KDMC Selects NDS OpenCable Solution for Digital Network.HONG KONG -- NDS Group plc (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :NNDS NNDS Norsk Nettverk for Down Syndrom (Norway) ): Highlights: --Korea Digital Media Center (KDMC KDMC King's Daughters Medical Center (Ashland, KY) KDMC Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation (India) ), Korea's largest MSO (1) (Multiple System Operator) Typically refers to a cable TV organization that owns more than one cable system, but it may refer to an operator of only one system. , chooses NDS See eDirectory. NDS - Netware Directory Services VideoGuard(R) conditional access solution for launch of OpenCable(TM) digital broadcasting operations. --NDS VideoGuard CableCard(TM), approved by the Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA TTA Telecommunications Technology Association (Korea) TTA Teacher Training Agency (UK) TTA Triangle Transit Authority (Raleigh/Chapel Hill/Durham, North Carolina, USA) ) of Korea, leads implementation of digital cable TV in Korea. --NDS wins third customer in Korea cable TV market. NDS Group plc, a News Corporation company and a leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay TV, today announced Korea Digital Media Center (KDMC) selected NDS to provide key technology for its digital and interactive cable TV network. KDMC currently broadcasts to over 2 million subscribers nationwide. NDS VideoGuard conditional access will provide the integral network security for the pay-TV operations. In order to be OpenCable compliant, KDMC also utilizes the NDS VideoGuard CableCard module in the set-top box. The CableCard security module is a removable, renewable security system incorporating NDS smart card technology. KDMC, owned by the Taekwang Group, provides services to more than 30 system operators (SOs) across South Korea and reaches over 2 million subscribers. The subscribers are currently receiving an analog service, however KDMC plans to transition to digital and interactive broadcasting services for all subscribers. Ms. Sue Taylor, Vice President and General Manager of NDS Asia Pacific, said, "NDS has invested significant resources and capital into developing a fully OCAP OCAP Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (Canada) OCAP Open Cable Application Platform (middleware software specification) OCAP Out of Control Action Plan compliant conditional access system A conditional access system (CAS) is a system by which electronic transmission of digital media, especially satellite television signals through cable, is limited to subscribed clients. This is called conditional access. with a CableCard module. KDMC is now the third Korean MSO to select NDS technology, which gives NDS the leading position in the Korean cable market. We look forward to working together with KDMC to launch the digital operations, and offer new digital and interactive services to Korean cable TV viewers." The NDS Korea set-top box integration and testing laboratory has been responsible for integration of the NDS OpenCable solutions with the KDMC digital broadcasting network, and will continue to support KDMC as they prepare for launch in the first quarter of 2005. NDS Korea has conducted extensive interoperability testing with the Korean set-top box manufacturers selected by KDMC: Humax Co. Ltd, LG Electronics Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Each set-top box provider has developed state-of-the-art DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) A cable modem standard from the CableLabs research consortium (www.cablelabs.com), which provides equipment certification for interoperability. compliant set-top boxes for the KDMC two-way digital interactive network. 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 The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and 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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