The BBC is considering a "secret" DRM scheme for HD content they send out:

Responding to pressure from rightsholders, BBC is proposing to encode the TV listings metadata that accompanies all digital TV channels with a simple compression algorithm. The parameters to this algorithm would be kept secret by the BBC: it would ask manufacturers to sign a private agreement in order to receive a copy. This license would require the implementation of pervasive DRM in the equipment they build.

Right - because no hacker would ever reverse engineer the encryption, post the details to a site outside the UK, and offer free work arounds to anyone who wants them. Of course not, because nothing like that has ever happened with such encryption schemes, right?

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