EuroCrypt is a
conditional access
Conditional access (CA) is a term commonly used in relation to software and to digital television systems. Conditional access is an evaluation to ensure the person who is seeking access to content is authorized to access the content. Access is man ...
system for
Multiplexed Analogue Components-encoded analogue
satellite television
Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location.ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems ...
. It had several versions (M, S and S2). It supported receivers with card slots and those with embedded keys. Its most widespread use was in Scandinavia, where the only EuroCrypt protected broadcasts remained until July 2006 (in France, they stopped in 1998).
It was also hacked with pirate cards, which was popular in many countries in Europe, especially in order to watch English-language channels such as
Filmnet Plus and
TV1000. EuroCrypt evolved into the
Viaccess system for digital television.
Sources
Frequency List dated 1998.
Denmark's Radio receiver info
Digital television
Digital rights management systems
2006 disestablishments
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