Glossary

ADM

Account and Device Manager

AGW

API Gateway

BCM

Business Configuration Manager

CAG

CAS Gateway

CCP

Cast, Crew, and Persona service

CDG

Content Discovery Gateway

CDS

Content Discovery Service

CEX

Content Exporter

CIM

Content Importer

CPM

Content and Product Manager

CPW

Content Publishing Window

CWM

Content Workflow Manager

CRM Gateway

API gateway service for use by customer relationship management (CRM) systems

DMM

Device Messaging Manager

DWH

Data Warehouse

GOC

Gracenote OnConnect adaptor

IAS

Identity Authentication Service

IHS

Image Handler Service

MAS

Metadata Aggregation Service

MDS

Metadata Server

ODM

Open Device Messaging

OPF

OpenTV Platform

PMG

Promotions Manager

RMG

Rights Manager

SOLR

Apache SOLR

SRM

Session Resource Manager

UAV

User Activity Vault

ADM

Account and Device Manager

ASM

Authorization Server Manager

CCL

CONNECT Client

CCT

CAS Configuration Tool

CKM

Content Key Management service

CLM

Content License Management service

DAS

Device Authentication Service

DMS

Device Messaging Service

IMS

Information Management Service

KSS

Key and Signalization Synchronization service

KMS

Key Management Server

NASC

NAGRA Advanced Security Certification

NKS

NAGRA Key Server

NOCS

NAGRA On-Chip Security

PLM

Product License Management

PRM-LS

PRM License Server

PSM

Playback Session Metadata service

PVS

Provisioning Service

QM

QuickMark

RMG

Rights Manager

SDP

Service Delivery Platform

Part of OpenTV Platform 2.x (MediaLive)

SSM

Secure Session Manager

SSP

Security Services Platform

TKAP

TVKey Activation Proxy

TKAS

TVKey Activation Service

TVKCC

TVKey Cloud Client

ACL

Access Control List

AFTx

Reference codes for Amazon Fire TV device models

APK

Android Package Kit

An application file ready for installation on an Android device

APNS

Apple Push Notification Service

APS

Algorithm Parameter Set

A list of parameters associated to a specific Java algorithm. Used in OpenTV to trigger automatic imports and exports.

AWS

Amazon Web Services

Bundled account request

A bundled account request allows you to get all the users and devices for account in a single request, instead of having to make multiple requests.

Bundled device request

A bundled device request allows you to get all the details of an account, its users, and its devices from the ID of one of its devices, instead of having to make multiple requests.

CA

Conditional Access

CAS

Conditional Access System

caSN

Conditional Access Serial Number

CBC

Cipher Block Chaining mode

CBCS

CBC Subsample pattern encryption scheme

CDM

Content Decryption Module

CDN

Content Delivery Network

CDVR

Cloud-based digital video recording

CDW

Current Delivery Window

CENC

Comment encryption

CORS

Cross-Origin Resource Sharing

CPIX

Content Protection Information Exchange format

CRM

Customer Relationship Management

CTR

Counter Mode

CU

Catch Up

CW

Control Words

DASH

Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP

DCE

Direct Channel Entry

DCM

DVL Control Message

DMM

DVL Management Message

DRM

Digital Rights Management

DTE

Digital Terminal Equipment

DTH

Direct-to-home

DUT

Device Under Test

DVB

Digital Video Broadcasting

DVL

DVR VOD Library

DVR

Digital Video Recorder

ECM

Entitlement Control Message

ECMG/ECM-G

Entitlement Control Message Generator

E-CMS

Editorial CMS

Editorial channel

A live channel. See also Technical channel.

EIT

Event Information Table

In a DVB system, the EIT contains the events for a channel for a particular time period.

EME

Encrypted Media Extensions

EMM

Entitlement Management Message

EMMG/EMM-G

Entitlement Management Message Generator

EPG

Electronic Program Guide

Known as GUIDE in the ION app user interface

FCM

Firebase Cloud Messaging

FTP

File transfer protocol

Standard Internet protocol and application to transmit files between machines. FTP uses the TCP/IP protocols. FTP is commonly used to transfer Web pages from their creator to the computer that acts as their server for everyone on the Internet.

GCE

Google Common Encryption

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

GUI

Graphical User Interface

HE

Head End

HEVC

High Efficiency Video Coding

A video compression standard (also known as H.265 and MPEG-H Part 2)

HLS

HTTP Live Streaming

HW-PRM

Hardware PRM

i18n

Internationalisation

The process of preparing software to support local languages and cultural settings

IDE

Integrated Development Environment

IEG

IPTV ECM Gateway

ION

The working name for the OpenTV app

IPTV

Internet Protocol television

IRD

Integrated Receiver Decoder

ISM

IMS Schedule Management

ISPM

IMS Service Plan Management

IV

Initialisation vector

JWT

JSON Web Token

LS

License Server

LTCU

Long Term Catch Up

MDRM

Multi-DRM

MIB

Management Information Base

MUX

Multiplexer

MW

Middleware

NPVR

Network Personal Video Recorder

NUID

NAGRA Unique ID

OCB

One Code Base

OCM

Operator Configuration Metadata

OS

Operating System

OTT

Over The Top

Any streaming service offered directly to viewers via the Internet

OVP

Online Video Platform

PAT

Program Association Table

PIN

Personal Identification Number

PMT

Program Mapping Table

PNG

Portable Network Graphics

PPV

Pay-Per-View

PRM

Persistent Rights Management

PRM-LS

PRM License Server

Product

Anything that a user can buy. This can be a one-off TVOD purchase, an SVOD subscriptions, etc.

PSI

Program Service Information

PSSH

Protection System Specific Header

QM

QuickMark

RTL

Right To Left

A locale property indicating that text is written from right to left

SCS

Simulcrypt Synchronizer

SDK

Software Development Kit

SI

Service Information

SMP

Secure Media Path

SMS

Subscriber Management System

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SO

Start Over

SOCUID/SoC UID

SoC Unique ID

SSM

Simple Systems Manager

Now known as AWS Systems Manager. A service that you can use to view and control your infrastructure on AWS.

STB

Set-Top Box

STCU

Short Term Catch Up

SVG

Scalable Vector Graphics

SVOD

Subscription Video On Demand

SW-PRM

Software PRM

Technical channel

A specific version of a live channel. For example, for a single editorial channel, there will typically be several different technical channels, for example, 4k, HD, and SD versions. See also Editorial channel.

TIF

Android TV Input Framework

TVOD

Transactional Video On Demand

UI

User Interface

UTF-8

UCS Transforming Format 8

UTF-8 is an alternative coded representation form for all the characters of the UCS. It can be used to transmit text data through communication systems which assume that individual octets in the range 00 to 7F have a definition according to ISO/IEC 4873. UTF-8 is a good way to go for using Unicode under Unix-style operating systems.

UX

User Experience

VOD

Video On Demand

WM/WMK

Watermarking

WV

Widevine

XML

eXtensible Markup Language

XML is standard language used to create extensible data structures (XML schemas) and documents compatible with these structures (XML documents). Allows designers to create their own customised tags, enabling the definition, transmission, validation, and interpretation of data between applications.

XSD

XML Schema Definition

Specifies how to formally describe the elements in an XML document. It contains a set of rules to which an XML document must conform in order to be considered "valid" according to that schema.