Comcast Co-Founder Julian Brodsky to join NDS Group plc Board of Directors.

Business Editors

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2000

NDS  (Nasdaq/Easdaq:NNDS), a leading provider of conditional access systems and interactive applications for digital television, today announced that Julian Brodsky, co-founder, Director and Vice Chairman of Comcast Corporation, (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), will join the NDS Board of Directors as an independent director.

As one of Comcast's three founding principals, Mr. Brodsky is responsible for engineering the company's hallmark conservative fiscal policies and creative uses of capital formation techniques. He also oversaw Comcast's merger and acquisition efforts, international development and expansion, as well as capital formation and accounting activities. Mr. Brodsky also serves as Chairman of Comcast Interactive Capital Group, an in-house venture capital fund that seeks and manages Internet-related investments complimentary to core Comcast activities. Mr. Brodsky has been elected to the Pennsylvania Cable and Telecommunications Association Hall of Fame.

"I'm honored to be associated with a company that possesses such a history of high quality, innovative technology research and development as NDS does," Mr. Brodsky said. "As the digital revolution continues to sweep across the broadcast industry and the functionality of the TV and the PC further converge, NDS is poised to play a critical role in providing not only the necessary technology infrastructure and interactive tools, but also the business know-how to successfully deploy them."

"We welcome Julian A. Brodsky to our Board and are looking forward to his invaluable contributions and wise counsel based on a lifetime's experience in the pay television industry," said Dr. Abe Peled, NDS Group CEO and President.

About Comcast

Comcast Corporation (www.comcast.com) is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable networks and the provision of programming content through principal ownership of QVC, Comcast-Spectacor and Comcast SportsNet, a controlling interest in E! Entertainment Television and through other programming investments.

Comcast's Class A Special Common Stock and Class A Common Stock are traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbols CMCSK and CMCSA, respectively.

About NDS

NDS (Nasdaq/Easdaq: NNDS) is a leading supplier of conditional access software systems and interactive systems to digital Pay-TV broadcasters and set-top box manufacturers, offering open and flexible software solutions for the secure delivery of entertainment and information to televisions and personal computers.

NDS is also a leading provider of broadcast control software that is essential for managing and operating a digital television broadcasting network. The company supplies leading technology, products and services to enable broadcasters and content providers to profit from digital television and associated interactive services. NDS also supplies software to secure and deliver Internet content via data broadcasting and simplify e-commerce transactions. The NDS range of systems and technology is complemented by a wide range of services, including consulting, systems design and integration, support and maintenance.

NDS customers include leading Pay-TV broadcasters worldwide. In the digital satellite television market, NDS customers include DIRECTV in the US; BSkyB in the UK; Galaxy, NetSat and Innova in Latin America; and DIRECTV Japan, STAR TV, Shinawatra Satellite, Telstra, and Sky TV New Zealand in the Asia-Pacific region. Over 15 million viewers of digital television are currently using elements of NDS supplied technology. NDS' customers provide services, using its conditional access systems and smart cards, to over 50% of the world's digital satellite subscriber base. In the emerging digital cable market, NDS customers include Cablevision in the US, Matav in Israel and Madritel in Spain.

NDS, headquartered in the UK with offices worldwide, employs over 900 people and continues to make a major commitment to R&D, with over 300 employees dedicated to pioneering development work at research centers in Israel and the UK. NDS is on the World-Wide-Web at http://www.nds.com. NDS' largest shareholder is News Corporation (NYSE: NWS), a global media and entertainment company.

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.

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