The ATSC Security Authority has certified Mediaproxy to supply decryption services for US NextGen TV broadcasts within its LogServer compliance monitoring and multiviewer systems.
The ATSC Security Authority (A3SA) has certified Mediaproxy to supply decryption services for NextGen TV broadcasts in the US as part of its LogServer compliance monitoring and Monwall multiviewer systems.
Mediaproxy develops IP compliance and monitoring software. This A3SA certification makes comprehensive, independent software-based tools available to broadcasters to monitor and analyze ATSC 3.0 streams for compliance purposes that are not tied to or reliant on bespoke hardware devices. The ATSC 3.0 standard applies high levels of encryption to ensure content accessed through broadcasters' websites is more secure, which in turn protects the viewers. By incorporating A3SA security protocols into the core of its LogServer engine, Mediaproxy is able to deliver a cost-effective option to monitor both encrypted ready-to-air and off-air signals.
For to-air and hand-off monitoring, an on-premises LogServer system is able to take the encrypted STLTP (Studio to Transmitter Link Transport Protocol) output of the packager directly from the stream. This guarantees confidence in what is sent to the transmitter, straight from the local IP network.
In off-air monitoring situations, it is possible to use familiar, inexpensive integrated receiver/decoders (IRDs) that do not perform decryption but do have outputs of the encrypted IP streams through DASH/ROUTE (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP/Real-time Object delivery over Unidirectional Transport). This enables ATSC 3.0 compliance on IRDs for streaming platforms such as HDHomeRun, with LogServer handling the DRM aspects for all channel sources.
The new ATSC 3.0 security feature is also available on Mediaproxy's Monwall hybrid multiviewer, which accommodates low-latency monitoring of both encrypted outgoing and return signals. Alongside the features on Monwall and LogServer, Mediaproxy has extended its tools for advanced IP packet and table analysis of live broadcast streams or PCAP (packet) captures, which can be accessed via straghtforward user interfaces.
"Mediaproxy is a long-standing member of the ATSC, and hundreds of TV stations in the US now use our software," Mediaproxy chief executive Erik Otto said. "Because of this adoption, we saw it as our responsibility to not only develop comprehensive software toolsfor working with ATSC 3.0, but also a way to deal directly with decryption. We have worked closely with the A3SA over the past 12 months to make this happen. The result is a simple software-based, cost-effective path forward for broadcasters supplying NextGen TV services." www.mediaproxy.com
