Common use of CSTB Clause in Contracts

CSTB. A CSTB is a device equipped to allow conditional access by descrambling using dynamically allocated keys, where the primary function of the device is the reception, descrambling and processing of data from digital broadcasting streams and related services. It may also have audio and video decoding and output capability and/or the ability to provide content to one or more dedicated Thin-Client/Remote CSTBs via a home network. For the purposes of the Voluntary Agreement a device shall not be considered to be a CSTB unless it can fulfil the functions of a CSTB when activated by the operator of the network. A Simple STB, as defined in Annex F, is outside the scope of this Voluntary Agreement. For avoidance of doubt, the use of fixed key descrambling or the inclusion of an HDMI interface and/or Xxxxxxx coding does not make a STB that would otherwise be classified as a Simple STB into a Complex STB. Also excluded from the scope of this Voluntary Agreement are devices whose primary function is something other than the reception of television signals, such as, but not limited to: • Computers fitted with digital TV tuners or TV add-in cards; • Games consoles with digital TV tuners • Digital receivers with recording function based on removable media in a standard library format (VHS tape, DVD, Blu-ray disc and similar) • Digital TVs with integrated receiver decoder • External plug in digital receivers for computers (e.g. USB)

CSTB. A CSTB is a device equipped to allow conditional access by descrambling using dynamically allocated keys, where the primary function of the device is the reception, descrambling and processing of data from digital broadcasting streams and related services. It may also have audio and video decoding and output capability and/or the ability to provide content to one or more dedicated Thin-Client/Remote CSTBs via a home network. For the purposes of the Voluntary Agreement a device shall not be considered to be a CSTB unless it can fulfil the functions of a CSTB when activated by the operator of the network. A Simple STB, as defined in Annex F, is outside the scope of this Voluntary Agreement. For avoidance of doubt, the use of fixed key descrambling or the inclusion of an HDMI interface and/or Xxxxxxx coding does not make a STB that would otherwise be classified as a Simple STB into a Complex STB. Also excluded from the scope of this Voluntary Agreement are devices whose primary function is something other than the reception of television signals, such as, but not limited to: • Computers fitted with digital TV tuners or TV add-in cards; • Games consoles with digital TV tuners • Digital receivers with recording function based on removable media in a standard library format (VHS tape, DVD, Blu-ray disc and similar) • Digital TVs with integrated receiver decoder • External plug in digital receivers for computers (e.g. USB)