. He was speaking at the seminar on digital terrestrial television broadcasting organised by the Asia-Pac Institute of Broadcasting Development and the International Telecommunication Union at Suntec Convention Centre, Singapore.

Broadcast Asia speakers: Bob Zitter, Chief Technology Officer, HBO * Jim Williams, CTO, Microsoft* Christophe Nicolas, Chief Technology Officer, Nagravision * Vidar Sandvik, Intl Product Marketing Manager, Conax * Paul Jackson, Chief Technology Officer, NDS * Dr. Benjamin Lian, Director of Technology, Irdeto * Paul Osbourne, General Manager, R&D, Securemedia* John Enoch, VP, Asia Risk* * Isa Seow, Managing Director, Centre for Content Protection (CCP)

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