Media Center: Press Release
NDS to Integrate Simulcrypt Synchronizer into QUALCOMM MediaFLO System
Highlights:
- Planned implementation of Simulcrypt Synchronizer
(SCS) will enable open conditional access (CA) environment
for the Mobile TV market
- SCS will allow multiple CA solutions to run
simultaneously
- Companies plan to integrate SCS into the MediaFLO™ multiplexer
software reference platform
- NDS VideoGuard™ CA solution to be tested
with the MediaFLO system
COSTA MESA , USA – July 16, 2007 – NDS,
the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV,
today announced an agreement with QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq:
QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless
technologies and data solutions, to begin integration of the
NDS Simulcrypt Synchronizer (SCS) into QUALCOMM’s MediaFLO
multiplexer software reference platform. The planned implementation
of SCS will allow more than one conditional access (CA) system
to run simultaneously within the MediaFLO System. This provides
QUALCOMM with the option to use open CA solutions from multiple
technology providers. Upon the integration of SCS, NDS VideoGuard
will be tested with the MediaFLO System.
MediaFLO
is a global mobile entertainment platform, enabling broadcasting
of high-quality video, audio, Clipcasting™, media and IP
datacasting streams to mobile handsets. The MediaFLO system,
comprising the MediaFLO Media Distribution System and FLO™ technology,
is a comprehensive, end-to-end solution designed specifically
to address the inherent challenges of distributing large volumes
of high-quality mobile multimedia content to wireless subscribers.
Through this agreement, NDS SCS software will be integrated
into QUALCOMM’s MediaFLO multiplexer software reference
platform.
NDS is the first CA solution provider with the capability to
offer wireless vendors an SCS software option. In typical Digital
Video Broadcast (DVB) environments, this software is provided
to the wireless carriers via the multiplexer as a part of their
complete offering. In this case, NDS is customizing the SCS software
to meet the specifications of the FLO Forum, the group of wireless
industry stakeholders whose goal is to establish MediaFLO as
an internationally-supported technology standard. Through the
adoption of this SCS solution, any FLO Forum-compliant conditional
access vendor can potentially integrate its technology with the
MediaFLO system.
“This agreement with NDS will allow QUALCOMM to further
support the market with its industry-leading mobile broadcasting
platform which provides business advantages to all members of
the ecosystem,” said
Souheil Gallouzi, Senior Director of Partner Relations for QUALCOMM
MediaFLO Technologies. “We are working with NDS to begin
the integration of its SCS, which will offer our customers the
ability to choose among the broadest selection of CA technologies,
with NDS VideoGuard being one of the first tested on this platform.”
NDS is a market-leader in CA and digital rights management,
as well as an active participant in the FLO Forum. NDS VideoGuard is the most widely deployed CA solution in the world, currently securing content on more than 72 million set-top boxes globally.
NDS has taken this proven technology and integrated it across
a wide variety of new platforms, including mobile devices, personal
media players (PMPs) and PCs.
“NDS is the world’s foremost expert in protecting
TV content, securing more than $32 billion in content revenues
annually,” said Dov Rubin, Vice President and General Manager,
NDS Americas. “With this agreement, QUALCOMM will be able
to support the best open conditional access solutions in the
Mobile TV market today, which means that the volume and variety
of content to be delivered to mobile devices can continue to
improve, since it will be securely protected.”
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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