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Finnish explore YLE smart card

Monday, December 17, 2007

Finland’s ministry of justice is examining the possibility of encrypting DTT transmissions from the public broadcaster YLE and issuing smart cards only to those that have paid the television license fee. The downside is that not all the DTT receivers in the Finnish market have a smart card slot. These smart cards could be issued as early as 2010. A similar scheme is in place in Norway.

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