Conditional access system that content providers use to protect and monetize their content by controlling who has access to it. It is commonly used on satellite or cable pay-TV services to regulate the contract between provider and user.

This represents a major cost and considerable operational challenges for pay-TV operators, thus hitting them with additional CAPEX (purchase new cards) and OPEX (logistics of card distribution). 

On the Intertrust website, you can read more about how Intertrust is bridging CAS and DRM. You’ll learn about how the seamless transmission of high quality 4K UHD content is being enabled by our ExpressPlay XCA™ solution, which brings CAS and DRM together into a single unified infrastructure.