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Common Interface, the Glossary

In Digital Video Broadcasting, the Common Interface (also called DVB-CI) is a technology which allows decryption of pay TV channels.^[1]

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Conditional-access television broadcasting
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Albania

Albania (Shqipëri or Shqipëria), officially the Republic of Albania (Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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Blizoo

Blizoo was a Swedish telecommunications operator in Macedonia and Bulgaria.

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Boxer TV Access

Boxer TV Access is a Swedish brand owned by Tele2 AB providing pay television channels on the digital terrestrial television network in Sweden.

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Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the 16th largest country in Europe.

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Bulsatcom

Bulsatcom is Bulgarian satellite television, internet & mobile operator.

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Caiway

Caiway (or simplified as CAIW) is a cable operator in the Netherlands, providing digital cable television, Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in mainly the Westland, Twente and Schiedam areas.

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Canal+ (Polish TV provider)

Canal+ (formerly Cyfra+ (Canal+ Cyfrowy), nc+, Platforma Canal+) is a Polish satellite platform, owned and operated by French media company Canal+ Group.

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Cisco

Cisco Systems, Inc. (using the trademark Cisco) is an American multinational digital communications technology conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California.

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Cisco Videoscape

Cisco Videoscape (formerly NDS Group and currently known as Synamedia) was a majority owned subsidiary of News Corp, which develops software for the pay TV industry (including cable, satellite and others). NDS Group was established in 1988 as an Israeli start up company. It was acquired by Cisco in 2012 before being sold back to the private equity company Permira in 2018 for US$1 billion. Common Interface and Cisco Videoscape are conditional-access television broadcasting.

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Com Hem

Com Hem was a Swedish brand owned by Tele2 AB which supplied Triple Play services that included cable television, broadband internet and fixed-line telephone.

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Common Scrambling Algorithm

The Common Scrambling Algorithm (CSA) is the encryption algorithm used in the DVB digital television broadcasting for encrypting video streams. Common Interface and Common Scrambling Algorithm are digital Video Broadcasting.

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Conax

Conax develops television encryption, conditional access and content security for digital television. Common Interface and Conax are conditional-access television broadcasting.

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Conditional-access module

A conditional access module (CAM) is an electronic device, usually incorporating a slot for a smart card, which equips an integrated digital television or set-top box with the appropriate hardware facility to view conditional access content that has been encrypted using a conditional access system. Common Interface and conditional-access module are digital Video Broadcasting and set-top box.

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Croatia

Croatia (Hrvatska), officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe.

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Cryptography

Cryptography, or cryptology (from κρυπτός|translit.

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D-Smart

D-Smart is a Turkish satellite television provider launched in 2007.

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Data Encryption Standard

The Data Encryption Standard (DES) is a symmetric-key algorithm for the encryption of digital data.

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Delta (company)

DELTA is a cable operator in the Netherlands, providing digital cable television, Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in mainly the province of Zeeland.

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Digi Communications

Digi Communications N.V., also known as DIGI Group, is a leading telecommunications holding company with roots in Romania and businesses also in Spain, Italy and now Portugal and Belgium.

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Digital terrestrial television

Digital terrestrial television (DTTV, DTT, or DTTB) is a technology for terrestrial television where television stations broadcast television content in a digital format.

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DigitAlb

DigitAlb Sh.A is an Albanian media, digital satellite and terrestrial TV platform based in Tirana, Albania.

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DSM CC

Digital storage media command and control (DSM-CC) is a toolkit for developing control channels associated with MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 streams.

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DTV receiver

A DTV receiver is a set-top box that permits the reception of digital television. Common Interface and DTV receiver are set-top box.

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DVB

Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) is a set of international open standards for digital television. Common Interface and DVB are digital Video Broadcasting.

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DVB-CPCM

DVB Content Protection & Copy Management (DVB-CPCM or CPCM) is a digital rights management standard being developed by the DVB Project. Common Interface and DVB-CPCM are digital Video Broadcasting and digital rights management standards.

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ETSI

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is an independent, not-for-profit, standardization organization operating in the field of information and communications.

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European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization

CENELEC (Comité Européen de Normalisation Électrotechnique; European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization) is responsible for European standardization in the area of electrical engineering.

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Fabless manufacturing

Fabless manufacturing is the design and sale of hardware devices and semiconductor chips while outsourcing their fabrication (or fab) to a specialized manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry.

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Focus Sat

Focus Sat is a direct broadcast satellite television platform owned by M7 Group (Canal+ Luxembourg S.a.r.l.), a subsidiary of Canal+ Group, in Romania.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Free-to-view

Free-to-view (FTV) is a term used for audiovisual transmissions that are provided free without any form of continual subscription.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Groupe Canal+

Groupe Canal+, also known as Canal+ Group in English, is a French media and telecommunications conglomerate based in Paris, owned and controlled by Vivendi.

