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Re: cable TV and better black boxes

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From: Kauto Huopio OH5LFM
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 1990 14:05
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In article <8627@milton.u.washington.edu> whit@milton.u.washington.edu (John Whitmore) writes:


> 	and allows any channel you tune to be descrambled, regardless
> of whether you paid extra for that particular 'premium' channel.
> It's necessary for the cable company to know exactly which channel
> is being unscrambled, and whether that particular channel SHOULD be
> descrambled.  

I think that in digital scrambling systems like the Sky Telwvision
uses in Sky Movies, that should be not a big problem..

--kauto

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From: huopio@lut.fi (Kauto Huopio OH5LFM)
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Subject: Re: cable TV and better black boxes
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Date: 6 Oct 90 14:05:54 GMT
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