SYNOPSIS - Most pay-media services are currently delivered to subscribers via a broadcasting infrastructure. With growing pressure on the need to contain costs, service providers are increasingly considering the benefits of distributing their services via IP networks.
PVRs, also known as Personal Digital Recorders (PDRs) or Digital Video Recorders (DVRs), are destined to fundamentally change the media delivery industry.
SYNOPSIS - Digital media content (both conveyed and stored) is vulnerable to attempts at making perfect copies at a fraction of the cost of the original content.