Its called CableCARD in the US. I don't think it exists in Europe.
It barely exists in the US, and only for cable, not satellite, and is supposed to be obsoleted before too long. The vast majority of people still have set-top boxes. And they're PCCard form factor, not smartcard.
Yeah. Somebody I know bought a HD TiVo and still has to keep their set top box to watch OnDemand and PPV. Alledgely there is a newer revision of the CableCARD standard that would allow this but nobody uses it.
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