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Coop's comment: South African pay-TV service MultiChoice was until approximately 12 months ago widely available throughout Asia and the Middle East with cloned (piracy) cards. In fact, the Irdeto 1 "protected" system could be violated by anyone who knew where to look on Internet for the most recent "encryption keys" which could when found be entered into a suitable receiver for free viewing of all MultiChoice channels. More recently, MultiChoice has upgraded their encryption technology to "Irdeto 2" which while already broken has not been widely commercialised by piracy sellers. In India, all a cable operator requires to tap into the ESPN service is a suitable receiver and an Irdeto-2 version smart card which can be obtained through a multitude of South African sources (the cards are actually sold at super markets!). Once a South African "contact" obtains the card, it merely has to be physically sent to India where when inserted into a suitable Irdeto format receiver all of the MultiChoice channels will instantly become available. Needless to report - there is a sizeable, flourishing business in Super Market sourced Irdeto-2 cards being "exported" outside of (South) Africa to India and the Middle East. The cards are original, unmodified, but of course are physically located outside of the intended MultiChoice (licensed) service area.
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