US EditionBroadcast Group, SiliconDust Trade Blame over NextGen TV DVR Issue
SPAIN, JUL 21 – Spain limits Huawei technology use in wiretapping to secure storage only, with independent audits confirming no sensitive data exposure, amid international security concerns.
- Pearl TV coalition sent the FCC a letter on July 18 claiming SiliconDust's HDHomeRun uses a Huawei subsidiary chip, blocking NextGen TV encrypted content access.
- This dispute follows the FCC's 2020 designation of Huawei and its subsidiaries as national security threats, complicating certification for devices with Huawei components.
- Pearl TV included photos showing a HiSilicon chip inside the HDHomeRun and argued SiliconDust knowingly markets a device incompatible with A3SA encryption technology.
- SiliconDust's CTO Nick Kelsey stated the HDHomeRun is not Chinese-made, does not decrypt signals, and is certified fully compliant by the Consumer Technology Association.
- The ongoing conflict delays full ATSC 3.0 encrypted channel access for some consumers and suggests security concerns will continue affecting device certification and industry cooperation.
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Broadcast group, SiliconDust trade blame over NextGen TV DVR issue
A prototype HDHomeRun tuner capable of receiving unencrypted ATSC 3.0 broadcast signals. (Screen capture via YouTube video, Graphic by The Desk) The maker of a popular line of television digital video recorders (DVR) and a broadcast TV consortium are trading blame for an issue that is preventing some newer-model DVRs from being fully compatible with the NextGen TV broadcast standard. In a letter sent to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC…
Spain Limits Huawei Role in Surveillance Technology, Assures No Security Threat
Spain’s government has confirmed it uses some Huawei technology for its legal wiretapping system, Sitel, but only in a minor and tightly controlled way. Officials say this Chinese-made equipment handles basic storage tasks and sits inside a secure, isolated environment that Spanish authorities regularly audit. Government cybersecurity teams constantly monitor Sitel, and no classified or […]
The Chinese Embassy in Spain is flat-out with the US response to the alleged contract for wiretapping with the government and qualifies it as 'bullying'.
Pearl TV Says ATSC 3.0 Encryption Row Caused by Huawei Chips
Pearl TV pushed back on critics of ATSC 3.0's use of encryption in an FCC filing Friday that said a popular DVR "gateway" device is blocked from receiving 3.0 broadcasts because it incorporates tech from Chinese company Huawei. Pearl's claims...
The journalist and correspondent in Washington of COPE and TRECE, David Alandete, explained in El Cascabel the repercussions that the Spanish Executive's agreement with Huawei could have on the bilateral relationship with the United States. The issue has aroused intense unrest both in the Senate and in the US House of Representatives, from where an investigation by the intelligence community has already been initiated to assess whether collabora…
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