NDS Announces Peer-to-Peer Content Sharing and Distributed-DVR Capabilities, Lowering Costs for IPTV Operators

NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS): Highlights: Solutions provide lower costs for IPTV operators while offering broader content choices for subscribers Reduces the cost of the DVR by using shared disks in the home network Using peer-to-peer technology lowers storage and bandwidth overhead of archive-TV for IPTV operators Residential Gateway software from Jungo, now part of NDS, works in conjunction with NDS Synamedia Metro™ to gather, manage and protect content in home networks and across internet connections NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced two new product enhancements of Synamedia Metro, the NDS IPTV middleware solution. Distributed-DVR and ShareTV are two patent pending product features which will deliver even more benefit to IPTV service providers who choose Synamedia Metro to protect and enhance their business. The middleware and content protection attributes of NDS Synamedia Metro combined with the power of Jungo’s Open RG software, bring peer-to-peer video sharing and distributed DVR capabilities to IPTV operators. Distributed DVR: Traditionally, DVRs require a set-top box (STB) with a disk contained in it. Distributed DVR capability from NDS uses the home network and Jungo Residential Gateway UPnP software to find suitable external hard disks for DVR TV storage. Without the need for a hard drive, the cost of the IP-STB is reduced, and the residential gateway becomes the home’s virtual on-demand TV server. The subscriber therefore is not restricted by the amount of storage provided in the STB. Furthermore, the subscriber can add as much storage to the home network as required to store recorded programs. ShareTV: Once content is stored within the home network, ShareTV allows IPTV subscribers to legally share their stored TV content using peer-to-peer technology running in the Jungo Residential Gateway software. For example, a missed episode of a TV series can be requested from other subscribers using Share TV’s peer-to-peer software. ShareTV manages the download of the content from other peers on the operator’s network and then stores it on a selected hard disk for playback. Content Protection and Digital Rights Management: VideoGuard technology protects both the rights of content owners and those of operators for both ShareTV and Distributed-DVR As the media files are encrypted, content is protected even if the content is transferred to a portable media player. A subscriber can only access and view content for which they have a valid subscription. "The power of the Residential Gateway software is that it provides an always-on control point for the home-network, UPnP, peer-to-peer technology and a virtual on-demand TV server to distribute the video content to viewing devices in the digital home.” said Ofer Vilenski, CEO, Jungo Ltd. Nigel Smith, Vice President, NDS Broadband Internet Group, commented: "Distributed DVR and ShareTV are powerful NDS innovations allowing IPTV operators to introduce TV recording and sharing of archived TV content at a fraction of the cost of providing a typical network DVR system using VOD servers and large amounts of dedicated bandwidth. This is the first of a range of collaborations with Jungo where we see the set top working hand in hand with the residential gateway to offer a wide range of flexible and cost-effective solutions to the consumer, while safeguarding the operators’ and content owners’ rights.” About Jungo Jungo Ltd., an NDS Company, is a leading provider of residential and business gateway software platforms and applications. Jungo's leading products, OpenRG - residential gateway software platform, and OpenSMB - small to medium sized business gateway software platform, enable Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to bring broadband Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) such as residential gateways, triple play gateways, office-in-a-box gateways and multi-service routers to market quickly. With Jungo's OpenRG/OpenSM B software suites, operators benefit from the simplest development, deployment and support of new broadband services for the digital home. To find out more about Jungo Ltd. and our products, please visit www.jungo.com. 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. Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-looking Statements This document contains certain "forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management’s views and assumptions regarding future events and business performance as of the time the statements are made. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to changes in global economic, business, competitive market and regulatory factors. 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