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<p><b>DigiCipher 2</b>, or simply <b>DCII</b>, is a proprietary standard format of digital signal transmission and it doubles as an <a href="Encryption" title="Encryption">encryption</a> standard with MPEG-2/MPEG-4 signal <a href="Video_compression" class="mw-redirect" title="Video compression">video compression</a> used on many <a href="Communications_satellite" title="Communications satellite">communications satellite</a> <a href="Television" title="Television">television</a> and audio signals. The DCII standard was originally developed in 1997 by <a href="General_Instrument" title="General Instrument">General Instrument</a>, which then became the Home and Network Mobility division of <a href="Motorola" title="Motorola">Motorola</a>, then bought by <a href="Google" title="Google">Google</a> in Aug 2011, and lastly became the Home portion of the division to <a href="Arris_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Arris Group">Arris</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The original attempt for a North American digital signal encryption and compression standard was DigiCipher 1, which was used most notably in the now-defunct <a href="PrimeStar" title="PrimeStar">PrimeStar</a> medium-power <a href="Direct_broadcast_satellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct broadcast satellite">direct broadcast satellite</a> (DBS) system during the early 1990s. The DCII standard predates wide acceptance of <a href="Digital_Video_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital Video Broadcasting">DVB</a>-based digital terrestrial television compression (although not cable or satellite DVB) and therefore is incompatible with the DVB standard.
</p><p>Approximately 70% of newer first-generation <a href="Digital_cable" title="Digital cable">digital cable</a> networks in North America use the <a href="4DTV" title="4DTV">4DTV</a>/DigiCipher 2 format.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The use of DCII is most prevalent in North American digital <a href="Cable_television" title="Cable television">cable television</a> <a href="Set-top_box" title="Set-top box">set-top boxes</a>. DCII is also used on Motorola's 4DTV digital <a href="Satellite_television" title="Satellite television">satellite television</a> <a href="Tuner_(television)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuner (television)">tuner</a> and <a href="Shaw_Direct" title="Shaw Direct">Shaw Direct</a>'s DBS receiver.
</p><p>The DigiCipher 2 encryption standard was reverse engineered in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technical_specifications">Technical specifications</h2></div>
<p>DigiCipher II uses QPSK and BPSK at the same time. The primary difference between DigiCipher 2 and DVB lies in how each standard handles SI <a href="Metadata" title="Metadata">metadata</a>, or System Information, where DVB reserves packet identifiers from 16 to 31 for metadata, DigiCipher reserves only packet identifier 8187 for its <a href="Program_and_System_Information_Protocol" title="Program and System Information Protocol">master guide table</a> which acts as a <i>look-up table</i> for all other metadata tables. DigiCipher 2 also extends the MPEG <i>program number</i> that is assigned for each service in a transport stream with the concept of a <a href="Virtual_channel" title="Virtual channel">virtual channel</a> number, whereas the DVB system never defined this type of remapping preferring to use a registry of <i>network</i> identifiers to further differentiate <i>program numbers</i> from those used in other transport streams. There are also private non-standard additions to DVB that add virtual channel remapping using <i>logical channel numbers</i>. Also unlike DVB, all text used in descriptors can be compressed using standard <a href="Huffman_coding" title="Huffman coding">Huffman coding</a> which saves on broadcast bandwidth and loading times. DigiCipher II uses <a href="Dolby_Digital" title="Dolby Digital">Dolby Digital AC-3</a> audio for all channels, although MPEG-1 Level 2 audio is not supported.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.coolstf.com/mpeg/">Technical page on digital satellite signals</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071222145858/http://www.sbe24.org/archive/ltrs2000/c24dec00.asp#eight">Historical Perspective: HBO Implements Scrambling</a></li></ul>
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<li><a href="576i" title="576i">576i</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Enhanced-definition_television" title="Enhanced-definition television">Enhanced-definition TV</a>
<ul><li><a href="480p" title="480p">480p</a></li>
<li><a href="576p" title="576p">576p</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="High-definition_television" title="High-definition television">High-definition TV</a>
<ul><li><a href="720p" title="720p">720p</a></li>
<li><a href="1080i" title="1080i">1080i</a></li>
<li><a href="1080p" title="1080p">1080p</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Ultra-high-definition_television" title="Ultra-high-definition television">Ultra high-definition TV</a>
<ul><li><a href="2160p" class="mw-redirect" title="2160p">2160p</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Serial_digital_interface" title="Serial digital interface">Serial digital interface</a></li>
