TV operators use VideoGuard® Mobile TV to generate revenue from mobile TV services and to secure mobile broadcast and on-demand video. It incorporates NDS’ VideoGuard content protection along with an Electronic Service Guide (ESG), content storage with trick modes and Interactive TV (iTV) applications. The business models it supports include:

• Tiered subscription packages
• Pay-per-Time
• Impulse and ordered Pay-per-View
• Pre-paid vouchers

VideoGuard Mobile TV supports multiple standards, including DVB-H IPDC, OMA BCAST, T-DMB, MediaFLO, STiMi and WiMAX. Depending on the requirements, content protection can be based in the SIM/USIM or on a Secure Digital (SD) card in the handset.

In keeping with the NDS philosophy of endorsing open technologies, VideoGuard Mobile has been integrated with handsets from major vendors.

A word about the VideoGuard Suite

NDS VideoGuard® is the pay-TV industry’s most advanced suite of Conditional Access (CA) and Digital Rights Management (DRM) solutions. It protects your branded service and content over any platform to any device. In addition to mobile phones, this also includes PCs, SD and HD STBs, DVRs, portable media players (PMPs) and removable media.