CMLA Development System

CMLA provides a complete development system for use in the testing, debug and trialing of CMLA implementations. This system is in essence a duplicate system to the production system.

It is highly recommended that all implementations be fully tested on the development system resources of CMLA prior to any exercise of the implementation on the CMLA production system.

Customers trials using the development system must also be aware of the limitations inherent with the development system (e.g. limited customer support, necessity of content owner explicit approval of content use given the limited protection).

Sample Key Kit

CMLA provides keys and/or certificates for download as samples to enable expeditious testing and trialing of implementations of CMLA. These keys provide free access to the CMLA development system only.

Sample Key Kit

CMLA Trial Alternatives

CMLA offers three alternatives for enabling trial activities for new products and/or services.

1. Commercial Trial
   • Service Provider conducting this trial needs to sign the Service Provider Agreement (and Broadcast Addendum if trialing broadcast services) becoming a full CMLA licensee.
   • Premium content needing full protection can be used in this trial.
   • This trial uses the CMLA production environment. The service system and clients need to meet full-compliance to CMLA.
   • The Service Provider Administrative Initiation Fee of USD $19,000 along with the Service Provider Certificate Signing Fee (Production) of $1,500 is paid to conduct this trial. The Service Provider Annual Administrative Maintenance Fee of $5,000 is paid yearly to maintain the commercial trial. The Quarterly Service Provider Key and Certificate Issuance Fees (Option 1: Number of Active Subscribers or Option 2: Number of Rights Objects Generated) are also paid according fee structure in SPA Exhibit C.
   
   
2. Development Trial
   • Service Provider conducting this trial needs to sign the Service Provider Agreement and the SPA Developer Addendum (and Broadcast Addendum if trialing broadcast services) becoming a CMLA developer licensee.
   • Non-premium content is used in this trial. Premium content can be used only with direct approval from content owner for this use.
   • This trial uses the CMLA development environment. The service system and clients may be development systems (not fully compliant).
   • The Service Provider Development Administrative Initiation Fee of USD $5,000 along with the Development System Rights Issuer Certificate Signing Fee of $1,000 is paid to conduct this trial. The Service Provider Development Annual Administrative Maintenance Fee of $2,500 is paid yearly to maintain the development trial.
   
   
3. Sponsored Trial
   • Service Provider conducting this trial need not have any licenses or agreements with CMLA. This trial is sponsored by an existing CMLA licensee (Client Adopter or Service Provider).
   • The sponsoring CMLA licensee must have a bilateral agreement with the trialing company where the responsibilities to maintain the integrity and security of the CMLA development environment are agreed.
   • The sponsoring licensee must execute the CMLA Sponsored Trial Agreement prior to the start of the trial.
   • The sponsoring licensee is responsible for all agreements and payments to CMLA. The sponsor will order temporary access (with a set expiration period) to the CMLA development system and development online system from CMLA Services.
   • Non-premium content is used in this trial.
   • This trial uses the CMLA development environment. The service system and clients may be development systems (not fully compliant).
   • The Online Access fee is $1100 (for a six month period) and the Certificate Signing fee is $3000.