DigiCert and CI Plus LLP have announced that DigiCert CI Plus certificates have been issued to more than one billion devices.
The CI Plus, also known as Common Interface Plus, or CI+, technical specification is an extension of the original DVB standard that provides additional protection for pay-TV content. It gives pay-TV broadcasters in Europe a method to deliver protected services directly to TV sets without the need for an additional set-top box.
“Most people would not have predicted how dramatically the TV landscape would evolve when the CI Plus specification was developed in 2008,” said Richard Hall, Vice President of Customer Success at DigiCert. “Over time, the specification has proven itself as one of the original models for common trust standards across a diverse industry ecosystem. DigiCert CI Plus certificates have now secured more than a billion devices. And with the DigiCert PKI Platform for CI Plus, manufacturers can take advantage of the easiest, most secure, cost-effective way to implement CI Plus standards at scale.”
“CI Plus was founded at a time when TVs required an additional set top box to access pay TV services, and the market support over the years has greatly exceeded our expectations,” said Vlaho Kostov, Chairman, CI Plus LLP. “Due to the wide backing of the CE industry and pay-TV operators, the cross-industry collaboration we have established has been hugely beneficial to everyone, especially consumers. We look forward to continuing this momentum with the goal of hitting the next milestone of 2 billion.”
The CI Plus specification was developed by consumer electronic firms Panasonic, Philips (now TP Vision), Samsung and Sony, as well as pay-TV technology company SmarDTV, Neotion and SMiT in partnership with the TC TrustCenter. Their assets related to CI Plus are now owned and operated by DigiCert.
