NDS Videoguard Express to Secure Content Cost-Effectively for Smaller and Mid-Size Pay-TV Operators.

COLOGNE,Germany & LONDON -- NDS Group plc (NASDAQ / Euronext Brussels: NNDS):

Highlights:

--World market leader NDS tailor their leading CA solution for emerging digital TV markets

--NDS VideoGuard Express(TM) provides off-the-shelf, standard features with robust security at an affordable price

--Operators can launch a secure digital broadcast service within just a few months

--Upgrades give operators the ability to plan for the future with add on modules for revenue generating applications such as VOD, NVOD, Interactive and PVR 

NDS Group plc, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, announce the availability of NDS VideoGuard Express(TM) at ANGA Cable in Cologne. The conditional access solution provides off-the-shelf, standard features to fit the needs of the smaller and mid-size platform operator at an affordable price. Network operators can now move their business to digital with a quick and simple-to-deploy-solution, while enjoying the key benefits of digital; more choice, tiered programming and higher quality.

VideoGuard Express is unique because it gives operators the freedom to choose the path to digital that is right for their budget and strategy while allowing the platform to be on air in just a few months. VideoGuard Express is available in two configurations offering operators maximum flexibility in the initial deployment stages. The standard configuration offers an operator controlled headend located on their site, whereas the hosted service comprises a headend located, maintained and operated on NDS premises which may be particularly attractive to smaller operators.

NDS VideoGuard Express is built on the same proven VideoGuard(R) conditional access technology that drives some of the most successful pay-TV operations around the world. These operators rely on NDS to drive their TV services because it is the most advanced and secure solution. This gives them access to the best available content which attracts and retains subscribers.

As with all CA solutions provided by NDS, VideoGuard Express, allows operators to integrate with industry leading network component providers in areas such as compression, set-top boxes (STBs), Subscriber Management Systems (SMS) and traffic management systems.

Alan Dishington, NDS Head of Marketing Europe, comments: "The secret of success for NDS is that we actively support and secure the growth of our customers. With our new solution we are able to offer the know-how and support of a world market leader in conditional access to smaller and mid-size operators. We are delighted to be able to announce our new innovation for the first time during ANGA Cable."

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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