Videocipher From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Videocipher II satellite descrambler stand-alone box sold by General Instrument VideoCipher is a brand name of analog scrambling and de-scrambling equipment for cable and satellite television invented primarily to enforce Television receive-only (TVRO) satellite equipment to only receive TV programming on a subscription basis. [1] The second version of Videocipher, Videocipher II, was the primary encryption scheme used by major cable TV programmers to prevent TVRO owners from receiving free terrestrial television programming. It was especially notable due to the widespread compromise of its encryption scheme. Contents 1 Background 1.1 Satellite providers 1.2 Videocipher technology 2 Variants 2.1 Videocipher I 2.2 Videocipher II 2.3 Videocipher II+/RS 3 Technological obsolescence 4 Legacy 5 See also 6 References Background [ edit ] Satellite providers [ edit ] Though the first half of the 198