PowerVu

PowerVu is a conditional access system for digital television developed by Scientific Atlanta.^[1] It is used for professional broadcasting, notably by Retevision, Bloomberg Television, Discovery Channel, AFRTS, ABS-CBN, GMA Network, and American Forces Network. It is also used by cable companies to prevent viewing by unauthorized viewers and non-cable subscribers.

PowerVu has decoders that decode signals from certain satellites for cable distribution services. These decoders can also be used just like the FTA (Free-To-Air) satellite receivers if properly configured. PowerVu was considered very secure since it uses a complicated system to authorize each PowerVu receiver and trace its history of ownership and usage. Most PowerVu users are professional cable or satellite companies, using the service and equipment for signal redistribution, because regular users cannot afford it.

As of 2016, both PowerVu and PowerVu+ were hacked due to the availability of encryption keys.

References

↑ "PowerVu Network Centre Introduction". Cisco Systems. Retrieved 2010-03-03.

Broadcast encryption and digital rights management

Conditional access	CableCARD Conditional access system Renewable security

DVB	Common Interface CSA Conditional-access module DVB-CPCM FTV Syndication

Smart cards and encryption	ABV BISS Conax Cryptoworks Digicipher HDCP KeyFly Nagravision Cisco Videoscape VideoGuard PowerVu RAS SECA Mediaguard Viaccess

Digital video disc	Content Scramble System (CSS) Advanced Access Content System (AACS) BD+

DRM	Authorized domain B-CAS Broadcast flag Hardware restriction

Data security	Card sharing FTA Pirate decryption

Analogue broadcast encoding	EuroCrypt Videocipher VideoCrypt

See also free-to-view and pay television

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