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SAT-WORLD · 08-11-09, 09:42 AM

It appears that the blue Sky(UK) viewing cards,have finally been sent the kill signal.
As more and more viewers are reporting that their blue viewing cards are no longer decrypting subscription/premium channels in CAMs and Linux based receivers.
However the FTV channels e.g Five(105),Sky 3,Fiver,Five USA,Channel 4 HD,are still being decrypted.
The error message,being displayed is "Your card is invalid".
Looks like there is going to have be some deep digging in to those pockets for a the new white card.

TheCoder · 08-11-09, 06:19 PM

They never actually send a kill signal for the old cards, they just let the tier dates gracefully expire and eventually switch off stream support altogether.

Analoguesat · 08-11-09, 06:37 PM

Im not so sure about that this time around. Theres plenty of reports coming in across the forums that blue cards have stopped decrypting the pay services but entitlements are well into December.

kegnkiwi · 08-11-09, 06:47 PM

I can confirm that when I received my new white card I took the blue card out to use it in my dreambox. Infact I had two. One went into a tm9100 using gbox which does not all updates, entitlements on both had two months grace. The card in the tm9100 kept working for the full two months. The second one did not get put into the dm800 due to already using a gamma. Just for testing purposes I put the blue card into the internal slot using cccam. Within two hours the card had been hit with entitlements shown as missing.

Physcogem · 08-11-09, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SAT-WORLD

Looks like there is going to have be some deep digging in to those pockets for a the new white card.

has anyone actually got a white card for the ftv working with the diablo and u/w

TheCoder · 08-11-09, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Analoguesat

Im not so sure about that this time around. Theres plenty of reports coming in across the forums that blue cards have stopped decrypting the pay services but entitlements are well into December.

Its not just date entitlements that are needed. Sky/NDS dont bother to inform older cards of keyswaps etc. Basically, once support for a particular card is dropped from the stream then it begins to lose function. There's no real necessity for kill functions as such as generally a card cannot last more than 1-2 months without the constant support.

Sky cards also have a default setup so that the non-arrival of valid EMM's for a certain period of time disables all actve channel tiers. This is to make sure the card cannot survive without its active EMM source.

08-11-09, 09:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
SAT-WORLD Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,664 Thanks: 19 Thanked 246 Times in 215 Posts	Sky viewing cards(blue),no longer fully decrypting It appears that the blue Sky(UK) viewing cards,have finally been sent the kill signal. As more and more viewers are reporting that their blue viewing cards are no longer decrypting subscription/premium channels in CAMs and Linux based receivers. However the FTV channels e.g Five(105),Sky 3,Fiver,Five USA,Channel 4 HD,are still being decrypted. The error message,being displayed is "Your card is invalid". Looks like there is going to have be some deep digging in to those pockets for a the new white card. Last edited by SAT-WORLD; 08-11-09 at 09:47 AM.

08-11-09, 06:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheCoder Underground Crew Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Undrground Posts: 2,149 Thanks: 15 Thanked 1,691 Times in 933 Posts	Re: Sky viewing cards(blue),no longer fully decrypting They never actually send a kill signal for the old cards, they just let the tier dates gracefully expire and eventually switch off stream support altogether.

08-11-09, 06:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,339 Times in 990 Posts	Re: Sky viewing cards(blue),no longer fully decrypting Im not so sure about that this time around. Theres plenty of reports coming in across the forums that blue cards have stopped decrypting the pay services but entitlements are well into December. __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!

08-11-09, 06:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
kegnkiwi Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 418 Thanks: 4 Thanked 121 Times in 95 Posts	Re: Sky viewing cards(blue),no longer fully decrypting I can confirm that when I received my new white card I took the blue card out to use it in my dreambox. Infact I had two. One went into a tm9100 using gbox which does not all updates, entitlements on both had two months grace. The card in the tm9100 kept working for the full two months. The second one did not get put into the dm800 due to already using a gamma. Just for testing purposes I put the blue card into the internal slot using cccam. Within two hours the card had been hit with entitlements shown as missing. __________________ New Tm-twin oe, TM800, DM800HD, TM9100, TM1500, EL777, Lemon 020s, Comag SL65/12. 1m funke, 2100a Motor

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