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NDS And RRD Integrate VideoGuard(R) Conditional Access for Mobile TV, Including Full Simulcrypt Capability.


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Highlights:

* Successful integration of NDS VideoGuard([R]) with advanced headend from RRD RRD R.R. Donnelley
RRD Round Robin Database (a system to store and display time-series data)
RRD Removable Rigid Disk
RRD Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment
RRD Radio Regulatory Department
RRD Regimental Reconnaissance Detachment
 provides pay-TV operators deploying DVB-H See mobile TV and DVB.  technology with a secure and proven platform

* Joint Mobile TV solution minimizes bandwidth requirements Bandwidth requirements (communications)

The channel bandwidths needed to transmit various types of signals, using various processing schemes. Every signal observed in practice can be expressed as a sum (discrete or over a frequency continuum) of sinusoidal
 and delivers extremely fast response times

* Simulcrypt offers new opportunities for mobile operators, content providers and broadcasters in the Mobile TV space

* NDS (Booth Av100) and RRD will showcase this technology solution at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona on February 12-15, 2007.

NDS (Nasdaq:NNDS), the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, including content protection for mobile devices, together with RRD, a leading DVB-H solutions provider, today announced the successful integration of NDS' VideoGuard Mobile[TM] Conditional Access Conditional Access (acronymized CA) is the protection of content by requiring certain criteria to be met before granting access to this content. The term is commonly used in relation to digital television systems, most notably satellite television.  (CA) with RRD's DVB-H backend. The two companies have also demonstrated a full Simulcrypt solution running over the same platform. This combined solution enables mobile operators and other players in the rapidly growing DVB-H environment to quickly deploy a proven and secure solution for the cost-effective rollout of Mobile TV services.

Delivering on its mission to secure and enable content delivery anytime, anywhere and on any device, NDS has customized its world leading VideoGuard([R]) CA, which is already deployed in more than 50 pay-TV platforms around the globe, to the world of Mobile TV. The solution, NDS VideoGuard Mobile, supports several broadcast standards currently being developed and implemented worldwide. In addition to VideoGuard Mobile CA, NDS also provides Electronic Service Guides (ESG ESG Enterprise Strategy Group (Veritas)
ESG Emergency Shelter Grant (Florida, USA)
ESG Expeditionary Strike Group
ESG Electronic Service Guide (used in DVB) 
), Interactive TV infrastructure and applications, and Digital Video Recorder See DVR.  (DVR (1) (Digital Video Recorder) A device that records video onto a hard disk from one or more ceiling mounted video cameras. Part of a security system, the DVR typically supports 4, 8 or 16 separate camera channels. ) capabilities to Mobile TV operators to deliver to their subscribers.

RRD is a media service company with a unique knowledge base in the field of digital Mobile TV deployments. RRD developed and managed the launch of the world's first and largest DVB-H service in Italy in June 2006 for Hutchison 3G and is actively involved in several other DVB-H trial deployments worldwide. RRD's team of dedicated engineers have developed and produced their own 'DVBH-3 Gap Filler' and other hardware devices whose goal is to improve DVB-H reception. RRD and NDS worked closely on the successful integration and testing of the combined platform.

During the course of the integration with the RRD headend and system testing (testing) system testing - (Or "application testing") A type of testing to confirm that all code modules work as specified, and that the system as a whole performs adequately on the platform on which it will be deployed. , the NDS DVB-H CA implementation proved to be very efficient in its use of EMM (Expanded Memory Manager) Starting with 386-based PCs, an EMM is software that converts extended memory (beyond one megabyte) into EMS memory, the first technique used to increase memory in the PC.  (Entitlement Management Message) bandwidth. Furthermore, response times seen in this deployment compared very favorably with those reported from other solutions providers. Given the scarcity of DVB-H spectrum, this EMM efficiency can facilitate the offer of additional broadcast channels and value-added services in live deployments. In addition to the successful integration of the VideoGuard Mobile CA platform with the RRD backend, NDS and RRD worked together to demonstrate full Simulcrypt capabilities.

"RRD has been an exceptional partner for us in terms of their experience and knowledge in the Mobile TV arena, having already successfully deployed their DVB-H platform," said David Fagelston, Director of Mobile Business Development for NDS. "By integrating our CA with RRD we can jointly offer mobile operators and other service providers a fully integrated and secure end-to-end DVB-H system thanks to RRD's extensive experience in this area and NDS' proven track record as a world leader in service and content protection. Soon, we will complete the integration with our mobile ESG, as well as enable Interactive TV and DVR applications which NDS has already developed for the Mobile TV space," Fagelston added.

Franco Ferri, General Manager for RRD, commented: "We are very pleased to be working with NDS, a world leader in security for digital content. Their CA system consistently showed very efficient bandwidth utilization and a superior service authorization response time. In addition, the NDS CA integration includes full simulcrypt capability, demonstrating the flexibility and comprehensiveness of the NDS VideoGuard solution. We see this as a major advantage for DVB-H deployments and look forward to working together with NDS in future Mobile TV projects."

About NDS

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), 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.

About RRD

Active in all segments of the Mobile TV supply chain, RRD played an integral role in the launch of the world's first DVB-H Mobile TV service, for Italian mobile operator 3. Additionally, RRD was first to propose a unique DVB-H Service Centre capable of managing the convergence between broadcast and mobile. Committed to continuous innovation, RRD collaborates with the leading players in the Mobile TV field and is in a position to offer fully integrated systems, compatible with every part of the supply chain, from content providers to handset manufacturers. RRD is a member of the DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) An international digital television (DTV) standard that is the European and Far Eastern counterpart of the North American ATSC standard.  consortium, BMCO Forum and the Mobile DTV Alliance The Mobile DTV Alliance is a marketing organization based in California that was founded in 2006 by a consortium of companies to promote open standards for mobile TV. Its goal is the rapid adoption of mobile TV technology via DVB-H and to further the mobile TV experience in North , RRD aims to open markets and to create new opportunities. See www.rrd.tv for more information about RRD.

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