NDS Sign New Contract with SuperSUN to Deliver Secure Broadband IP Entertainment Solution in Hong Kong.

LONDON -- NDS Group plc (Nasdaq:NNDS)(EURONEXT:NNDS):

Highlights

--SuperSUN, the pay-TV service of Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting Limited to use NDS's Synamedia(TM) solution - incorporating NDS VideoGuard(R) content protection

--NDS strengthens relationship with SuperSUN now providing leading content protection for its IP television offering and Video-on-Demand service

--SuperSUN will launch a secure IP network a year after the successful launch of the most secure digital pay-TV service on SMATV network in Hong Kong 

NDS Group plc, a leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announces a new contract to provide SuperSUN, the pay-TV service of Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting with its secure broadband architecture, Synamedia. The system supplied to SuperSUN will enable the delivery of premium content including a VOD service to SuperSUN's IP Platforms.

SuperSUN will benefit from NDS's secure broadband entertainment system including NDS VideoGuard content protection, XTV Encryptor, to encrypt high quality content such as movies, and XTV Server which combines the latest video on demand and video server technology with NDS content protection. Under the new agreement NDS adds content protection by integrating NDS Synamedia's secure architecture.

"NDS's Synamedia system is a proven solution, effectively securing valuable content over a number of existing IP networks", said Jeremy Roberts, Director of Engineering of SuperSUN . "Our choice of the secure broadband solution ensures that we can provide to our customers both a high quality and high reliability television service over our broadband network."

Commenting for NDS, Nigel Smith, Vice President Broadband Internet said: "We are delighted to be extending our relationship with SuperSUN and Galaxy. NDS provided the most secure distribution platform in Hong Kong with the launch of their digital pay-TV service last year and we can now provide SuperSUN with the best leading broadband solution. Our proven VideoGuard protection fulfils content owners' demand for strong security for new broadband networks before licensing their valuable premium content."

ABOUT SuperSUN

SuperSUN is a pay TV service operated by Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting Limited (GSB), aiming at providing the most original and local-flavored programming to the entire family. SuperSUN brings to the audience a unique mix of quality local programming and top-notch entertainment from around the world. The service now has a total of 35 channels. By end of June 2005, it will be increased to 40 channels. The service will have six exclusive Chinese channels supplied by TVB as well as two exclusive Chinese movie channels and a wide range of news, movies, and entertainment programs from leading local and international content providers. SuperSUN is currently transmitted via satellite through existing SMATV and CABD networks into set-top boxes of individual homes. It will also start transmitting its service via broadband network through the cooperation with Hutchison Global Communications Limited. For more information, please visit www.supersun.com.hk.

ABOUT GALAXY SATELLITE BROADCASTING LIMITED

Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting Limited (GSB) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Television Broadcasts Limited, Hong Kong's prominent premium content provider and broadcaster. GSB has been providing uplink / downlink and broadcasting services for channel providers and telecommunication companies in the Asia Pacific region since 2000. It was awarded a license to operate a new subscription television service for Hong Kong in the same year.

About NDS

NDS Group plc (NASDAQ/ Euronext Brussels: NNDS), a majority-owned subsidiary of News Corporation, 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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