Silicondust is now an ATSC3 Certificate Authority

[nickk]

TVNewsCheck:
https://tvnewscheck.com/tech/article/si ... extgen-tv/

Radio + Television Business Report:
https://rbr.com/silicondust-secures-cer ... -atsc-3-0/

TV Technology:
https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/silic ... -authority

Our Announcement:
https://www.silicondust.com/commercial/atsc3ca/

[nickk]

Added TVNewsCheck

[hdhomerunjoe]

what does it mean functionally ?
ability to stream DRM stations using Connect 4K ?
ability to record and play back DRM stations if broadcast station agrees ?

will there be a license similar to DVR ?

[NedS]

what does it mean functionally ?
ability to stream DRM stations using Connect 4K ?
ability to record and play back DRM stations if broadcast station agrees ?

will there be a license similar to DVR ?

Pretty unrelated to DRM. This is a sort of digital certificate that allows a station to show that their broadcast is "authentic". For whatever reason, ATSC 3.0 requires this, and before us there was only one other certificate authority (who is also the only ATSC 3.0 DRM authority, but again, technically a different issue) that could do this, which was bad for competition and conflicts of interest and pricing, etc.

This is mostly good news for broadcasters.

[Phoenixfury]

The way I understand it, this is a verification process so things like the Max Headroom incident can't happen again. This is a preventative measure so if hackers hijack the broadcasters signal, their signal just won't be receivable because the hacker wouldn't have the certificate the HDHR would need to authenticate the actual broadcaster's signal.

[gtb]

This is mostly good news for broadcasters.

Congratulations to SD.

Having more than one viable solution provider is typically good for the potential clients (while collusion is possible, having alternatives tends to drive the price(s) down).

Being a CA is not intellectually hard, but the details matter (and often turn out to be harder than those who are not a crypto nerd imagine).

[bandit5731]

what does it mean functionally ?
ability to stream DRM stations using Connect 4K ?
ability to record and play back DRM stations if broadcast station agrees ?

will there be a license similar to DVR ?

Pretty unrelated to DRM. This is a sort of digital certificate that allows a station to show that their broadcast is "authentic". For whatever reason, ATSC 3.0 requires this, and before us there was only one other certificate authority (who is also the only ATSC 3.0 DRM authority, but again, technically a different issue) that could do this, which was bad for competition and conflicts of interest and pricing, etc.

This is mostly good news for broadcasters.

didnt broacasters try to say drm was needed though for this same reason? looks like thats not needed at all since there is this cert. so honestly it is related a bit

[howardc1243]

this is more like "mud in the palms" of a3sa who tried to silence kick Kelsey and the entire crew at silicondust for providing a product that lives up to the expectations of those who already own an silicondust product, the hdhomerun.

congratulations Nick job well done.

[NatHillIV]

I am not requesting, nor do I expect, a response from Silicon Dust regarding the following question.
But I do have a question for the forum members.
Does anybody else find it hilarious that apparently the broadcast industry, after blasting SiliconDust with the chip nonsense, is now admitting through their actions that SiliconDust is the best possible group to figure out the certification process? I freely admit I don't understand DRM OR certification, but SilconDust certainly must.

[Cabal]

Does anybody else find it hilarious that apparently the broadcast industry, after blasting SiliconDust with the chip nonsense, is now admitting through their actions that SiliconDust is the best possible group to figure out the certification process? I freely admit I don't understand DRM OR certification, but SilconDust certainly must.

Anyone can (attempt to) be a CA. I don't think there is anything that the broadcast industry, as a whole, is doing here.