DIRECTV Extends Partnership with NDS Contract extension will enable NDS to continue to deliver conditional access technology for DIRECTV’s U.S. and DIRECTV Latin America satellite-delivered pay-TV services until June 2013.

LONDON, UK and LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – December 5, 2007 – NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that it has signed an agreement with DIRECTV, the largest satellite pay-TV operator in the world, to extend the term of their relationship. NDS has been contracted to continue to provide conditional access technology and services to DIRECTV U.S. and DIRECTV Latin America until June 2013.

Commenting on the news, Raffi Kesten, NDS Chief Operating Officer, said: “DIRECTV has set the benchmark for the pay television industry. DIRECTV has been highly innovative in developing its consumer offerings to provide the best range of television services available in the United States and across much of Latin America. NDS is very proud to announce the extension of our already long-standing successful relationship.”

Rômulo Pontual, Chief Technology Officer of DIRECTV, commented, “NDS has consistently provided secure and flexible conditional access technology. We have extended the term of our relationship with NDS based on the dependability of NDS conditional access technologies and related services.”

About The DIRECTV Group
The DIRECTV Group is a world-leading provider of digital television entertainment services. Through its subsidiaries and affiliated companies in the United States, Brazil, Mexico and other countries in Latin America, the DIRECTV Group provides digital television service to more than 16.6 million customers in the United States and over 4.6 million customers in Latin America.

About NDS
NDS Group plc (NASDAQ: NNDS), a majority owned subsidiary of 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 more information about NDS.

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NDS
Cynthia Ritchie	T: +44 (0)20 8476 8378
Director, Corporate Communications	critchie@nds.com
Breakaway Communications for NDS
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DIRECTV, Inc.
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Director, Public Relations	rgmercer@directv.com