CAS DRECrypt Conditional Access System

CAS DRECrypt is a comprehensive content management and protection system against unauthorized access. The system has a wide functionality, flexibly adapts to any operator and guarantees the safety of television content.

2023: DRECRYPT: Managing Content and Protecting It from Unauthorized Access

The organization of paid television and video broadcasting is associated with the solution of the difficult problem of protecting the copyright and commercial rights of copyright holders. To solve it, it is necessary to use special technical means that are able to encode video data, safely transmit them over telecommunication networks and ensure their decoding by receiving subscriber devices. One of these solutions is produced and developed by the Russian company GS LABS.

DRECRYPT is a content management and protection system against unauthorized access designed for companies offering paid television broadcasting services, video content hosting and comprehensive service providers. Read more here.

2021: Trademark registration in Rospatent

The GS Labs Research and Development Center (part of the GS Group holding) on August 19, 2021 announced that it had registered the CAS DRECYPT trademark with the Federal Intellectual Property Service (Rospatent).

CAS DRECrypt is a software and hardware complex for protecting content from unauthorized access, as well as for managing viewing rights for paid encoded digital, satellite, broadcast and cable TV channels and radio stations (radio channels).

The Drecrypt conditional access system is included in, register of Russian software Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media which proves the domestic origin of the system, and also testifies to its quality and competitiveness, GS Labs emphasized. The level safety provided by CAS DRECrypt is recognized as a member of the MovieLabs consortium, and also has the necessary licenses and certificates.

The first commercial implementation took place in 2006, six generations of the system were subsequently released. As of August 2021, the Drecrypt conditional access system is operated on networks, satellite cable and air operators,, paid television in Russia countries CIS Central and Eastern. Asia The total number of subscribers at the end of 2020 amounted to more than 15 million people.

"Trademark registration is an official confirmation of the company's rights to use the developed Drecrypt designation for our CAS, as well as a guarantee of the legal purity of our product. The trademark is a contribution to brand recognition and confirmation of the uniqueness of our products, "commented Alexey Goilo, Director of Sales and Marketing at GS Labs.

2020

Audit for compliance with Rostelecom localization criteria

The Research and Development Center GS Labs (Zyfra LLC, part of the holding) GS Group on December 3, 2020 announced that it had been added to the register of companies that meet the criteria for localization of PJSC "." Rostelecom The company conducted an expert assessment of CAS Drecrypt products Dreplus Dreguide , and as part of support for process implementation measures. import substitution More. here

Software registration in Rospatent

CAS DRECRYPT software, created by specialists of the research and development center GS Labs (as part of the GS Group holding), passed state registration of computer programs and databases in the Federal Intellectual Property Service (Rospatent). GS Labs announced this on June 23, 2020.

DRECRYPT is operated on the networks of satellite, cable and terrestrial pay-TV operators in Russia, the CIS countries, Central and East Asia. The total number of subscribers as of June 2020 exceeds 12 million people. This is a domestic development that provides protection against unauthorized access. The first commercial implementation took place in 2006, six generations of the system were subsequently released.

CAS DRECRYPT is included in, register of Russian software Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media which proves the domestic origin of the system, and also testifies to its quality and competitiveness.

The product is also regularly audited by foreign specialized companies. This allows pay-TV operators to purchase premium content and stream it on their networks. The level of security, the level of security provided by the developments of GS Labs, is confirmed by the results of the audits of Cartesian/Farncombe, and also has the necessary certificates.

Inclusion in the Unified Register of Russian Software

On April 17, 2020, the GS Labs Research and Development Center (part of the GS Group holding) announced the inclusion of the CAS DRECRYPT conditional access system in the Unified Register of Russian POMinkomsvyaz.

DRECRYPT is operated on the networks of satellite, cable and terrestrial pay-TV operators with a total number of subscribers of more than 12 million, in Russia, the CIS countries, Central and East Asia. This is a domestic development that provides protection against unauthorized access. The first commercial implementation took place in 2006, six generations of the system were subsequently released.

CAS DRECRYPT is regularly audited in foreign specialized companies, which allows pay-TV operators to purchase premium content and broadcast it on their networks. The level of security provided by the developments of GS Labs is recognized as members of the MovieLabs consortium, and also has the necessary licenses and certificates.

DRECRYPT is one of the first domestic conditional access systems included in the register of Russian software. We especially appreciate this, since the inclusion of the product in the list of the Ministry of Communications speaks of the recognition of its quality and competitiveness. Now our solution will be able to recommend for use in government bodies, which means that it will receive wider distribution opportunities, told Alexey Goilo, Director of Sales and Marketing at GS Labs

2019: CAS description DRECrypt

As of July 2019, CAS DRECrypt is a software and hardware complex consisting of a set of Dell industrial servers (1 RU execution), specialized security devices, software and auxiliary equipment.

General characteristics:

• broadcast environment: satellite, cable, terrestrial;
• broadcast standards: DVB-S2, DVB-S, DVB-C, DVB-T, DVB-T2;
• video encoding method and quality: MPEG2-SD, MPEG2-HD, MPEG4-SD, MPEG4-HD;
• number of subscribers: 1 - 25 000 000;
• the number of classes: 1-256 (up to 256 sets of programs divided by topic, cost or other criteria);
• number of programs to close: not limited;
• support for DVB SimulCrypt 2.0;
• registration in DVB.

Features of CAS DRECrypt:

• quick commissioning;
• interface in Russian;
• Simple implementation and integration
• compatibility with any billing systems;
• security confirmed by external audit;
• compatibility with equipment for head stations from leading manufacturers;
• The ability to implement a local or cloud solution
• monitoring and management functions.

Advanced functionality

• service "Infokas";
• fingerprinting;
• TV-Mail (information in the set-top box menu);
• geocoding;
• parental controls;
• Demo TV service;
• PVR support.

Business models

• subscription by date;
• Subscription by counter
• PPV;
• PVR;
• Secure PushVOD;
• Streaming.

Safety:

• anti-sharing (based on Secure Silicon technology);
• additional stream encryption;
• Encrypting commands for the smart card in the stream
• Secure Boot
• type of receiving equipment - external or built-in access card;
• CI + support;
• certificate of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of Russia
• Farncombe certification.

Since the first commercial introduction in 2004, six generations of DRECrypt have been released.