<li><a href="Smart_antenna" title="Smart antenna">Smart antennas</a>
<ul><li><a href="CEA-909" title="CEA-909">CEA-909</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em">Digital networks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Digital_multicast_television_network" title="Digital multicast television network">Digital multicast television network</a></li>
<li>see Template:American broadcast television</li>
<li>Template:Canadian television networks</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em">National deployment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="List_of_digital_television_deployments_by_country" title="List of digital television deployments by country">List by country</a></li>
<li><a href="Digital_television_in_Canada" title="Digital television in Canada">Canada</a></li>
<li><a href="Television_in_Mexico" title="Television in Mexico">Mexico</a></li>
<li><a href="Digital_television_in_the_United_States" title="Digital television in the United States">United States</a>
<ul><li><a href="High-definition_television_in_the_United_States" title="High-definition television in the United States">HDTV</a></li>
<li><a href="Digital_television_transition_in_the_United_States" title="Digital television transition in the United States">transition</a></li>
<li><a href="2008_United_States_wireless_spectrum_auction" title="2008 United States wireless spectrum auction">wireless spectrum auction</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Cable_television" title="Cable television">Cable</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Digital_cable" title="Digital cable">Digital cable</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Cable-ready#Digital_cable" title="Cable-ready">Digital-cable-ready TV</a>
<ul><li><a href="QAM_(television)" title="QAM (television)">QAM tuners</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Cable-ready#Digital_cable" title="Cable-ready">Interactive-digital-cable-ready TV</a>
<ul><li><a href="OpenCable_Application_Platform" title="OpenCable Application Platform">OpenCable Application Platform</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Television_encryption#Digital_cable_and_satellite_television_encryption" title="Television encryption">Encryption</a></li>
<li><a href="Must-carry#Digital_must-carry" title="Must-carry">Must-carry</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Pay_television" title="Pay television">Subscription TV</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="AllVid" title="AllVid">AllVid</a></li>
<li><a href="CableCARD" title="CableCARD">CableCARD</a></li>
<li><a href="Downloadable_Conditional_Access_System" title="Downloadable Conditional Access System">Downloadable Conditional Access System</a></li>
<li><a href="Tru2way" title="Tru2way">Tru2way</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Satellite_television" title="Satellite television">Satellite TV</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="DVB-S" title="DVB-S">DVB-S</a>
<ul><li><a href="Dish_Network" title="Dish Network">Dish Network</a></li>
<li><a href="GlobeCast_World_TV" title="GlobeCast World TV">GlobeCast World TV</a></li>
<li><a href="Free-to-air" title="Free-to-air">Free-to-air</a> <a href="FTA_receiver" title="FTA receiver">receiver</a></li>
<li><a href="Bell_Satellite_TV" title="Bell Satellite TV">Bell Satellite TV</a>/<a href="Telus_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Telus TV">Telus Satellite TV</a></li>
<li><a href="Dish_M%C3%A9xico" title="Dish México">Dish México</a></li></ul></li>
<li>
<ul><li><a href="4DTV" title="4DTV">4DTV</a></li>
<li><a href="Shaw_Direct" title="Shaw Direct">Shaw Direct</a></li>
<li><a href="Claro_Puerto_Rico" title="Claro Puerto Rico">Claro Puerto Rico</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Digital_Satellite_Service" title="Digital Satellite Service">Digital Satellite Service</a>/<a href="DVB-S2" title="DVB-S2">DVB-S2</a>
<ul><li><a href="DirecTV" title="DirecTV">DirecTV</a></li>
<li><a href="Vrio_Corp." title="Vrio Corp.">Vrio</a>/<a href="Sky_Brazil" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Brazil">Sky Brazil</a></li>
<li><a href="Sky_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Mexico">Sky Mexico</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Internet_Protocol_television" title="Internet Protocol television">IPTV</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="U-verse_TV" title="U-verse TV">U-verse TV</a></li>
<li><a href="Bell_Fibe_TV" title="Bell Fibe TV">Bell Fibe TV</a></li>
<li><a href="Fibe_(Bell_Aliant)" title="Fibe (Bell Aliant)">FibreOP</a></li>
<li><a href="Telus_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Telus TV">Telus Optik TV</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Technical issues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="14%3A9_aspect_ratio" title="14:9 aspect ratio">14:9 aspect ratio</a></li>
<li><a href="Active_Format_Description" title="Active Format Description">Active Format Description</a></li>
<li><a href="Broadcast_flag" title="Broadcast flag">Broadcast flag</a></li>
<li><a href="Digital_television#Protection_parameters_for_terrestrial_DTV_broadcasting" title="Digital television">Channel protection ratios</a></li>
