Monday, May 13, 2013

Belgacom TV Everywhere blocks for cracked iPhone and iPad - ZDNet.nl

Summary: After Telenet, Belgacom has also made it impossible to watch on an iPhone or iPad which a jailbreak is applied

TV Everywhere app through its TV.

Belgacom has made it impossible Everywhere app in a recent update of its TV to watch via an iPhone or iPad which a jailbreak is applied live TV. That the operator is attached to our editors.

“The new DRM library in TV Everywhere allows TV streaming is not supported on iOS devices that have undergone a jailbreak” explains Belgacom.

In a subsequent update, a pop-up added this clearly indicates to the user.

The reason for the block is the copyright protection for the signal of the channels. Such protection can be bypassed via a ‘cracked’ device, because you have direct access to the video output of your movies or programs can copy. Device and

This goes not only for iOS devices that a jailbreak is applied, but also for Android devices that are retted. The TV Everywhere app for Android will therefore soon suffer the same fate.

“In order to comply with the contractual provision of DRM protection with the broadcasters, we will also use this for Android from the next release,” sounds at Belgacom.

competitor Telenet made for the same reason previously impossible to use on cracked Android and iOS devices.

the similar Yelo TV app

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