I went to a mysterious private corporation "B-CAS company" which harms the convenience of terrestrial digital broadcasting and hinders popularization

As of July 24, 2011, the current analog broadcasting is completely finished and it will be forced to shift to digital terrestrial digital broadcasting, but what is merit as "What is merit"Just to improve image qualityIt is the present condition that it is. Earth digital is all encrypted, it can not receive unless it is a tuner dedicated to terrestrial digital broadcasting. For that reason, all the digital terrestrial tuner currently being sold is "B-CAS card"It is enclosed with a mysterious card and it is structured that you can not see terrestrial digital broadcasting unless you insert a B - CAS card.

This is the cause of impeding the spread of terrestrial digital broadcasting. Because it carries the mechanism of decryption by B-CAS, the price of tuner is pushed up to be high and additionally, copy is restricted by being encrypted even if it is a free broadcast, and similar to analog broadcasting It is because convenience is completely absent. To be clear, it is said that it is almost no harm even if it is said that the source of various problems which are hundreds of hundred and no interest, the digital terrestrial digital broadcasting is not popular, and it is a very obstructive existence for general consumers, so even advisory organizations of the ministerial affairs minister finallyReview B-CAS that hinders popularization of terrestrial digital broadcastingIt was a situation that I announced it clearly.

And, it is Bits Conditional Access Systems Co., Ltd. which is issuing and managing this B-CAS card, abbreviatedB-CASis. For so long,Do not post the address on the official website of the company, Only recently criticized its uncertain constitution from every direction, finallyWe made public only the head office location on registrationIs that really the address? I went to peep for a moment.
The place I've been here is here

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The building that is visible over there matches the address of B-CAS


B-CAS finally showed its full picture!


I think that all of this building is B - CAS ... ... that? Only the 6th floor?


From the table, this building seems to be a building with various tenants. It is unknown what condition this condition was chosen.


The entrance looks like this


I will look at the 6th floor from the outside, but I can not know how it is inside


I looked back on the way from the front of the building. It is in the place where I entered one from the street of a gorgeous table.


I was worried whether it was really right here, but apparently it seems to fit here


It seems that you subscribe to the Nikkei newspaper, apparently ... ...


It was only 6th floor from the outside, but the 7th floor is also B-CAS


This is the entrance of B-CAS, which is protected by strict security. It was a limit as long as there was no appointment.


Unfortunately we were unable to shoot the inside, but whom do we get with B - CAS, why such a mechanism is necessary, what was necessary for B - CAS in the first place, what will we need for B - CAS in the future What will happen? I plan to investigate various things including that. For that reason, we are looking for hints on B-CAS status and information, unknown internal circumstances, finances, etc. that will not be reported in general,Talomi CommunicationIt will be very helpful if you do.

The item of "B-CAS" of Wikipedia is awesome, so you can easily understand that you have problems like mountains.

B-CAS - Wikipedia

Why is it only in Japan that encryption is applied only in the world though it should be terrestrial digital broadcasting which can be seen for free?