Portal to Entertainment Services

An effective EPG can be one of the most important differentiators between your offering and the competition. In order to insure the success of your EPG, NDS offers an array of solutions that enable your viewers to find and launch your services easily. NDS EPGs have a fast response time and support sophisticated navigation tools as well as frequent data changes for promoting new services.

NDS also has a range of options available to deliver to your priorities. We can supply a ready-made EPG that is appropriate for your broadcast system and gives you the quickest time to market. We can build to your design specification, using our experience in delivering embedded systems. Alternatively, you can take advantage of our world-class design studio to have an EPG custom-designed for you.

The EPG has evolved beyond being a program guide. It is now also a portal to interactive and on-demand entertainment services. The NDS EPG encourages viewers to book and view more content, strengthens operator branding, and helps reduce churn and increase ARPU.

The NDS EPG is fully integrated with other NDS solutions including VideoGuard® conditional access, MediaHighway™ middleware, and XTV™ DVR.

Compliance with proven DVB SI/PSI standards along with NDS’s proprietary extensions mean reliable support and management for multiple networks. DVB mosaic and subtitling support mean operators can offer a greater range of features.

The NDS EPG is also designed to give TV operators increased flexibility and control by featuring:

• Fast GUI updates. Operators can take control of the EPG GUI and easily update one or more screens.
• Fast and simple data changes. Developers can make simple editorial changes in-house when required.
• Powerful configuration options. Add new functionality, change menu selections, add menu items, or change an I-frame. It’s easier to implement changes without swapping out software in the set-top boxes.
• Sophisticated pay-per-view and on-demand support. Viewers can book programs in advance or on impulse, and then be reminded when the show is about to begin.
• Target promotions. With NDS VideoGuard conditional access operators can target viewers or groups of viewers defined according to geographic area, professional or personal interest.
• Multilingual support. Allows viewers to choose the language of their EPG screens.
• Program information (synopses) and now-and-next banner. Let viewers know what’s coming up without disturbing their current viewing. A reminder feature ensures they won’t miss their booked programs.
• Integrated with dozens of set-top box models.
• Additional services. Interactive applications, games, home shopping, mail or chat—can also be offered in a single, unified user interface.