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<blockquote data-quote="wiyosaya" data-source="post: 1297984" data-attributes="member: 145864">Yes, you are correct in that ATSC 3.0 is still evolving in the US. However, I tend to not give too much credit to predictions that of the sort that say all ATSC 3.0 stations will eventually be encrypted. There are many broadcasters out there that I doubt will ever adopt encryption for their broadcasts. In particular, Public Broadcasting in the US.IMO, while there is a use case if broadcasters want to adopt a pay-per-view model, I think that what we see from what is currently happening in the streaming industry, namely, different content providers offering streaming services that have their exclusive content and most of these late streaming adopting content providers are struggling to make a profit, I doubt encrypted ATSC 3.0 would be a profitable model. We have too many content providers as it is. It seems also likely that if an encrypted model were to be implemented, the authorization end of it would be in the tuner/settop box rather than elsewhere, such as something like MP.Another use case is that ATSC 3.0 could be used to provide internet since ATSC 3.0 is IP based, but that is not within the bounds of what MP supports.Worst case, I think that there will be free services on the air broadcasting with the ATSC 3.0 model as well as encrypted services, however, all the ATSC 3.0 stations on the air in my area are not presently encrypted.Obviously, it will be up to MP developers as to whether to support unencrypted ATSC 3.0, but I hope that the MP developers do decide to support it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wiyosaya, post: 1297984, member: 145864"] Yes, you are correct in that ATSC 3.0 is still evolving in the US. However, I tend to not give too much credit to predictions that of the sort that say all ATSC 3.0 stations will eventually be encrypted. There are many broadcasters out there that I doubt will ever adopt encryption for their broadcasts. In particular, Public Broadcasting in the US. IMO, while there is a use case if broadcasters want to adopt a pay-per-view model, I think that what we see from what is currently happening in the streaming industry, namely, different content providers offering streaming services that have their exclusive content and most of these late streaming adopting content providers are struggling to make a profit, I doubt encrypted ATSC 3.0 would be a profitable model. We have too many content providers as it is. It seems also likely that if an encrypted model were to be implemented, the authorization end of it would be in the tuner/settop box rather than elsewhere, such as something like MP. Another use case is that ATSC 3.0 could be used to provide internet since ATSC 3.0 is IP based, but that is not within the bounds of what MP supports. Worst case, I think that there will be free services on the air broadcasting with the ATSC 3.0 model as well as encrypted services, however, all the ATSC 3.0 stations on the air in my area are not presently encrypted. Obviously, it will be up to MP developers as to whether to support unencrypted ATSC 3.0, but I hope that the MP developers do decide to support it. [/QUOTE]

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