What is BS IEC 62766-7 – IPTV service protection about?
Internet Protocol television (IPTV) is the delivery of television content over internet protocol networks. BS EN 62766 series discusses consumer terminal function for access to IPTV and open internet multimedia services. The OPEN IPTV FORUM specifies the user-to-network interface (UNI) for consumer terminals to access IPTV and open internet multimedia services over managed or non-managed networks.
BS IEC 62766-7 specifies functions for content protection, service protection, service access protection, user identification, user authentication, and user authorisation.
BS IEC 62766-7 describes how the embedded CA/DRM system can be identified using the content protection element in the dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP media presentation description (DASH MPD) for each of the system's layers.
Who is BS IEC 62766-7 - IPTV service protection for?
BS IEC 62766-7 on IPTV service protection is useful for:
- Providers of IPTV multimedia services
- Multimedia companies
- Software / IT firms
- IT engineers/professionals
- Entertainment and communications sectors
Why should you use BS IEC 62766-7 - IPTV service protection?
An IPTV system is used to provide video content over a private network in an enterprise. IPTV services are attracting consumers and gaining rapid growth for offering a diversity of services such as quality of services and experience, security, interactivity, and reliability and delivering a high quality of multimedia content to consumers’ residents.
BS IEC 62766-7 describes the content and service protection functionality which consists of a specification of the terminal-centric approach and the gateway-centric approach to content and service protection.
BS IEC 62766-7 walks through authentication guidelines for protected streaming and file formats, HTTP digest authentication using IMS gateway, GBA authentication using IMS gateway.
BS IEC 62766-7 provides you with a list of different protected file formats supported by this specification. BS IEC 62766-7 helps you to provide a high-quality entertainment experience to your customers.