Ever Wondered Why Sometimes This Number Appears on Your TV Screen? What Does It Mean?

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Watching TV with family or friends is one of our favourite time pass. But, have you ever noticed some code or numbers on your screen?

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Sometimes, these numbers appear on our TV screen and suddenly disappear. Do you know what does it actually mean?

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Well, it is an anti-piracy measure that is used by the TV channel to track the location of the recording and the person, if anyone tries to record it illegally.

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These numbers are unique which are generated by the TV channels for a particular location, which is quite enough for a service provider to locate the area.

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Then within this specific area, they can generate an unique code on TV screen to find an individual, behind this piracy.

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Lakshya
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