NDS Unveils New Interactive Applications At NAB, Underscoring ITV Market Leadership.

Business/Technology Editors

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2001

Highlights

- New interactive applications for BSkyB, QVC, Discovery and Music Choice
Europe.

- NDS is helping broadcasters, channels and content providers increase
subscribers and generate more revenue.

- Additional demos include datacasting for iBlast, a new TV Unified Messaging
service, XTV(TM) third-generation PVR and impulse betting.

NAB Booth S4119 (Sands) - NDS Group plc (NASDAQ/NASDAQ Europe: NNDS), a News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A) company and the leading provider of conditional access systems and interactive applications for digital TV, will unveil new industry-leading interactive TV applications at NAB 2001. With its Value@TV(TM) interactive solutions, NDS is the market leader in the European iTV marketplace.

First-time demonstrations include iBlast's datacasting solution, which utilizes NDS MediaStorm(TM); a TV Unified Messaging service jointly developed with Comverse-TVGate; and an impulse-buy interactive application for QVC.

"NDS is boldly staking its claim as the leader in the iTV arena," said Dr. Abe Peled, President and CEO, NDS Group plc. "We have designed and developed many of the industry's most sophisticated applications. And, most significantly, a number of our Value@TV interactive applications are now live and generating revenues for broadcasters, channels, content providers and retailers."

NDS demonstrations cover the three categories - stimulating, enabling, and securing solutions -- that comprise its end-to-end infrastructure:

I. Stimulating Solutions:

- TV Unified Messaging: Together with Comverse-TVGate, NDS will

unveil the two companies' new joint TV Unified Messaging

service. This convergence technology allows viewers to receive

and respond to emails, voicemails and video mails directly

from their TVs.

- T-commerce: QVC, an interactive home shopping application

currently available to BSkyB viewers in the UK, will be

enhanced with an impulse-buy button. In addition, NDS will

show EZPixTV(TM), an interactive television application that

allows viewers to view and purchase photos directly from their

televisions.

- Impulse Betting: Orbis's OpenBet(R) - a scalable, secure and

robust platform on which to build Internet, interactive TV and

WAP betting sites.

- Enhanced TV: Sky SportsActive(TM), an interactive sports

application on BSkyB. NDS will also show applications deployed

for the UK's Discovery Channel and Music Choice Europe.

- Third-Generation PVR: XTV(TM), a third-generation Personal

Video Recording system, will be the basis for BSkyB's

integrated Personal Television Recorder, to be shipped later

this year.

II. Enabling Solutions:

- Datacasting: NDS will demonstrate how its premier datacasting

solution, NDS MediaStorm, is being utilized by iBlast, the

largest US data broadcast content distribution network,

capable of delivering broadband content to over 90% of

American TV households.

- Broadband Network Delivery: Synamedia(TM) allows broadcasters,

content providers, telcos and ISPs to securely deliver

broadband content including video-on-demand, EPGs and

interactive applications, over any broadband network using IP

including Digital Cable, DSL, ATM and ethernet networks.

- Middleware: NDS will demonstrate its "author once, publish

anywhere" technology able to work on Microsoft TV Basic

Digital, OpenTV and Liberate middleware solutions.

III. Security Solutions:

- Pay TV: NDS will highlight the new VideoGuard(TM) Starter Kit,

a tool that allows pay TV broadcasters to implement

conditional access quickly and seamlessly into

infrastructures.

- IP Security: The NDS IP security solution, CastGuard(TM),

protects streaming media to the desk and the home.

About NDS

NDS Group plc is a leading supplier of open conditional access software and interactive systems for the secure delivery of entertainment and information to television set-top boxes, and personal computers. The company also develops secure datacasting solutions for the distribution of data and multimedia. See www.nds.com for more information.

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 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.