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Broadband Solutions Inc. Selects NDS Opencable Solution for Digital Network.


Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 2004

Highlights:

-- Broadband Solutions Inc. takes the lead in Korea cable TV The transmission of TV programs into the home and office via coaxial cable. Cable TV organizations have tremendous potential for new services since they are already wired into so many homes. See cable Internet, data broadcast and CATV. 

market with first commercial deployment of OpenCable systems.

-- NDS VideoGuard(R) CableCard(TM), approved by the

Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) of Korea,

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-- NDS VideoGuard conditional access expanding global market

share with new business in cable TV market sector.

-- NDS received OpenCable(TM) qualified status from CableLabs for

its conditional access card in 2003.

NDS Group plc, (NASDAQ:NNDS) a News Corporation company and a leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay TV, today announced Broadband Solutions Inc. (BSI) has selected key security technology from NDS for its digital and interactive cable TV See interactive TV. network expansion.

BSI is one of the largest digital media centers in Korea, and the company is at the forefront of the digital broadcasting rollout in Korea. BSI offers services that include aggregating digital video and managing the end-to-end infrastructure for the delivery of services from the head-end to the home.

In 2003, Dacom invested US$20 million in BSI, which created a strategic partnership between BSI and Dreamcity Media, another of Korea's largest cable operators. In 2004, BSI plans to construct regional digital broadband media centers controlled by a centralized digital headend, initially serving the Dreamcity Media cable TV network, Gangnam Cable TV and then aggregate additional cable TV networks.

In line with the OpenCable(TM) standards requirements of Korea, the system will adopt NDS's VideoGuard CableCard, a part of the VideoGuard conditional access system and will deliver the same level of digital security that is deployed by NDS today. The CableCard security module is a removable, renewable security system for digital TV services using NDS smart card technology. The NDS Korea set-top box integration and testing laboratory was uniquely able to facilitate the integration of NDS OpenCable conditional access technology with BSI systems and to meet the strict timelines.

Mr. S. Y. Lee, CTO of BSI, said "BSI selected NDS as the conditional access system provider to establish the most efficient solution and to meet the standards requirements of OpenCable technology."

Ms. Sue Taylor, Vice President and General Manager of NDS Asia Pacific, said, "Globally NDS is committed to open standards. With the BSI deployment in Korea, we show conclusively that NDS technology is able to support the Korean OpenCable standards and the business requirements of one of Korea's largest cable TV digital media centers and we believe that BSI will reap the benefits of the open technology and the greater choices it will bring to their consumers."

The Korean Ministry of Information and Communication is preparing to deploy digital cable television to between five and eight million households in Korea over the next five years. Korea officially adopted the OpenCable(TM) OCAP standard for the roll out of digital cable TV.

About Broadband Solutions Inc.

Broadband Solutions Inc. is a leading provider of broadband solutions and services to cable TV system operators in Asia. Broadband Solutions provides a comprehensive suite of media and network service, hosted DTV and interactive TV applications and services. Serving cable TV operators, BSI facilitates the swift and cost-effective deployment of enhanced services like interactive TV, video on demand, telephony, broadband internet and "walled garden" content.

BSI engages best-of-breed technology partners to make the most economically compelling and technologically advanced solutions available to the Korean cable TV operators. Broadband Solutions Inc. is a Korean company, with headquarters in Seoul. For more information, visit http://www.bsiasia.com.

About NDS

NDS Group plc (NASDAQ/Euronext Brussels:NNDS) is a leading supplier of open end-to-end digital pay TV solutions for the secure delivery of entertainment and information to television set-top boxes and IP devices. See http://www.nds.com/ for more information about NDS.

Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

The statements contained in this release which are not historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to the plans, projections or future performance of NDS, which involve certain risks and uncertainties, including risk of market acceptance, the effect of economic conditions, possible regulatory changes, technological developments, the impact of competitive pricing and the ability of NDS and its commercial partners to develop systems and solutions which meet the needs of the broadcasting industry in a timely and cost-efficient manner, as well as certain other risks and uncertainties which are detailed in NDS' filings with the SEC. Company or product names have been used for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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