NDS Teams Up with HCL to Offer Cost-effective Solutions to India’s Digital Cable TV Operators
Highlights:
- NDS-HCL partnership delivers world class cost-effective solutions to encourage small cable TV operators in India to migrate to digital broadcasting.
- The end-to-end NDS solution includes market leading VideoGuard® conditional
access, MediaHighway® middleware and NDS electronic programme guide
- The collaboration between NDS and HCL is at the core of a growing
consortium of vendors co-operating to deliver a complete range of services
to support the development of digital cable TV in India
MUMBAI, INDIA - March 31, 2009: NDS, the leading provider
of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced
a tie-up with HCL Infosystems, India’s premier information
enabling, ICT system integration company, to enable local cable
TV operators to launch digital services and increase their
market share. The tie-up will leverage NDS technology leadership
along with HCL’s deep understanding of the domestic cable
and broadband markets. The two companies will co-operatively
offer pre-integrated solutions that are quick to implement
and integrate, ensuring fast time-to-market while minimising
operational costs.
The collaboration between NDS and HCL represents the core
of a recently established consortium of vendors whose common
aim is to deliver a complete array of services designed to
facilitate the development of the digital cable TV market in
India. This is a unique collaboration for pay-TV in India,
offering ‘best of breed’ multi-vendor solutions.
HCI offers technology from a choice of industry-leading suppliers
and vendors, including world-class solutions from NDS, giving
operators flexibility to choose the path to digital TV that
is right for their budget and strategy.
The NDS-HCL tie-up offers solutions that provide operators
with the ideal foundation for migrating to digital and a comprehensive
but flexible roadmap for the future, making it easy for operators
to offer a wider range of new services, including IPTV and
a variety of next-generation, converged solutions.
NDS offers an end-to-end package for digital pay-TV that is
competitively priced, based on open standards, and features
market leading solutions including VideoGuard® conditional
access (CA), MediaHighway® middleware and NDS
electronic programme guide tailored to the local market, all designed
to help operators fast-track to digital TV.
Both HCL and NDS have well established track records as leading
systems integrators, and together will manage all the elements
necessary to launch a successful digital pay-TV platform. NDS
CA and DRM technology currently protects over 99 million digital
devices around the world. NDS MediaHighway middleware has been
deployed in over 108 million devices worldwide.
According to Mr. George Paul, Executive Vice President, HCL
Infosystems Ltd., “For over three decades HCL has been
a pioneer in bringing the latest in technology to empower small
and medium sized businesses in India. With this tie-up we aim
to offer technology solutions that are affordable, scalable
and highly relevant to cable operators in India. We are sure
that our collaboration with NDS, as part of our growing consortium
of co-operating vendors, will significantly promote the growth
of the Indian digital cable TV market.”
Ms. Sue Taylor, Senior VP and General Manager Asia Pacific
said, “With HCL and NDS, operators will get access to
a choice of solutions. Our open standards-based solutions help
operators keep costs down while offering a future roadmap that
maximises choice. Together HCL and NDS are offering the most
flexible range of solutions available.”
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About HCL Infosystems Ltd.
HCL Infosystems Ltd, with revenue (LTM) of US$ 2.8 billion (Rs.
12,439 crores) is India’s premier information enabling and ICT System
Integration company offering a wide spectrum of ICT products that includes
Computing, Storage, Networking, Security, Media & Entertainment, Telecom,
Imaging and Retail. HCL is a one-stop-shop for all the ICT requirements
of an organisation.
India’s leading System Integration and Infrastructure Management Services
Organisation, HCL has specialized expertise across verticals including BFSI,
Telecom, E-Governance & Power. HCLs offerings for banks cover Core Banking,
Core Insurance, Financial Inclusion, MIS, BI, HRMS, CRM, Treasury, Cheque
Truncation, Financial Switch, ATMs, Payment systems, Risk Management, Local
language support for applications, etc.
HCL has India’s largest distribution and retail network, taking to market
a range of Digital Lifestyle products in partnership with leading global
ICT brands, including Apple, Cisco, Ericsson, Kingston, Kodak, Konica Minolta,
Microsoft, Nokia, Toshiba, and many more.
HCL today has India’s largest vertically integrated computer manufacturing
facility with over three decades of electronic manufacturing experience & HCL
desktops is the largest selling brand in the enterprise space.
With India’s largest ICT services network that reaches every corner
of India, HCL’s award winning Support Services makes it the preferred
choice of enterprise and consumers alike.
HCL Infosystems has a 100% subsidiary that addresses the physical security
technology system integration market. The subsidiary leverages technology
to build a security framework called ‘Safe State’ that will
safeguard life, infrastructure & society. For more information please
visit us at www.hclinfosystems.in
About NDS
NDS Group Ltd. creates the technologies and applications that enable
pay-TV operators to securely deliver digital content to TV STBs
(set-top boxes), DVRs (digital video recorders), PCs, mobiles
and other multimedia devices. Over 70 of the world’s leading pay-TV
platforms rely on NDS solutions to protect and enhance their businesses.
VideoGuard® is the world’s market-leading conditional access
(CA) and digital rights management (DRM) technology, currently deployed
on more than 99 million active devices, and safeguarding pay-TV service
revenues exceeding $40 billion. NDS middleware, including MediaHighway® which
enables a host of advanced services for subscribers, has been deployed
on 108 million devices. NDS DVR technology, centred around XTV™,
leads the global industry with 17 million units deployed. (Deployment
figures as of 31st December 2008)
Headquartered in the UK, NDS remains committed to investing in R&D
with over 75% of its employees dedicated to pioneering work at development
centres in China, Denmark, France, India, Israel, Korea, UK and US. NDS
has also implemented a host of initiatives aimed at reducing its carbon
footprint and helping digital TV subscribers reduce energy consumption.
NDS Group Ltd. is a private company owned by the Permira Funds and News
Corporation. See www.nds.com for more information.
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