NDS And Pace Collaborate To Provide Secure Video-On-Demand And IP Television

NDS Synamediaô Broadband TV And VOD Solution Demonstrated With Paceís DSL4000 Digital Home Gateway

24-Apr-01

NDS Group plc (NASDAQ/NASDAQ Europe: NNDS), a News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A) company and the leading provider of conditional access systems and interactive applications for digital TV, and Pace Micro Technology plc, the worldís largest dedicated developer of digital home gateway technology, have joined forces to develop secure video-on-demand (VOD) and IP television.The joint solution utilizes Paceís DSL4000 digital home gateway, which will decode encrypted VOD and IP television delivered from NDSís Synamediaô solution. Valuable video content is encrypted to prevent it being freely distributed over broadband IP networks. The NDS Synamedia architecture delivers encrypted, digital TV and VOD over ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) or other broadband networks. It extends NDSís successful XTVô personal TV system to support broadband IP networks and VOD servers.ìOur collaboration with Pace will enable broadband pay TV operators to offer television and video-on-demand content securely to the Pace home gateway,î said Nigel Smith, Director, Broadband Internet, NDS Group plc. ìIn the broadband IP world it is essential that valuable video content is protected at every step in the IP network and this is why we have incorporated NDSís Open VideoGuardô content protection system in to the DSL4000.îìContent protection is vital to the success of any pay entertainment platform, and VOD and IP television are no exceptions,î said Andrew Clifforth, Managing Director, IP Television at Pace Micro Technology. ìOur partnership with NDS, combining their Synamedia solution with our DSL4000 home gateway is an effective solution for secure content distribution over DSL networks. Content providers can have even more confidence in IP television, which Iím sure will mark a new phase in the growth of entertainment over IP.îThe main advantages of the NDS Synamedia system are:- For the operator, Synamedia allows broadband pay TV operators to offer high quality VOD and TV securely by using encryption provided by the Open VideoGuard content protection system. Synamedia ensures that the operator can deliver top quality content to the user and safeguards revenues for operators and content owners. - Synamedia extends NDSí successful XTV personal TV system to support broadband IP networks and VOD servers. It uses the same metadata technology to offer operators and advertisers the ability to target or personalize their programming and advertising. - For the viewer, Synamedia allows the consumerís favorite TV shows and movies to be presented through a personalized content guide interface. Movies can be ordered, paused and fast forwarded on demand. A consumer can also select the next scene or highlights that may have been missed.The Pace DSL4000 enables multichannel digital broadcast television, video-on-demand, high-speed Internet access and other interactive entertainment services to be received over standard broadband networks. The DSL4000 features high quality MPEG-2 decoding and an Ethernet interface. The television services are delivered over IP protocol and are video-server neutral. Other features of the DSL4000 improve network capability through video scaling and positioning, increase control of video functions using HTML, Javascript, RTSP, and plug-ins, and minimize network management costs by multicasting software downloads to any or all set-top boxes in a deployment. The DSL4000 has been deployed by several operators worldwide.For more information about Pace Micro Technology, visit www.pacemicro.com.For more information about NDS, visit www.nds.com.

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