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Work item:
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J.Sup 13 (ex J.FSR-TEST)
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Subject/title:
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Factual subscriber-base reporting and protected content delivery in Conditional Access System - Test Methods
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Status:
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Agreed on 2023-11-23
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Approval process:
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Agreement
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Type of work item:
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Supplement
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Version:
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New
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Summary:
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Conditional Access System (CAS) having sub-standard solutions can be prone to manipulations and vulnerable to hacking, leading to loss of revenue to the concerned broadcasters and the government. Therefore, it is necessary to use tested and certified CAS systems to ensure factual reporting of subscriber-base and protected delivery of content to authorised subscribers. The purpose of this supplement is to frame the testing methodology against the various technical requirement of CAS.
In addition to develop a framework for standardization (i.e. Technical Requirements), some countries have issued the provisions for assuring broadcasters and content providers that each CAS system has to conform to certain technical features and get tested from certified lab before deployment so that piracy and other malpractices can be minimised.
The draft new supplement will provide the clause-by-clause test procedures and expected results for each clause of the draft new ITU-T Recommendation J.1036 such as log requirements, reports requirements, database requirements, security requirements, and more. By applying these test procedures on CAS, two major concerns, 'underreporting of subscribers' and 'content piracy', leading to revenue loss to broadcasters, content providers and the governments’, can easily be ascertained.
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Comment:
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First registration in the WP:
2023-05-30 15:58:29
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Last update:
2023-12-06 16:37:06
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