<li><a href="Display_motion_blur" title="Display motion blur">HDTV blur</a></li>
<li><a href="Hierarchical_modulation" title="Hierarchical modulation">Hierarchical modulation</a></li>
<li><a href="Pirate_decryption" title="Pirate decryption">Pirate decryption</a></li>
<li><a href="Television_standards_conversion" title="Television standards conversion">Standards conversion</a></li>
<li><a href="Video_on_demand" title="Video on demand">Video on demand</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Broadcast_encryption_and_digital_rights_management313" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Broadcast_encryption_and_digital_rights_management313" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Broadcast_encryption" title="Broadcast encryption">Broadcast encryption</a> and <a href="Digital_rights_management" title="Digital rights management">digital rights management</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Conditional_access" title="Conditional access">Conditional access</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="CableCARD" title="CableCARD">CableCARD</a></li>
<li><a href="Conditional_access" title="Conditional access">Conditional access system</a></li>
<li><a href="Renewable_security" title="Renewable security">Renewable security</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Digital_Video_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital Video Broadcasting">DVB</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Common_Interface" title="Common Interface">Common Interface</a></li>
<li><a href="Common_Scrambling_Algorithm" title="Common Scrambling Algorithm">CSA</a></li>
<li><a href="Conditional-access_module" title="Conditional-access module">Conditional-access module</a></li>
<li><a href="DVB-CPCM" title="DVB-CPCM">DVB-CPCM</a></li>
<li><a href="Free-to-view" title="Free-to-view">FTV</a></li>
<li><a href="Broadcast_syndication" title="Broadcast syndication">Syndication</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Smart_card" title="Smart card">Smart cards</a> and <a href="Encryption" title="Encryption">encryption</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Basic_Interoperable_Scrambling_System" title="Basic Interoperable Scrambling System">BISS</a></li>
<li><a href="Cisco_Videoscape" title="Cisco Videoscape">Cisco Videoscape</a>
<ul><li><a href="VideoGuard" title="VideoGuard">VideoGuard</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Conax" title="Conax">Conax</a></li>
<li><a href="Cryptoworks" title="Cryptoworks">Irdeto Cryptoworks</a></li>
<li><a href="High-bandwidth_Digital_Content_Protection" title="High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection">HDCP</a></li>
<li><a href="KeyFly" title="KeyFly">KeyFly</a></li>
<li><a href="Nagravision" title="Nagravision">Nagravision</a></li>
<li><a href="PowerVu" title="PowerVu">PowerVu</a></li>
<li><a href="Reusable_Asset_Specification" title="Reusable Asset Specification">RAS</a></li>
<li><a href="Nagra_France" title="Nagra France">SECA</a> <a href="Mediaguard" title="Mediaguard">Mediaguard</a></li>
<li><a href="Verimatrix" title="Verimatrix">Verimatrix</a></li>
<li><a href="Viaccess" title="Viaccess">Viaccess</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Digital video disc</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Content_Scramble_System" title="Content Scramble System">Content Scramble System</a> (CSS)</li>
<li><a href="Advanced_Access_Content_System" title="Advanced Access Content System">Advanced Access Content System</a> (AACS)</li>
<li><a href="BD%2B" title="BD+">BD+</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Digital_rights_management" title="Digital rights management">DRM</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Authorized_domain" title="Authorized domain">Authorized domain</a></li>
<li><a href="B-CAS" title="B-CAS">B-CAS</a></li>
<li><a href="Broadcast_flag" title="Broadcast flag">Broadcast flag</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Data_security" title="Data security">Data security</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Card_sharing" title="Card sharing">Card sharing</a></li>
<li><a href="FTA_receiver" title="FTA receiver">FTA</a></li>
<li><a href="Pirate_decryption" title="Pirate decryption">Pirate decryption</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Analog_television" title="Analog television">Analogue broadcast</a> encoding</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="B-MAC" title="B-MAC">B-MAC</a></li>
<li><a href="CGMS-A" title="CGMS-A">CGMS-A</a></li>
<li><a href="EuroCrypt" title="EuroCrypt">EuroCrypt</a></li>
<li><a href="Leitch_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Leitch Technology">Leitch</a></li>
<li><a href="Oak_Industries" title="Oak Industries">Oak Orion</a></li>
<li><a href="Videocipher" title="Videocipher">Videocipher</a></li>
<li><a href="VideoCrypt" title="VideoCrypt">VideoCrypt</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>See also <a href="Free-to-view" title="Free-to-view">free-to-view</a> and <a href="Pay_television" title="Pay television">pay television</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><!--htdig_noindex--><div><div class="zim-footer">
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