In recent weeks, the FCC has received a detailed assessment of the key reason why users of a NEXTGEN TV gateway device sold by SiliconDust, dubbed the “HDHomeRun Flex,” wasn’t working properly. As Pearl TV explained, the ATSC 3.0-enabled add-on device for TVs includes components manufactured by Huawei — on the U.S. Government’s “rip-and-replace” list due to Homeland Security concerns that Huawei is ultimately tied to the Chinese Communist Party.
Now, SiliconDust has written to the Commission to discuss “the DRM problem as it relates to ATSC 3.0 video gateway devices” by presenting what it believes are two possible solutions.
