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NDS And Dogan TV Partner to Revolutionize Television in Turkey.


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* Dogan TV, a subsidiary of Dogan Yayin Holding, and NDS, a majority owned subsidiary of News Corporation, sign wide-ranging technology agreement to revolutionize television in Turkey

* Will enable Turkish consumers to access free-to-air and premium content without a monthly subscription

* Service to be underpinned by NDS VideoGuard([R]) conditional access (CA), MediaHighway(TM) middleware, and electronic program guide (EPG (Electronic Program Guide) An online listing of TV or other programs. Periodically, EPGs are downloaded into set-top boxes so that viewers can preview offerings by time or category and set reminders. )

* Agreement also includes the provision of interactive games and provides Dogan TV with a technology infrastructure capable of enabling further enhanced television offerings going forward NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, and Dogan TV, owned by Turkey's leading media group Dogan Yayin Holding ("DYH DYH Do Your Homework
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"), today announced an agreement to deploy a broad range of NDS technologies and applications. This will enable Dogan TV to launch an advanced digital interactive television service, namely D-SMART that will be available to an estimated total of more than 17 million households in Turkey.

The collaboration between NDS and Dogan TV will bring a new and exciting television service, broadcasting free-to-air and premium content to Turkish consumers on a convenient 'pay as you go' basis. NDS will provide Dogan TV with its world-leading VideoGuard([R])conditional access (CA), MediaHighway(TM) middleware and electronic program guide (EPG), giving Dogan TV a secure and robust infrastructure on which it can grow its business. The agreement includes NDS' Value@TV interactive infrastructure and applications, plus MediaHighway Development Kit, which will enable Dogan TV to offer many enhanced features to its television service, such as games and interactive advertising. All of these technologies from NDS will combine to provide Dogan TV with the flexibility to develop new enhanced applications to meet the group's business requirements as the service grows.

Commenting on the news, Dr Abe Peled, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of NDS, said: "We are delighted to be working with Dogan Yayin Holding, the leading media group in Turkey, in this exciting television market. DYH has long been an innovator, and the new Dogan TV platform D-SMART certainly reinforces the group's position at the forefront of the media landscape. We believe that this co-operation between two industry leaders will change the way people are entertained and informed in Turkey."

Mehmet Ali Yalcindag, CEO of DYH, remarked: "NDS is our ideal partner to develop and complete the D-SMART project, an innovative new television service in Turkey. With their vast experience in securing and enabling content across a wide variety of networks, platforms and devices, NDS was the clear choice for DYH, and we are confident that their end-to-end solutions will play a major role in making our new TV service a success. The combination of NDS' technology and our ambition for creativity will deliver substantial value for the Turkish audience."

About Dogan Yayin Holding and Dogan TV

Dogan Yayin Holding (DYH) is Turkey's leading diversified media-entertainment conglomerate, with operations in newspapers, magazine and book publishing, distribution, television and radio broadcasting, printing and new media. With 7063 employees, DYH is uniquely positioned in different segments of media, with an estimated advertising market share of 42% in Turkey. DYH activities include eight national newspapers, 24 magazines, books, six printing facilities in Turkey, and one in Frankfurt, distribution, broadcasting (Dogan TV), online, music, retail (music & book stores) and alternative telecom.

As of FY05, DYH has posted US$1.3bn revenues and US$154m EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) A metric used to show a company's profitability, but not its cash flow. EBITDA became popular in the 1980s to show the potential profitability of leveraged buyouts, but has become . Dogan Yayin Holding is listed on Istanbul Stock Exchange Istanbul Stock Exchange

The sole securities exchange in Turkey.
, with a 34% free float Free float

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. The majority of the free float is owned by non-resident long-term institutions. Dogan Yayin Holding has been recently rated by "Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (ISS ISS

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)" and received 8,0 over 10 (81,19%) in terms of national corporate governance Corporate Governance

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 rating.

Dogan TV is the leading broadcasting company in Turkey, with 24% audience share, estimated ad market share of 36%, and 1248 employees as of 1H06. Dogan TV operations include three FTA FTA
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 national TV stations, the leading entertainment channel Kanal D, recently acquired Star TV (Turkey) and CNN CNN
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 Turk (a JV with Time Warner), 15 thematic channels and 2 channels broadcasting in Europe, namely EuroD and EuroStar, three radio stations, production, home video and a teleshopping JV with TF1.

About NDS

NDS Group plc (NASDAQ: NNDS), a majority owned subsidiary of News Corporation, supplies open end-to-end digital technology and services to digital pay-television platform operators and content providers. See www.nds.com for more information about NDS.

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