An Australian technology company known for its SaaS IP compliance products for broadcast media has been formally certified by the ATSC Security Authority (A3SA) to provide decryption for NextGen TV broadcasts in the U.S., as part of its LogServer compliance monitoring and Monwall multiviewer systems.
This, Mediaproxy says, gives broadcasters access to software-based tools used to monitor and analyze ATSC 3.0 streams for compliance purposes “that are not tied to or reliant on bespoke hardware devices.”
“By incorporating A3SA security protocols into the core of its LogServer engine, Mediaproxy is able to provide broadcasters with a cost-effective option to monitor both encrypted to-air and off-air signals,” the Melbourne, Victoria, based company says.
For to-air and hand-off monitoring, an on-premises LogServer system is able to simply take the encrypted STLTP (Studio to Transmitter Link Transport Protocol) output of the packager directly from the stream. This, Mediaproxy says, “guarantees confidence” in what is sent to the transmitter straight from the local IP network.
Mediaproxy adds that in off-air monitoring situations, it is possible to use inexpensive and familiar integrated receiver/decoders (IRDs) that do not provide decryption but do have outputs of the encrypted IP streams through DASH/ROUTE (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP/Real-time Object delivery over Unidirectional Transport). This, the company explains, enables ATSC 3.0 compliance on IRDs for streaming platforms such as HDHomeRun, with LogServer handling the DRM aspects for all channel sources.
The new ATSC 3.0 security feature is also available on Mediaproxy’s Monwall hybrid multiviewer, which accommodates low-latency monitoring of both encrypted outgoing and return signals.
