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from operators and TV channels, Alexey Volin is sure. A conditional access system developed by the Russian Federation already exists, it was created by GS Labs. But since GS Group, which includes GS Labs, is affiliated with the largest pay TV operator in Russia, Tricolor TV, the use of this platform raises questions from other providers, according to a source familiar with several representatives of the pay TV industry.

access system and the lack o f south korea cell phone number list updates for it can be very painful for the operator. For example, around 2001, hackers broke the encryption of the operator "NTV-Plus". The company updated it in 2003, having bought the necessary solution from the French Viaccsess. But for about two years, most of its viewers did not pay anything for premium TV content, because it could be accessed using a pirated smart card costing about $ 60.

There are also examples when, due to sanctions, foreign vendors refused to update systems for Russian operators. In 2018, due to US restrictions against Viktor Vekselberg and his company Renova, which controlled the provider Akado at that time, Cisco refused to support such a system for the operator. A source familiar with the development of the situation claims that the implementation of a system from one of the Asian vendors helped the operator solve the problem.

Polemic encoding

The use of foreign conditional access systems is associated with the risk of their shutdown, noted the director of the sales and marketing department of GS Labs, Alexey Goylo.

“Then the operator will have to broadcast an unencrypted signal, which will destroy its business model,” he warned.