Content Security
Ensuring the value of your content
Farncombe Consulting Group’s founder company, Farncombe Technology, launched in 1991 on the basis of its expertise in pay-TV technology, and since then our content security practice has built up an impressive track-record in this field. Our accumulated know-how can be applied to any broadcast network, including satellite, cable, terrestrial, mobile, and IP-based or on-demand networks.
Farncombe’s thought-leadership in this area is demonstrated by the fact that our staff have provided representation on various cross-industry working groups including:
- Chairing the DVB Simulcrypt Technical Group that developed DVB Simulcrypt interface standards that are now in widespread use
- Representing the ITV companies on the Conditional Access Specialists Group in the European Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) project
Latterly, our Content Security Practice has also been responsible for publishing two well-received industry White Papers: on Conditional Access in Two-Way environments and on Replacing the DVB Common Scrambling Algorithm.
Accordingly, our content security practice is frequently approached to carry out security audits of conditional access systems. These audits have typically been commissioned by broadcasters who wish to have an independent view as to the likely risks to their revenue streams posed by the choice of a particular CA system. Indeed, one pan-European pay-TV content-owner routinely refers operators seeking to distribute its material to us so that we can ensure its premium programming is appropriately protected.Our core content security competencies include:
- Security Audit
- Fraud Management
- Secure System Design
- RFP & Contract negotiation support
- Conditional Access system design and evaluation
- Card Swap and Conditional Access Swap Programmes
- Simulcrypt Design and Operations
- Training Services