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From: minow@decvax.UUCP (Martin Minow)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: No more freebie satellite viewing
Message-ID: <161@decvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 19:05:38 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 16 19:05:38 1986
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Reply-To: minow@decvax.UUCP (Martin minow)
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All Things Considered (Jan. 15) reported that HBO and Cinemax are
about to encrypt their satellite transmissions, with CBS network
feed to follow.

Private individuals who want to view HBO and/or Cinemax must
purchase a decryptor for about $300, then pay a monthly
fee to the service provider.  The fee is comparable to what
a cable viewer would pay.

CBS is encrypting their signal to prevent unauthorized viewing
of non-broadcast information.  The decryptor will not be
available.

I had heard this was in the planning stages a few years ago.
The person who told me this said they would use a frame scrambler
controlled by a DES ecypherment -- which would be very impractical
to descramble without the proper key.

Martin Minow
decvax!minow