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of security infrastructure in the client side that you would
normally have in the form of a smartcard,” says Hybrid networks
Verbesselt. “However, there’s been a lot of naivety that
since you’ve got a two-way environment you don’t need Despite the growth in demand for advanced security fea-
any security infrastructure there at all and that it’s all soft- tures from IPTV operators, subscriber numbers on the
ware.” Studios, he says are getting more demanding whole remain low. For many security vendors, the biggest
about security infrastructures in preparation for deals growth is going to come from hybrid networks. Irdeto’s
involving valuable HD content, with some mandating a Strydom says the company is seeing significant demand
hardware approach. This doesn’t necessarily mean a from its customers for hybrid solutions, with approxi-
smartcard in the set-top box, however, as advances in mately three quarters of them indicating an interest. “The
chipsets open up other ways of dealing with content secu- primary interest is in extending their existing signal over
rity for IPTV vendors, as Nagravision’s head of broadband IP networks, but there is also a strong interest in making
products Marc Uldry explains. “IPTV opens up other on-demand content available via the internet in the form
ways of dealing with the security. You can virtualise part of of catch-up TV,” says Strydom.
the smartcard infrastructure in the headend, provided In particular, DTT and DTH networks with no return
you have some hardware route of trust in the chipset,” he path are starting to consider piggy-backing on IP net-
says, adding that Nagravision supports about 90% of works to support interactive services, specifically full on-
available IPTV chipsets. demand functionality. UK DTH pay-TV operator BSkyB
NDS recently launched the VideoGuard Unified has included an Ethernet port on the back of its set-top
Headend, a conditional access and DRM solution that boxes for this very reason, although it is yet to launch
protect content over any platform to any device. “Not all interactive services via broadband.
DRM solutions are created equal,” says Silverman. “An On the other had, some telcos have leveraged broadcast
HD movie is different from a news channel, for example. technology to increase their coverage. France Telecom-
Conditional access and DRM needs to facilitate and not owned Orange TV began as an IPTV proposition before
just restrict content. This is a key requirement in the con- recently embarking on DTH delivery in order to offer its
tent-anytime-on-any-device world.” TV service to a wider audience.
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