Irdeto Access Totally Explained

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Irdeto provides solutions for digital content protection in digital TV, IPTV and mobile environments. The company's dual headquarters are located in Hoofddorp near Amsterdam and in Beijing. Irdeto provides both smart card and software-based conditional access systems for pay TV, supporting cable, satellite, terrestrial, MMDS and IPTV operators. In addition, the company offers chip- and software-based solutions for mobile media and TV based on the following standards: S-DMB, T-DMB, DVB-H, OMA 1, OMA 2.
Irdeto is a subsidiary of media group Naspers, which also includes a group of pay TV sister companies in Africa, Europe and Asia. As a primary supplier to these companies since the early days of digital TV, Irdeto plays a vital role within this group. Nevertheless, more than 75% of Irdeto's revenue comes from companies outside the group since the 1990s.

History

The company was founded in 1969 by Pieter den Toonder, a radio engineer, in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. The company name is a contraction of Ir.—the Dutch abbreviation for a university-educated engineer— and the founder's surname.
In 2006, Irdeto acquired the assets, customers and employees of competitor Philips CryptoTec (makers of the Cryptoworks product line). CryptoTec had over 100 customers and more than 50 employees. The purchase price wasn't disclosed.

Customers

Australia

Austar
Foxtel (Pre-"Foxtel Digital" legacy service only)
Optus (Optus Aurora service)
SelecTV
Jadeworld (ABS-8776 decoders only)

Europe

Ziggo, Dutch cable television provider

Telia Sweden

Isat BV, The Netherlands

Olisat

Nova Hellas (Satellite Platform)

Pink International Company Serbia (Satellite Platform)

Canal Digitaal, The Netherlands

iN-Di, Belgium

Bulsatcom, Bulgarian DTH Operator

ORF, Austrian Television Corp.

Middle East, North Africa, and the Levant territories

Showtime Arabia (Corporate website

)

Arab Digital Distribution Co.

Al Jazeera Sport

- Part of Al Jazeera Network

Taj Television Limited - Ten Sports

ARY Digital Network

South Africa

DStv DStv Corporate Website

Sri Lanka

Dialog TV (www.dialog.lk

)

LBN

North America

Home2US Communications

South Korea

TU Media Corp.

China

Xinjiang Broadcast & Television Transmission Network Corp. Ltd.

Yancheng Broadcasting Television and Information Development

Yi Wu Broadcasting & Television Bureau

Taiyuan Cable TV Network Center

Foshan Broadcasting & TV Network Company

Jinan CATV

Guangzhou Broadcasting and Television Network Co., Ltd.

Jiangsu Telecommunication & Broadcasting Media Digital TV Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Media Group New Media Co., Ltd.

Lin Hai Broadcasting & Television Bureau

Taizhou Tongda Cable Digital Network Co., Ltd

Zhenjiang City Broadcasting and Television Station

Fujian Radio & TV Broadcasting Co., Ltd

The State Administration of Radio Film & Television Center of Transmission

Jiaxing Broadcasting and TV Network Co.

Shanghai Stock Communication Co, Ltd.

Shaanxi Provincial Network

SkyWave TV Company Ltd

Huzhou Broadcast & TV Network Company Ltd.

Radio & TV New Technology Development Co. of Guangdong Province

Harbin Yuanshen BTV Network Co., Ltd

Pacific Century Matrix

Shanghai Interactive TV

Jilin Broadcasting & TV Network Co., Ltd

Liaoning Broadcasting & TV Information Network Co., Ltd

Hunan Broadcasting and Television Mobil TV Co., Ltd

Gansu Provincial Network (Gansu Cable)

China Broadcasting Film Television Satellite Co. Ltd

Central Satellite Television Transmission Center

Zhengzhou Broadcasting and Television Information Network Co., Ltd.

Shenyang CATV Station

Nanning CATV Station

Jiangxi Provincial Cable Network

Kunming Broadcasting TV Network Centre

Quingdao CATV

Guangdong Cable TV and Broadcasting Station

Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting Ltd

Macau Cable TV

Wuhan Broadcasting & TV Network Company

Changsha Guoan Broadcasting and Television Broadband Network Co., Ltd

Zhuhai Broadcast & TV Station

Shunde Station of Guangdong Foshan Broadcasting and TV Networks

Ningbo Digital Television Co. Ltd

Guangdong Zhuhai TV Transmission Co., Ltd

Preventing security breaches

   All Pay TV conditional access vendors are confronted with piracy and it's part of their business to prevent it from happening.
   In the late 1990s, the original encoding system Irdeto 1 appeared to be vulnerable. Therefore a new version called Irdeto 2 was introduced. The first new smart cards with Irdeto 2 were brought to market in October 2000 and implemented at Multichoice in the Middle East. A phased swap out of old cards took place between October 2000 and end 2001. There are no reports that broadcasters applying Irdeto 2 had to swap cards again.
   In the spring of 2007 it was claimed in various internet forums that Irdeto 2 encoding was cracked as well. However, given the way Irdeto 2 is working, such an event should be limited to specific generations of smart cards. Between October 2000 and present at least seven generations of cards were introduced and, depending on the applied smart card technology, a range of countermeasures can be applied.

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