Transcript MPAA Digital Cinema

Status Report
on the
Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB)
Copy Protection Group
presented to the
Copy Protection Technical Working Group
March 21, 2001
by
Brad Hunt
Chief Technology Officer
Motion Picture Association
DVB Standards Development Process
• Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) Project is a
consortium of nearly 300 companies working together
to create international standards for digital television.
• All stakeholders are represented.
• Commercial Module group collects and documents a
consensus set of user requirements.
• These Commercial Requirements are supplied to the
Technical Module group who issue Call for Proposals
and develops the Specification.
• The Specification is then approved by the DVB Steering
Board and then offered to international standards bodies.
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DVB-CP Commercial Module
• Consists of cross-industry group defining Commercial
Requirements for Content Protection and Copy
Management (CPCM) systems for various DVB systems.
• The DVB-CP held 12th meeting on March 12 in London.
• Commercial Requirements document is nearly finished.
• The document outlines the requirements for both a
baseline DVB-CPCM system and the interface to
proprietary CPCM systems.
• The draft Commercial Requirements have been sent to the
Technical Module (DVB-CPT) for review and comment.
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DVB-CPT Technical Module
• The DVB-CPT held 5th meeting on March 13 in London.
• Technical review of Commercial Requirements has led to
requests to the DVB-CP for clarification.
• The DVB-CPT is preparing a Call for Proposals for
CPCM technology vendors that will contain the
Commercial Requirements.
• The DVB-CPT Call for Proposals will be posted on the
CPTWG web site - http://www.cptwg.org
• Planning to hold a DVB-CPT meeting in Los Angeles
during a CPTWG week for Proponents’ presentations.
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Current Timetable
• The DVB-CP Commercial Requirements document should
be finalized and approved by DVB-CM in May.
• The DVB-CPT Call for Proposals should be approved by
the DVB-TM in May and issued in early June.
• Deadlines for technology vendors to submit Proposals has
not been fixed but anticipate 12 weeks from CfP issuance.
• Dates for future DVB-CP and DVB-CPT meetings have not
yet been confirmed.
• Reports on the DVB-CP/CPT activities will be given at
future CPTWG meetings.
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