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NDS @ ANGA Cable 2010: Highlighting Local Customer Deployments & Advanced Hybrid Solutions


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* NDS to showcase advanced solutions for a hybrid TV world offering new revenue streams and an improved subscriber experience
* Deployments from Kabel BW, Tele Columbus and Sky Deutschland will be featured on the NDS stand
* NDS reinforces its position as a technology innovator and the digital pay-TV partner of choice

Cologne, Germany - ANGA CABLE 2010, Stand B18A - NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced its line-up of advanced solutions and applications for ANGA Cable. On show will be innovative technologies that enable platform operators to secure and broaden their business with new, revenue-boosting hybrid services.

NDS will also showcase a range of solutions deployed by local European service providers including: Kabel BW, Tele Columbus and Sky Deutschland.

NDS will also showcase a range of solutions deployed by local European service providers including: Kabel BW, Tele Columbus and Sky Deutschland.

NDS demonstrations at ANGA Cable will include:

* Next generation User Interfaces for an improved user experience
Leading pay-TV operators around the world are deploying the industry’s most advanced Electronic Programme Guides (EPGs) and UIs with the assistance of NDS’ design and consulting services. NDS will be demonstrating OONA™, an intuitive conceptual UI that incorporates contextualised widgets, social interaction and search and recommendations whilst addresses the complexities of the connected environment. Visitors to the stand will also be able to experience a revolutionary approach to content navigation, with NDS Snowflake™ the award-winning high-end user interface that is based on a minimalist 3D grid overlaid on live TV.


* 3DTV
NDS is addressing the issues surrounding 3DTV, such as the display of the EPG and subtitling on stereoscopic 3D content and the requirements such features place on the chipset. To demonstrate, a proposed solution that addresses the real challenges of having a 3DTV in the home will be on display.


* NDS Dynamic™ Advanced Advertising suite
NDS Dynamic, enables TV operators to manage, deliver and execute advanced, addressable advertising applications to improve their existing advertising sales and develop new advertising revenue streams.


* Infinite TV™
Through InfiniteTV, connected TV viewers have access to complementary over the top (OTT) Internet video services and applications such as catch up-TV and on-demand content through a single, intuitive user experience with a rich electronic programme guide (EPG). Using both broadcast channels and the Internet, InfiniteTV adds rich metadata to broadcast programs and integrates advanced search and recommendations engines to provide a seamless ‘over the top’ television experience.


* NDS Video On Demand with Progressive Download
NDS’ VOD service, based on Progressive Download (PDL) technology, enables the delivery of both SD and HD content over IP whilst managing the problems associated with low bandwidth connections to deliver uninterrupted viewing - ensuring a quality of service matching that of traditional VOD. Using the internet to download content to the DVR hard drive; once enough content is cached, the viewer can start playback and any remaining content is downloaded in background mode.


* Unified Gateway™
NDS is working in partnership with Jungo, an NDS group company, to address the potential of a truly connected home environment. At ANGA, NDS and Jungo will be showcasing a proof of concept demonstration of an end-to-end system that takes a unified approach to distributing video, data and voice services in and around the home from a single point.


* Customer deployments, including hybrid IPTV/Broadcast platforms
NDS will be showcasing a number of local customer deployments that feature:
– NDS XTV™ digital video recorder (DVR) technology
– NDS VideoGuard® conditional access (CA) and digital rights management (DRM) technology
– NDS MediaHighway® set-top box software, the enabling technology for advanced set-top box functionality

Yves Padrines, Vice President, Business Development at NDS and General Manager NDS GmbH, said: “As the pay-TV market embraces a hybrid future and competition intensifies in markets such as Germany, choosing the right technology partner becomes more critical than ever. NDS is ideally placed to partner pay-TV operators of all sizes as they seek to increase their subscriber base, improve customer loyalty and grow revenues through the deployment of differentiated hybrid services.”

About NDS

NDS Group Ltd. creates the technologies and applications that enable pay-TV operators to securely deliver digital content to TV STBs (set-top boxes), DVRs (digital video recorders), PCs, mobiles and other multimedia devices. Over 70 of the world’s leading pay-TV platforms rely on NDS solutions to protect and enhance their businesses. VideoGuard® is the world’s market-leading conditional access (CA) and digital rights management (DRM) technology, currently deployed on 119 million active devices, and safeguarding pay-TV service revenues exceeding $40 billion. NDS middleware, including MediaHighway® which enables a host of advanced services for subscribers, has been deployed on 143 million devices. NDS DVR technology, centred around XTV™, leads the global industry with 28 million units deployed. (Deployment figures as of 31st March 2010).

Headquartered in the UK, NDS remains committed to investing in R&D with over 75% of its employees dedicated to pioneering work at development centres in China, Denmark, France, India, Israel, Korea, UK and US. NDS has also implemented a host of initiatives aimed at reducing its carbon footprint and helping digital TV subscribers reduce energy consumption.

NDS Group Ltd. is a private company owned by the Permira Funds and News Corporation. See www.nds.com for more information.

About Jungo

Jungo Ltd., an NDS Group company, is a provider of broadband home value-added service solutions. Jungo’s flagship products, OpenRG (residential gateway software platform) and OpenSMB™ (small and medium business gateway software platform) enable broadband operators to deliver managed revenue-generating services to the digital home.

Jungo also offers extensive connectivity software solutions for USB and PCI, including WinDriver™, a driver development toolkit that enables developers to quickly create custom device drivers that can run on a multitude of operating systems without modification, and USBware™, a complete, high-quality embedded USB software protocol stack, allowing device manufacturers to easily incorporate standard USB OTG/Host/Device connectivity in their designs.

To find out more about Jungo Ltd. and our products, please visit www.jungo.com.



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