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HD+

HD+ is a premium high-definition (HD) satellite and streamed TV service for German users, owned by HD PLUS GmbH, a subsidiary of SES based in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany.

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High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection

High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) is a form of digital copy protection developed by Intel Corporation to prevent copying of digital audio and video content as it travels across connections. Common Interface and High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection are digital rights management standards.

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Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV

Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) is both an industry standard (European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) TS 102 796) and promotional initiative for hybrid digital TV to harmonise the broadcast, Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), and broadband delivery of entertainment to the end consumer through connected TVs (smart TVs) and set-top boxes. Common Interface and hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV are set-top box.

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Integrated circuit

An integrated circuit (IC), also known as a microchip, computer chip, or simply chip, is a small electronic device made up of multiple interconnected electronic components such as transistors, resistors, and capacitors.

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Integrated digital television

An integrated digital television (IDTV or iDTV) set is a television set with a built in digital tuner, be it for DVB-T2, DVB-S2, DVB-C, DMB-T/H, ATSC standards or ISDB. Common Interface and integrated digital television are set-top box.

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Integrated receiver/decoder

An integrated receiver/decoder (IRD) is an electronic device used to pick up a radio-frequency signal and convert digital information transmitted in it. Common Interface and integrated receiver/decoder are set-top box.

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Interactive television

Interactive television is a form of media convergence, adding data services to traditional television technology.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Kabelnoord

Kabelnoord (or officially known as NV Kabeltelevisie Noord-Oost Friesland) is a Frisian cable and fiber to the home (FTTH) operator, providing digital cable television, Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers, in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen.

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Kudelski Group

Kudelski SA is a Swiss company that sells digital television access and management systems, content protection solutions, cybersecurity solutions, Internet of Things products and public access infrastructure.

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Luxembourg

Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg; Luxemburg; Luxembourg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a small landlocked country in Western Europe.

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Mediaset Premium was an Italian pay TV provider owned by Mediaset.

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MHEG-5

MHEG-5, or ISO/IEC 13522–5, is part of a set of international standards relating to the presentation of multimedia information, standardised by the Multimedia and Hypermedia Experts Group (MHEG).

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MPEG transport stream

MPEG transport stream (MPEG-TS, MTS) or simply transport stream (TS) is a standard digital container format for transmission and storage of audio, video, and Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) data.

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MPEG-2

MPEG-2 (a.k.a. H.222/H.262 as was defined by the ITU) is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information".

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Multimedia Home Platform (DVB-MHP) is an open middleware system standard designed by the DVB project for interactive digital television. Common Interface and Multimedia Home Platform are digital Video Broadcasting.

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Nagravision

Nagravision (or Nagra Kudelski or simply Nagra) is a company of the Kudelski Group that develops conditional access systems for digital cable and satellite television. Common Interface and Nagravision are conditional-access television broadcasting.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Orange Romania

Orange România is a broadband Internet service provider and mobile provider in Romania.

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Panasonic

is a Japanese multinational electronics company, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan.

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Pay television

The pay television (pay TV), also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichannel television providers, but also increasingly via digital terrestrial and streaming television.

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PC Card

PC Card is a parallel peripheral interface for laptop computers and PDAs.

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PCMCIA

The Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) was an industry consortium of computer hardware manufacturers from 1989 to 2009.

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Philips

Koninklijke Philips N.V., commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891.

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Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

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Polsat Box

Cyfrowy Polsat S.A. (English: Digital Polsat), trading as Polsat Box is a Polish DTH satellite TV platform.

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Radio frequency

Radio frequency (RF) is the oscillation rate of an alternating electric current or voltage or of a magnetic, electric or electromagnetic field or mechanical system in the frequency range from around to around.

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Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (sometimes shortened to SEC and stylized as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational major appliance and consumer electronics corporation headquartered in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, South Korea. It is currently the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol, accounting for 70% of the group's revenue in 2012.

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Serbia

Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Southeast and Central Europe, located in the Balkans and the Pannonian Plain.

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Serbia Broadband

Serbia Broadband (branded as SBB; full legal name: Serbia Broadband - Srpske kablovske mreže d.o.o.) is a cable television and broadband internet service provider in Serbia.

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Set-top box

A set-top box (STB), also known as a cable box, receiver, or simply box, and historically television decoder or a converter, is an information appliance device that generally contains a TV tuner input and displays output to a television set, turning the source signal into content in a form that can then be displayed on the television screen or other display device.

