The world has changed: The Internet, broadband and digital media let people connect more and enjoy content at home or on the road. Your subscribers expect nothing less. They want to be able to enjoy content anywhere, anytime on any device. This includes DVRs, PCs, PMPs and mobile phones. Operators need to ensure that content is easily accessible on more devices in order to generate greater revenues or customer satisfaction.

NDS has developed home networking solutions that extend services and enable subscribers to share content across screens while protecting content owners’ rights and ensuring that content cannot be duplicated without authorization.

Most operators work in a vertical fashion. They send content across a platform to one or more set-top boxes that are attached to a single screen or device.

NDS Home Networking secures your role as your subscribers’ main entertainment and content supplier. It allows you to distribute and share your services to multiple devices anywhere in the home. Home Networking also allows subscribers to use the set-top box to view personal content or export content to CE devices such as portable media players (PMP), PCs or even place-shifted content outside the home. NDS Home Networking solutions allow you to offer greater flexibility in the way customers consume content while enforcing content owner rights and preventing unlawful content copying or distribution.

• Families can watch programs in the living room that are stored on the DVR. If the teenagers show up with friends, parents can pause the program and continue watching in another room. This is a true multi-room viewing experience.
• Play your MP3, watch the latest vacation pictures or home videos stored on your PC from your set-top box and main TV. This replaces the need for Media Extenders.
• Take your favorite show on the road. Use the remote control to synch content securely from the DVR to a Portable Media Player.
• Secure duplication. Copy content to secure removable storage devices like memory cards then watch it on another PC or device.
• Control exactly how and when content is consumed. Limit the number of days, number of copies allowed or number of playbacks. Generate the most out of your content with NDS VideoGuard solutions.

Coupled with VideoGuard Unified Headend, you will be able to enrich your service offering and simplify content consumption across different platforms. The VideoGuard Unified Headend centralizes content DRM in a single system, reducing overhead while making it simpler for the operator—and the user—to add services and devices.

The NDS Home Networking solution removes boundaries within your customer’s home, encouraging them to use and pay for more content, while maintaining the rights of the content owner.