ATSC 3.0 WBNX now using Silicon Dust Certificate Authority

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ATSC 3.0 WBNX now using Silicon Dust Certificate Authority

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https://tvnewscheck.com/tech/article/wb ... authority/
https://www.thebroadcastbridge.com/cont ... y-for-atsc

So here are my questions.
1) Can (or will) WBNX 'feature' DRM in everyday programming?
2) If so, will an HDHomeRun be able to view that DRM 'protected' programming?

Inquiring minds want to know. I probably should know already, but somebody please lead me by the hand.

I did find this encouraging, even if not directly related to DRM?
“The ATSC3CA™ OCSP solution means stations will stay on air. This partnership allows broadcasters access to an ATSC 3.0 security expert. Certificates from the ATSC 3.0 Certificate Authority meet all ATSC 3.0 requirements and do not require a contract with the A3SA, or any other party, to be compliant with ATSC 3.0 security requirements.

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I'm confused. Does a station need a 3rd party ATSC 3.0 certificate to broadcast? I thought ATSC 1.0 and 3.0 were self-certifying things. Broadcasters just filed their intended compliance with the FCC. And TV makers declared they were ATSC 1.0 (or now ATSC 3.0) compliant.

Not to be confused with A3SA cerfity DRM junk that is a proprietary, secretive, closed organization adding certifiable goop on top of ATSC 3.0.

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It's the ATSC 3.0 certification requirement thing, unrelated to DRM. It's kind of like how websites have SSL certificates.

A3SA (the same group who currently has the only approved ATSC 3.0 DRM method) was previously the only company allowed to issue certificates (that are going to be "required" for ATSC 3.0, even though there's some debate on if that's really needed or not, but that's a whole other discussion), and they had crazy prices, potential conflicts of interest, required signing contracts that are likely problematic, and don't even work without an active internet connection to the TV broadcaster, etc.

So we were like, why don't we become a certificate authority and offer super cheap certificates to broadcasters, and even offline methods for stations that loose internet, and make it really easy to use. So we did.

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To clarify and emphasize, these certificates are for ensuring that TV broadcasters are who they say they are, and are not a person (who somehow has a massive broadcast antenna and all of the supporting equipment) pretending to be that broadcaster.

ATSC 3.0 in the US has a deadline where all broadcasters need to be certified for "security" reasons.

This is unrelated to DRM, and stations without DRM will have a certificate eventually, as things stand now.

Being certified does not require being DRM encrypted. Certification is basically just extra data. HDHomeRun units and software don't need anything new to handle those, as far as I know. It's mostly for ATSC 3.0 standalone TV sets and set-top-boxes.

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