ViewRight STB for IPTV

Software-based Content Security for IP Set-top Boxes

The Verimatrix ViewRight STB for IPTV client is a robust package of portable embedded code that implements the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV security functions within each IP set-top box (STB) in a pay-TV system. The ViewRight STB code has been designed to require only a minimum of resources from the STB hardware and run-time environment and use a standardized set of simple interfaces to the middleware also running on the STB.

A software-based security solution for two-way networks, ViewRight STB operates without the need for smart cards. It offers best-of-breed content security and revenue protection in a hardened implementation that incorporates signing, multiple levels of integrity checking, debugger detection, key obfuscation and intrinsic renewability.

ViewRight STB is integrated and operational on a wide variety of commercial STB hardware and software combinations. In Digital Video Broadcast (DVB)-IP hybrid mode it is used with various types of DVB front-ends (DVB-C, DVB-S and/or DVB-T) in combination with IP, without smart cards.

Integrated DVR Features

ViewRight STB incorporates a seamless approach for digital video recorder (DVR) functionality within pay-TV deployments, using local hard disk storage or a network DVR (nDVR) approach within the pay-TV head-end. ViewRight DVR functions enhance the security perimeter of the pay-TV system since VCAS is architected to directly enable recording and replay of broadcast streams without translation or re-encryption. By leverage of key management in the VCAS Content Security Manager (CSM), DVR and nDVR functions are supported in a flexible and cost-effective manner. VCAS and ViewRight STB enable implementation of any possible business rule and content management scheme while satisfying all DVR content security requirements.

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