Once the holidays are over, are you planning to join the estimated 150,000 people headed for this year’s CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas, January 8-11, 2007? If so, be prepared for 30 football fields worth of the best and the brightest products for the markets of today and tomorrow.

Even if you won’t be in Las Vegas, you can get a sneak preview of what NDS is showing at CES. In addition to “visiting” the NDS stand (Venetian Hotel, Lido Suites 3003/3002 and at the Sands Hotel, Booth 69728), you can check out the solutions we will demonstrate, get product information, find out where we are located, and even schedule a meeting during the show.

This edition of World Vision focuses on some of the technologies and devices we will be showing at CES 2007. Specifically, we look at the next generation convergence of DVR STBs with portable media players (PMPs) and the plans NDS has for WiMAX TV.

What you will find is that NDS solutions enable, secure and interact, and the CES demonstrations reflect these three areas. Enabling solutions on display will include NDS STB middleware, as well as HD, IPTV and DVR solutions. In the securing area you can see NDS mobile and CA/DRM solutions. And of course in the interacting area you can see the latest in NDS interactive TV applications and solutions.

Enable

XTV™, the NDS DVR is deployed in some 3.1 million homes worldwide. See why this revolutionary consumer device has been deployed across platforms like BSkyB, DIRECTV, FOXTEL and Sky Italia – including the first secure HD DVR.

• MediaHighway™ is the middleware from NDS which is deployed in 47 million STBs worldwide. The advanced TV services enabled include the highly functional NDS Electronic Program Guide, VOD services, remote booking, search and program recommendations. It also supports a wide range of innovative interactive applications.

• Synamedia Metro™ the IPTV middleware and DRM solution that combines MediaHighway and VideoGuard® security to deliver an integrated IPTV solution.

Other XTV solutions that will be demonstrated at CES:

• XTV Ready™ for secure transfer of content and usage rights from DVRs to CE devices.

• XShare for smart DVR-to-DVR content sharing.

• XSpace for the best of Internet video and audio on TV.

• XTend for accessing PC content on your TV.

• XArchive for backing up DVR content onto the operator’s server. 

Secure

• NDS VideoGuard® offers a choice of solutions for any pay-TV provider on any platform. Now featuring expanded DRM capabilities to protect content anywhere. With VideoGuard your platform can deliver content securely to any device. This includes solutions for STBs, DVRs, PCs, PMPs and mobile devices.

• VideoGuard® Mobile supplies CA and DRM for mobile TV services, now including WiMAX TV.

Interact

Whether you’re an operator or a content or service provider, you can build successful interactive TV applications with Value@TV™ featuring multi-platform solutions, multi-player and connectivity-based applications, games channels and branded games. Value@TV also features real-time solutions, gaming and betting, new authoring tools and gameplay with next generation controls.

NDS @ CES

From IPTV to WiMAX TV, see why NDS is the world leader in securing and enabling content anytime, anywhere, on any device.

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Virtual CES tour