The major shortcomings with traditional CA systems is that they are costly, both to acquire and to operate. Yet they are still considered necessary tools for broadcast TV content protection technology. They can also slow down the time-to-market for urgent new services and create vendor lock-in issues, both for broadcasters and device manufacturers. However, it doesn’t have to be like that.
Any converged broadcast-OTT security deployment needs to be easily integrated alongside the broadcaster’s current subscriber management and content management systems, through a well-defined API.
It had been standard practice for STBs to be locked down by specific CAS vendor technology. The optimal scenario is a unified content protection technology that can cater to all broadcasters.
Such a scenario lets the consumers make that choice as they purchase a smart TV and select a service provider with just a click of the remote. No more waiting for a cable operator to ship a box and or send a support engineer to install it.
