Digital TV Labs, which provides independent, specialised conformance products and services for DVB-based markets, has won the contract as the world's first approved test centre for the newly-agreed CI Plus (Common Interface Plus) Specification.

CI Plus is an extension to DVB Common Interface, the technology introduced to allow a CAM (conditional access module) to be connected to TV reception devices to facilitate secure pay-TV services over third party networks. CI Plus is a major technological step forwards and provides a higher level of security than DVB-CI with continuous encryption as well as an enhanced graphical user interface based on the CI Plus browser.

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