[iptv-users] Open source IPTV bits

[D. Ryan Spott]

Conditional access is easiest. No physical connection, no access. Why do 
you think they "pull your tap" at the pole when you don't pay for cable?

Encryption is not required once the content is at your premises.

ryan

Frank Bulk - iName.com wrote:
> Certain content providers require encryption/conditional-access -- best of
> luck trying to get them to approve an opensource DRM.  You need all the
> funding and resources of companies like Verimatrix, Widevine, Latens,
> Irdeto, Nagravision, etc to make that happen.
>
> >From my perspective, if a telco wants to provide IP TV, after all the market
> and business research, the next thing to work on is content and encryption.
> The middleware, STBs, and network generally falls into place after that.
> Fortunately, there are companies that will help with the content licensing
> process (i.e. TeleChannel, National Telco TV Consortium, NRTC, and NCTC).
>
> Frank
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: iptv-users-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:iptv-users-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Charles Wyble
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 9:25 PM
> To: iptv-users at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [iptv-users] Open source IPTV bits
>
> Frank Bulk - iName.com wrote:
>   
>> If there's one thing I've learned about IPTV since getting into it, it's
>> that IP TV in the home is very different than the service provider space.
>>     
>
>
> Can you expand on that a bit?
>
> You mean delivery to end users vs wholesale?
>
>   
>> One reason that open source isn't a starter, at least in North America, is
>> the requirement by content providers for conditional access.
>>     
>
> Hmmmm. A quick search reveals https://dream.dev.java.net/ (archived yes).
>
> These things are solvable problems. :)
>
>
>
>   
>> Frank
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: iptv-users-bounces at puck.nether.net
>> [mailto:iptv-users-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Charles Wyble
>> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:40 PM
>> To: iptv-users at puck.nether.net
>> Subject: [iptv-users] Open source IPTV bits
>>
>> I figure I should start another thread about this....
>>
>>
>> Here is a copy/paste from a mind map I have done.
>>
>> Content Acquisition
>>      MythTV
>>      TvHeadEnd
>>      FuriousTV
>> Server Side
>>      Content Acquisition
>>          MythTV
>>          TvHeadEnd
>>          FuriousTV
>>      Middleware
>>          Toroid
>>          Streamnik
>>          Mim
>>          Motama
>> Middleware
>>      Toroid
>>      Streamnik
>>      Mim
>>      Motama
>>
>> Still figuring out IPTV infrastructure/architecture. Any good 
>> books/papers on this? The wikipedia page is pretty complete.
>>
>>
>> TvHeadEnd http://lonelycoder.com/hts/ seems fairly mature.
>> Toroid http://www.toroid.tv/ is fairly new.
>> Motama http://www.motama.com/ is a pretty mature project.
>>
>>
>>
>> I recently read an article in light reading covering Cisco solutions. 
>> http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=177356&print=yes
>>
>> and some interesting links to other tests they had done (like the CRS1).
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