NDS at 16TH Convergence India 2008: Experience the Next Generation
Highlights:
- NDS to demonstrate a range of solutions that address the
latest trends in consumer
content consumption today
- NDS to present a preview of next generation technologies
for a convergent world at
the Convergence India Conference, March 19-21, in New Delhi
- NDS to demonstrate a range of solutions that enable
TV service providers to
capitalize on the business opportunities presented
by convergence
NEW DELHI, INDIA – March 19, 2008 – 16TH
Convergence India 2008 Exhibition and
Conference, Stand D-51 Hall 12 – NDS,
the leading provider of technology solutions for
digital pay-TV, today announced that at the 16th Convergence
India event, it will
showcase a full range of solutions geared to helping TV service
providers enable
convergence and capitalize on the business opportunities it presents.
NDS Head of Pre-sales Consultancy Asia Pacific, Lachlan Ma,
will present solutions for
traditional broadcasters and new entrants into the Pay TV market
for how to secure
revenues while delivering a wide and growing range of content
and interactive
applications, accessible from a range of devices for viewing
in different locations and on
the go. He will assess the real cost of content piracy and
present a glimpse into the next
generation of content security, navigation and custom content
control in a rapidly
changing convergent world at the Convergence Conference March
20, Track VI, Hall 7.
NDS will also demonstrate live the Tata Sky end-to-end solution
featuring VideoGuard®
conditional access technology which provides the robust security
required for delivering
services and premium content to multiple devices, as well as
MediaHighway® middleware
and Value@TV, delivering the latest interactive services to
subscribers.
On display will be NDS’ latest and future technologies
designed to help service providers
take advantage of the business opportunities presented by convergence.
Some of the
leading edge advances that keep NDS at the forefront of TV
innovation will be on show at
Convergence, including:
NDS Master User Interface – a next generation interface
that will help viewers to watch
what they want, when and where they want, through a quick and
simple to use navigation
system, operating across multiple devices
NDS EPGs — Presenting EPGs developed by a dedicated
team of graphic designers,
usability experts and system integrators that combine to create
a branded, intuitive user
experience on any device without needing to re-learn the user
interface
MediaHighway Middleware — Featuring the latest deployments
for hybrid set-top boxes,
home networking and innovative ways of using MediaHighway to
enable new business
models that mix iTV, pay-TV and advertising revenues
XTV™ DVR — NDS leads the market in DVR solutions.
Technology from NDS is
currently powering over 10.4 million DVRs worldwide. XTV from
NDS facilitates the launch of enhanced new features including:
push VOD, remote booking, advanced HD
and EPG, live news and sports segmentation and indexing, advanced
iTV applications
and IP VOD
Interactive TV — Featuring NDS’ latest developments
in the iTV arena including
applications for IPTV advanced games and gaming, interactive
advertising and DVR
applications.
NDS will also demonstrate how its conditional access technology,
now protecting over
82.7 million active devices and securing service revenues of
more than $35 billion
worldwide, is being deployed by emerging broadcasters.
Commenting on the solutions being featured by NDS at the 16th
Convergence India, NDS
VP and General Manager Asia Pacific Ms Sue Taylor said: “As
the way we consume TV
content rapidly changes, we at NDS believe that for service
providers to stay competitive
and generate greater revenues, they need to adopt a digital
converged platform for
securely delivering all kinds of content to various screens,
using an integrated approach
with multiple distribution methods. At 16th Convergence India,
while everyone will be
talking about convergence. NDS will be doing it.”
At 16th Convergence India 2008, NDS will be located at stand
D51 Hall 12. A presentation
by NDS Head of Pre-sales Consultancy Asia Pacific, on Securing
Revenues in a
Convergent World will be held on March 20, Track VI, Hall 7.
To arrange an interview with
an NDS executive, or to book a tour of the NDS stand, please
contact NDS or one of our
communications partners (contact details below).
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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