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NDS announces new mobile offerings, PC-TV solutions, home networking capabilities and gaming technologies at CES

Securing and Enabling Content Anywhere, Anytime, on Any Device

(PresseBox) (Las Vegas, )
(The Venetian Hotel, Lido Suite #3003 and Sands Booth #69728) – NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, announced today a number of new solutions to protect broadcast content over a variety of networks and devices. With announcements that include secure video delivery across WiFi hotspots, applications that turn PCs into TVs, and a new generation of interactive gaming for the set-top box platform, NDS is introducing technologies at CES that re-define television delivery for both consumers and broadcasters.

Highlights of the announcements include:

- A partnership with MobiTV to demonstrate the first-ever secure delivery of Mobile WiMAX TV to Ultra Mobile PCs. The integration of NDS VideoGuard® with the MobiTV® service enables Mobile WiMAX operators to offer premium mobile television over a two-way IEEE 802.16e network while maintaining content rights and protecting service revenues.

- An agreement with KT, the leading telecommunications company in Korea, to deploy a full end-to-end system including NDS VideoGuard Mobile™ and NDS VideoGuard PMP™ on the company’s new ‘toest’ mobile content platform. The NDS content protection solution will enable the secure download of a wide variety of video content over WiFi hotspots, providing both content owners and consumers with a new, secure way to download video to their mobile CE devices.

- NDS and Cyberlink are joining forces to securely deliver TV entertainment to PCs. By integrating NDS’s VideoGuard PC™ with the Cyberlink PowerCinema TV entertainment software, the companies are making the PC a key device in the pay-TV experience. PowerCinema supports a full set of TV services including live broadcast channels, digital video recording (DVR) functions, operator-branded Electronic Program Guides (EPGs), secure content downloads, on-demand services, and Video-on Demand (VOD).

- An agreement with VBox to use their Cat’s Eye PC-TV receiver to view, store and replay premium digital HDTV broadcast content on PCs. Using NDS VideoGuard PC, based on the plug-and-play simplicity of the NDS VideoGuard Key™, consumers can seamlessly and securely enjoy content delivered to and stored on their PCs. The VBox PC-TV receivers provide digital set-top box functionality in a PC environment by simply connecting to a PC via a USB or PCI slot. They receive TV broadcast in the same manner as a digital set-top box, requiring no changes in either broadcast infrastructure or in the consumers’ premises.

- An announcement with Electric Spin, to create the world’s first virtual 3D Video Game for a set-top box. Electric~Spin, the creators of the award-winning Golf Launchpad series of golf simulators, is working with NDS to create the Golf Launchpad/XTV Experience. The new set-top box edition of the award-winning golf game allows users to play along with their favorite golfers during televised tournaments. The new game combines Electric~Spin’s ultra realistic golf simulation technology with NDS’s XTV Ready™ interactive TV technology to create the ultimate virtual golf experience. While watching a PGA tour event on television, viewers can use the Golf Launchpad/XTV Experience to virtually play and compete, with their own clubs, on the same course, at the same time – and all from the comfort of their own home.

- NDS has teamed up with Rebellion, the award-winning game design studio, to build the platform for next generation set-top box gaming. NDS’s Xtreamplay™ technology is being used to create an HD gaming experience on set-top boxes. This collaboration means that rich, advanced games can now be built for set-top boxes without the need for expensive chipsets. Rebellion’s three dimensional game, Rogue Trooper, will use Xtreamplay to enable the set-top box to use frame-accurate video as part of the gaming experience. Xtreamplay uses the video playback capability of the processors in conjunction with information about what is happening in each frame to provide a truly immersive gaming experience.

NDS Group Ltd.

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 90 of the world’s leading pay-TV platforms rely on NDS solutions to protect and enhance their business.

NDS’ VideoGuard® is the world’s market-leading content and service protection solution, deployed in 114 million pay-TV households. VideoGuard conditional access (CA) and digital rights management (DRM) technologies safeguard pay-TV service revenues exceeding $50 billion. NDS middleware, which enables a host of advanced services for subscribers, has been deployed on 206 million devices. NDS DVR technology, centred around XTV™, is a leader in the global industry with 45 million units deployed. (Deployment figures as of 30th September 2011).

Headquartered in the UK, with over 5000 employees, NDS remains committed to investing in technology and development with over 75% of its employees dedicated to pioneering work at development centres in France, India, Israel, Korea, UK and US.

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

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