CANALDIGITAAL Deploys NDS MediaHighway Middleware in Belgium.PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. & FLANDERS, Belgium -- NDS Group NDS Group plc is a DRM and conditional access firm. It is listed on the NASDAQ (symbol NNDS), but its major shareholder is News Corporation. The company is headquartered in West Drayton (near Heathrow), United Kingdom. The CEO of NDS is Abe Peled. plc (Nasdaq:NNDS NNDS Norsk Nettverk for Down Syndrom (Norway) ) (Brussels:NNDS): Highlights: --Leading Dutch satellite service provider CANALDIGITAAL chooses NDS See eDirectory. NDS - Netware Directory Services MediaHighway middleware for its new set top boxes (STB See set-top box. STB - set-top box ) in northern Belgium. --Seamless scanning management across multiple countries demonstrates flexibility of MediaHighway providing subscribers with TV services according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. their viewing privileges. NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that CANALDIGITAAL, the largest and fastest growing provider of digital TV in the Netherlands, has selected NDS MediaHighway to be integrated into its new STBs which will be deployed in Flanders, northern Belgium. CANALDIGITAAL will begin distributing new STBs incorporating MediaHighway in Flanders in the coming weeks, giving subscribers access to 'TV Vlaanderen', the company's new digital TV platform that caters specifically to Flemish viewers. NDS's MediaHighway solution will also provide CANALDIGITAAL with the ability to operate multiple TV bouquets moving forward through its scanning technology, which provides viewers with customized EPGs that display channel listings for content which the viewer has subscribed to. The deployment complements CANALDIGITAAL's existing STB platform in the Netherlands, which also employs MediaHighway middleware. Kees Farber, COO of CANALDIGITAAL commented: "We are impressed with the flexibility of NDS's middleware solutions as they support our operation of different TV bouquets across several countries. This has enabled us to incorporate the same middleware into our new set top boxes in northern Belgium that we already use in the Netherlands. Thanks to the multiple scanning management technology of MediaHighway, subscribers are provided with the TV services according to their country specific viewing privileges." Caroline Le Bigot, Vice President and General Manager, NDS France said: "We are pleased to extend our relationship with CANALDIGITAAL as they continue to grow and develop their services. Their decision to expand the use of NDS solutions across their network is a testament to our robust and scalable middleware solutions." About CANALDIGITAAL CANALDIGITAAL is currently the largest and fastest growing provider of digital TV in the Netherlands. CANALDIGITAAL provides DTH (Direct-To-Home) Typically refers to satellite TV broadcasting directly to a dish antenna on the roof of a house. See DBS. customers with access to all Dutch public and commercial broadcasters, premium sports and movie services, thematic channels and a wide range of free to air channels in various languages currently available on ASTRA ASTRA Ancient Instruments Sound/Timbre Reconstruction Application ASTRA Australian Strategic Air Traffic Management Group ASTRA Arab Supply and Trading Corporation ASTRA Automatic System for Transport Analysis ASTRA Automatic Satellite Tracking Research Antenna . See www.canaldigitaal.nl for more information on CANALDIGITAAL. About NDS NDS Group plc (Nasdaq:NNDS) (Brussels:NNDS), a News Corporation company, 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 www.nds.com for more information about NDS. 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