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Nagra: “All Africa benefits from DTT platforms that serve both public and private interests”
By Thomas Campbell October 21st, 2015
IP&TV News talks digital switchover and more with Nagra’s Christopher Schouten…
IP&TV News: Christopher you’ll be appearing at TV Connect Africa 2015. How is Nagra involved in the question of digital switchover in Africa?
Christopher Schouten: We’ve been working for a very long time in Africa to advocate that digital switchover make considerations for the possibility to offer pay services on top of the public interest free-to-air services that are part of digital switchover.
Very few regions in the world which have had digital terrestrial have allowed for a commercial proposition as part of digital terrestrial – so the approach of many African countries to create a win-win Public-Private Partnership is refreshing and ultimately will serve the best interests of the consumer, who will be able to receive both free channels as well as pay for premium content if they choose. That’s why in Africa we’ve been advocating for the inclusion of the possibility for encryption to be included in set top boxes – to provide the infrastructure to make that possible.
Government, industry and consumers all benefit when there is a common platform created that allows all parties to participate.
What are the advantages of encryption for PPP here?
Number one is that, when you encrypt the basic services, you can essentially make the set top box useless for migration outside of the intended service area. Imagine that, as is the case, the government is subsidising the availability of set top boxes to citizens, but those same set top boxes could be used in other territories around the world – they’re going to find their way out the country very quickly. The first priority there is making sure you protect the investment of government in set top box subsidies. Only allowing encrypted services on set top boxes is one excellent way to do that if governments choose to do so. Encrypting services also ensures that only certified, quality-controlled set-top boxes can be used, which ultimately prevents potentially costly citizen complaints and bad PR about unauthorized STBs which are not quality-controlled. Encryption can also be used as a mechanism to generate government revenues by guaranteeing the collection of digital access fees or television licenses.
http://www.iptv-news.com/2015/10/nagra-africa...echnology/
.........me; I dream of minutes being $$$....$$$$$
Nagra: “All Africa benefits from DTT platforms that serve both public and private interests”
By Thomas Campbell October 21st, 2015
IP&TV News talks digital switchover and more with Nagra’s Christopher Schouten…
IP&TV News: Christopher you’ll be appearing at TV Connect Africa 2015. How is Nagra involved in the question of digital switchover in Africa?
Christopher Schouten: We’ve been working for a very long time in Africa to advocate that digital switchover make considerations for the possibility to offer pay services on top of the public interest free-to-air services that are part of digital switchover.
Very few regions in the world which have had digital terrestrial have allowed for a commercial proposition as part of digital terrestrial – so the approach of many African countries to create a win-win Public-Private Partnership is refreshing and ultimately will serve the best interests of the consumer, who will be able to receive both free channels as well as pay for premium content if they choose. That’s why in Africa we’ve been advocating for the inclusion of the possibility for encryption to be included in set top boxes – to provide the infrastructure to make that possible.
Government, industry and consumers all benefit when there is a common platform created that allows all parties to participate.
What are the advantages of encryption for PPP here?
Number one is that, when you encrypt the basic services, you can essentially make the set top box useless for migration outside of the intended service area. Imagine that, as is the case, the government is subsidising the availability of set top boxes to citizens, but those same set top boxes could be used in other territories around the world – they’re going to find their way out the country very quickly. The first priority there is making sure you protect the investment of government in set top box subsidies. Only allowing encrypted services on set top boxes is one excellent way to do that if governments choose to do so. Encrypting services also ensures that only certified, quality-controlled set-top boxes can be used, which ultimately prevents potentially costly citizen complaints and bad PR about unauthorized STBs which are not quality-controlled. Encryption can also be used as a mechanism to generate government revenues by guaranteeing the collection of digital access fees or television licenses.
http://www.iptv-news.com/2015/10/nagra-africa...echnology/
.........me; I dream of minutes being $$$....$$$$$