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Sky Deutschland

Sky Deutschland GmbH, branded as Sky, is a German media company that operates a direct broadcast satellite Pay TV platform in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (through Sky Switzerland).

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Smart card

A smart card (SC), chip card, or integrated circuit card (ICC or IC card), is a card used to control access to a resource.

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Sony

, formerly known as and, commonly known as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.

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Télésat

Télésat, formerly known as Télésat Numérique, is a satellite subscription television provider owned by M7 Group aimed at the French-speaking community of Belgium and Luxembourg, which also offers a triple play package of satellite television, internet and landline telephone services.

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Türksat (company)

Türksat Satellite Communications Cable TV and Operations Incorporated (Türksat Uydu Haberleşme Kablo TV ve İşletme A.Ş.) is the sole communications satellite operator in Turkey.

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Tele Columbus

Tele Columbus is a large cable provider in Germany with 3.6 million connected households on network level 4.

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Telekom Romania Mobile

Telekom Romania Mobile Communications S.A. is a mobile network company in Romania, wholly owned by OTE, which in turn is controlled by Deutsche Telekom, operating under Telekom brand.

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Telenet Group

Telenet Group N.V. is the largest provider of cable broadband services in Belgium.

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Television encryption

Television encryption, often referred to as scrambling, is encryption used to control access to pay television services, usually cable, satellite, or Internet Protocol television (IPTV) services.

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Tesco

Tesco plc is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, England.

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Tivùsat

tivùsat is a free-to-air/free-to-view digital satellite television platform, launched by the joint venture tivù s.r.l. between RAI, Mediaset and Telecom Italia Media, and serving Italy, Vatican City and San Marino.

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Top Up TV

Top Up TV was a pay TV service in the United Kingdom that was launched in March 2004, operating on the digital terrestrial television platform.

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Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.

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TV Vlaanderen

TV Vlaanderen is a digital satellite television and terrestrial television service provider for the Flanders region in Belgium.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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UPC Netherlands

UPC Nederland (UPC Netherlands) was the second largest cable operator in the Netherlands, providing cable television (digital and analogue), broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers.

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UPC Poland

UPC Polska (UPC Poland) was Iliad's telecommunications operation in Poland.

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UPC Romania

UPC Romania was a telecommunications company in Romania, which provided cable television, broadband internet and fixed telephony to approximately 1 million customers.

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UPC Switzerland

UPC was the largest cable operator in Switzerland with around 1.1 million residential and business customers and was formed in 1994 through the merger of several cable operators.

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Vestel

Vestel is a Turkish home and professional appliances manufacturing company consisting of 18 companies specialised in electronics, major appliances and information technology.

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Viasat (Nordic television service)

Viasat was a satellite and pay television brand, co-owned by the Swedish media group Viaplay Group in the Nordic countries, Antenna Group in Hungary, and by Viasat World internationally.

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VideoGuard

VideoGuard (sometimes referred to simply as NDS), produced by NDS, is a digital encryption system for use with conditional access television broadcasting. Common Interface and VideoGuard are conditional-access television broadcasting.

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Vodafone Deutschland

Vodafone Deutschland GmbH is the largest cable television operator in Germany.

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VOO

VOO (/vuː/) is the commercial name of the Belgian cable company created by the Economic Interest Group (EIG) of Brutélé GIE in (Brussels Region and Charleroi Region) and Association Liégeoise d'Electricité (A.L.E.- Télédis), but came to be controlled by Nethys SA and Brutélé SCRL until 2023.

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Web browser

A web browser is an application for accessing websites.

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Ziggo

Ziggo B.V. is the largest cable operator in the Netherlands, providing digital cable television, Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Interface

Also known as CI Plus, CI+, Common Interface Plus, DVB - Common Interface, DVB-CI, DVB-CI-Plus.

, Nagravision, Netherlands, Orange Romania, Panasonic, Pay television, PC Card, PCMCIA, Philips, Poland, Polsat Box, Radio frequency, Romania, Russia, Samsung Electronics, Serbia, Serbia Broadband, Set-top box, Sky Deutschland, Smart card, Sony, Sweden, Switzerland, Télésat, Türksat (company), Tele Columbus, Telekom Romania Mobile, Telenet Group, Television encryption, Tesco, Tivùsat, Top Up TV, Turkey, TV Vlaanderen, United Kingdom, UPC Netherlands, UPC Poland, UPC Romania, UPC Switzerland, Vestel, Viasat (Nordic television service), VideoGuard, Vodafone Deutschland, VOO, Web browser, Ziggo.

Common Interface, the Glossary

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See also

Conditional-access television broadcasting

Digital Video Broadcasting

Digital rights management standards

Set-top box

References