NDS Group Ltd is a private company owned by the Permira Funds and
News Corporation. It creates proven technologies that allow pay-TV
operators to generate revenues by securely delivering digital content
to TVs, set-top boxes (STBs), digital video recorders (DVRs), PCs,
portable media players (PMPs), removable media, and other mobile devices.
End-to-end expertise
Since 1990, NDS has been the market leader for digital pay-TV solutions.
We provide the security, enabling technologies, and interactive applications
that give TV platform operators, content owners and broadcast channels
the ability to deliver the best content, generating revenues while
reducing churn—the keys to success in today’s TV industry.
NDS offers a full range of open end-to-end solutions for pay-TV operators
providing services over one network, as well as solutions for convergence—delivery
of broadcast, on-demand and Internet content using multiple platforms
to multiple devices—enabling content to be enjoyed anywhere, anytime
on any device.
VideoGuard® is the world’s
market-leading conditional access (CA) and digital rights management
(DRM) technology, currently deployed on more than 104 million active
devices, safeguarding pay-TV service revenues exceeding an estimated
$40 billion. NDS middleware, which includes MediaHighway®,
the operating system for STBs and DVRs which enables a host of advanced
services for subscribers, has been deployed on 115 million devices.
NDS DVR technology, which includes XTV®,
leads the industry with 19 million units deployed worldwide.
NDS offers solutions for satellite, cable, IPTV,
terrestrial, and mobile networks as well as, hybrid systems which
combine broadcast and IP. NDS continues to create pioneering new products
that will revolutionize the pay-TV industry including our award-winning
NDS Unified Headend™ which enables operators to centrally control
content delivery to multiple platforms over multiple networks, saving resource
and improving customer service; NDS Dynamic™ advanced advertising
solutions that significantly improve audience measurement, addressability
and interactivity in a world of zapping and fragmentation; and innovative
solutions for home networking.
NDS has also developed cost-saving all-in-one solutions for emerging markets—including
VideoGuard Express™ and Cable Express™—which help operators
accelerate time-to-market and also grow with the operators.
Our unique expertise lies in the strength of our market leading products
as well as the integration of some of the most complex
multi-platform, multi-network systems.
Global Reach
Headquartered in the UK, NDS has offices and R&D centers around the
world delivering the right combination of global and local resources to
support the most demanding projects. With more than 75% of our workforce
dedicated to ongoing R&D, NDS continues to create the next generation solutions to ensure that our customers remain market leaders.
These subsidiaries are part of NDS Group Ltd:
Our customers
NDS customers include many of the world’s leading pay-TV operators
and content providers. These include DIRECTV, BSkyB, Sky
Italia, Viasat, Premiere, Sistema Mass Media, Canal Digital,
Bharti Airtel, Tata Sky, Astro, Foxtel, Cablevision, and
many others. In fact, NDS serves more than 70 platforms
worldwide.
Until recently, many operators simply delivered content using one method
such as satellite, cable TV, IPTV, or wireless/mobile.
But today’s operators want to deliver content securely to subscribers
using multiple distribution methods in order to reach multiple devices.
They want to keep their customers happy while generating greater revenues
from their content investment.
This new generation of market leaders need the right combination of wired
and wireless technology, embracing hybrid solutions that
combine traditional broadcasting with on-demand services
as well as content from the Internet.
NDS has already developed solutions
to help operators meet the challenges and succeed with convergence.
NDS has invested significant resources in developing solutions that simplify
convergence—solutions available today. The new generation of MediaHighway
middleware, which dramatically improves the performance
of all types of set-top boxes, delivers more compelling
services including home networking, multi platform, hybrid,
and advanced interactive TV. New commercial models allow
operators to choose the applications they want and add
more as their business requires.