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Virgin Media TV and NTL TV are subscription Cable TV services which offers multiple TV channels including dedicated movies, sports, news and documentary channels. Most adults in the UK will have experienced Virgin Media or NTL TV - Virgin or NTL Cable TV. As a subscription service, Virgin Media and NTL Cable TV is an attractive target for counterfeiters. Virgin Media, NTL and Telewest merged and became Virgin Media some time ago. Virgin Media faced counterfeiting with the dawn of the modern PC. A few people used PCs to auto decode the encryption (protection) used by Virgin Media TV.
The necessary hardware and software was often purchased at local computer shows and some companies specialised in the trade of Pirate Virgin Media TV decoding systems and - Decoding systems. This started an 'arms race' which continues today.
Virgin Media TV regularly update the encryption on their Virgin Media TV boxes. PCs alone are no longer capable of 'cracking' the protection because Virgin Media TV Box encryption requires specific hardware to be present and the encryption is occasionally modified. Download Rotor Gene 6000 Software Informer. A number of counterfeit appeared which were sold at computer shows, electronics fairs, radio ham shows, 'dodgy' websites and online auction sites. The most popular fake Virgin TV receivers were often branded as Eurovox or just 'the box'. Each of these systems allow people to watch Free Sky TV - Virgin Media TV without paying.
'Dodgy' Virgin TV boxes use a hack where the box is connected to an existing cable TV port and to a live internet connection. The encrypted Virgin TV signal is then decoded (unscrambled) via the internet connection by the CCam server. These boxes are often sold online (eg; eBay) and the decoding (CCcam service is often marketed as a monthly gift or VM Gift). Obviously; the use of these boxes to watch subscription TV is illegal and those supplying this service are criminals. The boxes are also commonly prone to freezing (the picture freezes and or breaks up). There are numerous UK hotspots for Virgin Media TV piracy. The supply of fake Virgin Media TV boxes costs Virgin Media TV millions of pounds every year.
In some areas, people using fake Virgin Media TV boxes outnumber those using legitimate Virgin Media TV boxes. Under the UK Copyright Act, people convicted of supplying equipment capable of receiving free Sky TV could face a 10 year prison sentence and an unlimited fine. It is not unknown for people convicted of crimes to then be pursued by Virgin Media for millions of pounds in compensation. Virgin Media TV and NTL TV are subscription Cable TV services which offers multiple TV channels including dedicated movies, sports, news and documentary channels. Most adults in the UK will have experienced Virgin Media or NTL TV - Virgin or NTL Cable TV. The supply of fake Virgin Media TV boxes has led to the supply of fakes of the fakes. Yes; there are counterfeit, counterfeit Virgin Media TV boxes.