Editing Customer-premises equipment (section)

===Virtual gateway===
The virtual gateway concept enables consumers to access video and data services and distribute them around their homes using software rather than hardware.  The first virtual gateway was introduced in 2010 by [[Advanced Digital Broadcast]] at the IBC exhibition in Amsterdam.<ref>[http://www.researchinchina.com/news/NewsContent.aspx?id=15664 >> News >> Electronics]. ResearchInChina (16 September 2010). Retrieved on 2014-03-12.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ww12.internettvreporter.com/|title=internettvreporter.com|website=ww12.internettvreporter.com|access-date=21 March 2020|archive-date=21 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321204648/http://ww12.internettvreporter.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.digitimes.com/tag/adb/0014389.html News tagged ADB at DIGITIMES]. Digitimes.com (16 September 2010). Retrieved on 2014-03-12.</ref> The ADB Virtual Gateway uses software that resides within the middleware and is based on open standards, including [[DLNA]] home networking and the [[DTCP-IP]] standard, to ensure that all content, including paid-for encrypted content like [[Pay TV]] services, can only be accessed by secure CE devices.<ref>[http://www.v-net.tv/NewsDisplay.aspx?id=527 Newswires | VideoNet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226040824/http://v-net.tv/NewsDisplay.aspx?id=527 |date=26 December 2010 }}. V-net.tv. Retrieved on 2014-03-12.</ref>