DIRECTTV dvr
directtv Management* Rupert Murdoch, Chairman
* Chase Carey, President and Chief Executive Officer
* Bruce B. Churchill, Executive Vice President
* Larry D. Hunter, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
* Michael W. Palkovic, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
* Romulo G. Pontual, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
* Patrick T. Doyle, Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
directtv Access card history
directtv transmits programming with encryption to mitigate signal piracy. The receiver (also known as an IRD, or "integrated receiver-decoder") utilizes ISO 7816 smart cards which tell the receiver how to decrypt the programming for viewing. In a continuing effort to combat piracy, an access card generation is created approximately every two years, outdating the old set. directtv is now utilizing a fifth generation of access cards.
* P1, also known as F cards, were used until 1997. F cards have a picture of a satellite on the front.
* P2, also known as H cards, were introduced in 1996 to replace F cards. H cards look the same as F cards. H cards were in use until 2002.
* P3, also known as HU cards, were introduced in 1999 and are no longer supported. HU cards have a picture of a football player on the front. HU cards originally shipped with receivers with serial numbers above 0001 700 000. These were removed from circulation due to high piracy plaguing the system.
* P4 cards were introduced in 2002 and are currently still in use. P4 cards are labeled "Access Card: 4."
* D1 cards were introduced in 2004 following compatibility problems with the P4 cards in some receivers. These cards can be identified by the silver edges, and simply bear the word "directtv" on the front (no number).
* D2 cards were introduced in 2005. This is the current "standard issue" card. These cards can be identified by a two-toned blue dot pattern resembling the directtv logo in addition to the directtv logo and the words "directtv Access Card". They have no number on the front.
directtv has long been a victim of an active signal piracy underground, but has recently begun to crack down on illegal reception of its signals. On its anti-piracy website, directtv claims to have sued over 24,000 end users as of March 17, 2004, including celebrity O.J. Simpson. directtv bases its suits on purchase records of ISO-7816 Smart Card devices. Although these devices could be used to rewrite directtv's access cards, there are countless legitimate uses for them as well. This has caused controversy, since directtv is making the assumption that all purchasers of the devices are pirates.
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