It's a bit of a mess really. You have inbound content feeds or peering, which is often encrypted. This hits their different "content servers" in your network that you often have no control over. A customer ONT has a list of channels and encryption keys programmed into it, and it sends off a bunch of multicast join requests for the content to these content servers. The content is end-end encrypted. You're kind of a dumb pipe in this scenario.
On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 11:34 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm <[email protected]> wrote: > maybe i misunderstand how this works, I assumed the service provider gets > the content, however they get the content, then delivers the content on > their own system to the set top box. Are you saying the content provider > delivers the content directly to the consumer set top box currently just > transiting the service provider network? > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I have no idea what you just said. >> >> Currently, content providers are using proprietary DRM (in many cases) >> to send content feeds. >> >> For instance, we have 5 content providers and our own sat farm now. >> Each one has a different demarc box for encryption and keys, and we >> have to manage keys for content for each user and each set top. It's a >> fucking nightmare. We also are limited to a handful of set tops that >> will work with their systems. >> >> On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 11:24 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Forcing providers from using proprietary technology on their >> > infrastructure >> > to maximize performance of their service into hammering a square peg >> > into a >> > round hole so everybody has a square peg will not turn out well. It will >> > however ensure that digital theft becomes a much simpler process, so >> > thats >> > always good. >> > >> > On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 11:16 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> If you actually read the FCC document, I cannot help but thinking this >> >> is >> >> almost forcing al la carte on the cable providers. Looks like good >> >> stuff to >> >> me. >> >> >> >> From: That One Guy /sarcasm >> >> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 9:44 AM >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Subject: [AFMUG] ot: this is our priority? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/04/15/obama-is-urging-the-fcc-to-open-up-the-cable-box-so-you-can-watch-tv-how-you-really-want/ >> >> >> >> First world problems. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your >> >> team >> >> as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team >> > as >> > part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. > > > > > -- > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as > part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
