Sky germany going to be dark end of november

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The German satellite pay-TV platform Sky fights illegal reception of its programs and introduces card pairing. This change in the crypto system means that many viewers of Sky Deutschland must return to the Abonents receivers.
The original status allowed for the reception of Sky Germany and third-party receivers. After inserting the card pairing, only the receivers supplied by the German Sky operator must be used to receive the operator's program services.
Pairing is introduced gradually, and all programs will go to the modified encoding by the end of November.
The purpose of the change in coding is to allow programs to be received only on operator's devices and to prevent illegal reception and streams.
Sky Deutschland broadcasts the Astra satellite system to a position of 19.2 ° E. The programs are encrypted by the Videoguard system.

 

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Sky with new technology against TV piracy
In its ongoing battle against TV pirates, the pay-TV channel Sky has now activated a new technology. This is called "Unique Pairing" and firmly links the receiving device to the respective smart card. The aim is to exclude third-party equipment.
Sky has always been a crackdown on TV piracy, and in some cases it has already had legal successes for the company. However, there are still regular illegal live streams of Bundesliga & Co. on the net. Now Sky has activated the "Unique Pairing" technology, which aims to make piracy more difficult. In the future, TV pirates will have an even harder time offering illegal streams on the internet.
Under the new procedure, the receiver is firmly connected to the respective smart card and will no longer work in third-party devices that are not licensed by Sky. First reported on the measure was "InfoDigital". Opposite the online portal, Sky has confirmed the introduction of "Unique Pairing": "Sky relies on a safe and future-proof technology for the distribution of the transmission signal. In order to further increase our safety standards and comply with licensing requirements, technical changes have been made in recent weeks," a spokesman said.
However, customers who see Sky through one of the cable network operators or Telekom are not affected by the technical changeover. The company confirmed this to DWDL.de on Tuesday. In the future, however, a licensed Sky device will be required to receive Sky. A spokesman for the company said: "Affected customers who have previously used a third-party receiver have already been notified directly. We offer you a current Sky Q Receiver free of charge for rent. Customers who receive Sky through a CI+ module have the option to continue using this."