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.