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NDS Declared Global IPTV DRM Leader by Two Independent Analyst Firms
Highlights:
- Leading market analyst organisations Current Analysis and
ABI Research cite NDS as the global leader in content security
and Digital Rights Management (DRM) solutions for IPTV platforms
- Telco customers include Arcor, Viasat, KT and Sistema Mass
Media
LONDON, UK, September
9, 2008– NDS,
the leading provider of technology solutions for digital Pay-TV,
today announced that it has been ranked by both ABI
Research and Current
Analysis as the leading content security and Digital Rights
Management (DRM) technology vendor worldwide.
NDS is the worldwide market leader in content protection
and DRM solutions for Pay-TV operators of all sizes, with
successful deployments both with and without smart cards. IPTV
customers include: Arcor (Germany), BBTV (Japan), Cyta (Cyprus),
KT (Korea), SES Americom (USA), Sistema Mass Media (Russia),
Telekom Austria, and Viasat (Scandinavia).
With NDS VideoGuard® content
protection, telcos can securely deliver premium content, supplementing
triple-play and quad-play offerings with new TV services that
build subscriber loyalty and increase revenues. A wide range
of flexible business models are supported, including: broadcast
TV, Video-on-Demand (VOD) and Client and Network Digital Video
Recorders (DVR). VideoGuard is the most deployed content protection
technology in the market today, currently securing over 90.3
million active devices worldwide.
The NDS portfolio of solutions for telcos and other Pay-TV operators
includes NDS
Unified Headend™ which integrates DRM, CA and third
party applications, allowing operators to deliver secure linear
and on-demand video services to a variety of devices – including
STBs, DVRs, mobile phones, PCs, and Personal Media Players (PMPs).
It allows telcos to deliver content to various devices with optimum
operational efficiency, using a single system to control content
distribution.
NDS Takes First Place According to Current Analysis
“Content security solutions are increasingly becoming
critical components for enabling business model flexibility,
in addition to securing content and revenue streams. This flexibility
comprises three key elements: network, integration, and cost.
NDS, by virtue of its dominant footprint and capability to deliver
an integrated end-to-end offering, captures the top spot in terms
of influencing the overall IP video and IPTV content security
market.” said Yoav Schreiber, Senior Analyst, Digital Media
Infrastructure at Current Analysis.
“Operators are increasingly leveraging IP technology to
expand their consumer video service offerings with functionality
such as interactive services and non-linear content. This puts
increased demand on content security vendors for enabling operator
business model flexibility to provide differentiated services," continued
Schreiber.
ABI Research Ranks NDS Number One
NDS has also been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix
released by ABI Research. The Vendor Matrix is an analytical
tool developed by ABI Research to provide a clear understanding
of vendors’ positions in specific markets.
Zippy Aima, industry analyst from ABI Research added: “NDS
took top honours mainly on account of its larger market share.
On the basis of longevity in the market and number of customers,
NDS has to be considered the market leader.”
“Two independent research organisations have now declared
NDS to be the leading IPTV content protection vendor in the world,
which is a real endorsement of the security, flexibility and
price competitiveness of our leading edge solutions and is consistent
with our own internal data,” said Nigel Smith, NDS Chief
Marketing Officer at NDS.
“As IP delivery and home networking technologies continue
to change the way entertainment is consumed, we are looking to
a future where Pay-TV content and rights are securely managed
between all devices,” he continued. “Telcos are well
positioned to take advantage of this convergence. NDS content
protection solutions give these operators the most innovative
and robust security across multiple consumer devices.”
For further information refer to the ABI Research press
release
http://www.abiresearch.com/press/1148-NDS+Tops+New+Digital+Rights+Management+Vendor+Matrix+Ranking
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About NDS
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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
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