Viaccess

Implementation of this procedure of automatically updating keys has proved difficult, if not impossible, to implement on many satellite receivers, rendering the TPS Crypt AES system a general success.

In 2008, Viaccess acquired Orca interactive and in 2012 they merge under the name Viaccess-Orca,[1] which specializes in video content security and anti-piracy, OTT & IPTV platforms and targeted TV advertising.

The second Viaccess modification, called ThalesCrypt, is used by Canal Satellite France to protect its contents on the transport network to the head-ends of the cable networks; it is an over-encryption mechanism of the original protocol encryption keys.

These include: Viaccess is the 3rd largest conditional access system provider in the world (in 2004).

Viaccess is also a subsidiary of Orange S.A. which offers pay TV and digital rights management enabled software.

Viaccess bays in the bottom half of the image