NDS Group Ltd. - Chongqing Cable Partners with NDS and DOXTV to Launch China’s First HD DVR and Push VOD Service

NDS Group Ltd.Store this angel in big sizeChongqing Cable TV Network has launched China’s aboriginal HD agenda video recorder (DVR) and advance video on appeal (VOD) service
- Chongqing has partnered with DOXTV to arrange NDS technologies, including VideoGuard® codicillary access, MediaHighway® set-top box software and XTV™ DVR technology
- DOXTV to action 1,500 hours of HD agreeable including Hollywood blockbusters and accepted all-embracing TV series

Beijing, China - December 10, 2009 – NDS, the arch provider of technology solutions for agenda pay-TV, and DOXTV, a arch value-added TV account provider in China, today appear the barrage of China’s aboriginal HD agenda video recorder (DVR) and advance video on appeal (VOD) account for Chongqing Cable subscribers, Chongqing Cable TV+™.

In the aboriginal deployment of both an HD DVR and advance VOD in China, Chongqing has called market-leading solutions from NDS including VideoGuard® codicillary acceptance (CA), MediaHighway® set-top box software, XTV™ DVR technology with advance VOD adequacy and an cyberbanking programme adviser (EPG) developed by NDS and DOXTV.

DOXTV has rights to a advanced ambit of all-embracing exceptional agreeable and offers cable operators in China, such as Chongqing, over 1,500 hours of all-embracing and bounded HD agreeable anniversary year. DOXTV has rights to programming from CCTV, BBC, CBS, NHK, NBC Universal, Warner Brothers, Sony Pictures, Walt Disney, Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox, with accepted series’ such as CSI, Prison Break, Heroes, Lost, Grey's Anatomy and Desperate Housewives. In addition, subscribers are able to watch Hollywood blockbusters over the advance VOD account three to six months afterwards their absolution in the US.

DOXTV will accumulation programming to Chongqing Cable’s TV+™ service, accouterment subscribers with an unparalleled examination experience. The exceptional Chongqing Cable TV+™ account includes pay TV channels, alternate TV, HD TV and a cable broadband connection, alms subscribers a ambit of converged services. All associates of the ancestors can now adore a array of TV ball options. The Chongqing Cable set-top boxes (STBs) will run NDS set-top box software, CA and DVR technology.

DOXTV’s account helps Chinese cable operators such as Chongqing Cable abound their agenda TV business, by enabling them to action a acute hypothesis to admirers including acceptance to added adorable agreeable and appearance than ahead available. With advance VOD, operators can absolutely utilise the absolute one-way arrangement basement to action an able and able VOD service.

“There is a pent-up appeal for exceptional TV casework and HD agreeable in China. In affiliation with NDS and DOXTV, we are authoritative this a absoluteness now,” said Li Xiaofeng, General Manager of Chongqing Cable. “Our subscribers will now be able to watch what they want, if they ambition with NDS XTV DVR technology that allows them to abeyance abide TV, record, play back, rewind and fast-forward their favourite TV programmes to appearance if they choose.”

“This is an important anniversary for NDS, the HD DVR is a huge abstruse advanced for cable operators and will redefine the way admirers are entertained and abreast in China.” said Sue Taylor, Senior Vice President and General Manager of NDS Asia Pacific, and Chairman, NDS China.

Tao Libao, CEO of DOXTV commented, “By bringing HD and VOD to subscribers in China for the aboriginal time, DOXTV and Chongqing Cable is revolutionising the TV experience. With a ample ambit of above programming and the world’s arch technology, we will be carrying a first-of-its affectionate arch HD pay-TV account in China.”

About DOXTV
DOXTV is the arch value-added TV account provider in China. DOXTV provides high-end subscribers with a abounding ambit of films and television ball through the development of an beat agenda TV service. DOXTV is aswell operating a agenda pay approach nationwide, featuring all-embracing movies, TV alternation and ball programming. See www.doxtv.cn for added information.

About Chongqing Cable TV Network
Chongqing Cable TV Network launched in 2001 and now has about 5 actor agenda and alternation subscribers. Chongqing cable is the alone accustomed cable abettor in Chongqing and has a 1GHz bandwidth HFC network. Chongqing is the better and city out of the China's four provincial-level municipalities and is the alone city in Western China. See www.cqcnt.com for added information.

About NDS Group Ltd.
NDS Group Ltd. creates the technologies and applications that accredit pay-TV operators to deeply bear agenda agreeable to TV STBs (set-top boxes), DVRs (digital video recorders), PCs, mobiles and added multimedia devices. Over 70 of the world’s arch pay-TV platforms await on NDS solutions to assure and enhance their businesses. VideoGuard® is the world’s market-leading codicillary acceptance (CA) and agenda rights administration (DRM) technology, currently deployed on 111 actor breath devices, and attention pay-TV account revenues beyond $40 billion. NDS middleware, including MediaHighway® which enables a host of beat casework for subscribers, has been deployed on 128 actor devices. NDS DVR technology, centred about XTV™, leads the all-around industry with 23 actor units deployed. (Deployment abstracts as of 30th September 2009).

Headquartered in the UK, NDS charcoal committed to advance in R&D with over 75% of its advisers committed to beat plan at development centres in China, Denmark, France, India, Israel, Korea, UK and US. NDS has aswell implemented a host of initiatives aimed at abbreviation its carbon brand and allowance agenda TV subscribers abate activity consumption.

NDS Group Ltd. is a clandestine aggregation endemic by the Permira Funds and News Corporation. See www.nds.com for added information.

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