20-12-2023, 01:45 PM
(20-12-2023, 01:35 PM)agemame Wrote: I believe that when Freeview came out of the ashes of On/ITV Digital there was a significant pushback towards putting the CAM technology into their first run of boxes. Cost was a factor, obviously, but the BBC in particular were keen to keep as much of a barrier towards subscription services sneaking back in as possible. By that same logic, it's hard to see this being implemented as a CAM module, when USB dongles are more likely to be accessible in that specific case.It was more a case the BBC didn't want to risk having the technology be pretty much universal so there wasn't a system in place should there be a future push to move the licence fee towards a subscription model.
Feels an odd technology to bring up now though - it's something I associate with the era of Top Up TV.