NDS Group Ltd is a private company owned by the Permira Funds and
News Corporation. It creates innovative technologies that allow pay-TV
operators to generate revenues by securely delivering digital content
to TVs, set-top boxes (STBs), digital video recorders (DVRs), PCs,
portable media players (PMPs), removable media, and other mobile devices.
End-to-end expertise
Since 1990, NDS has been the market leader for digital pay-TV solutions.
We provide the security, enabling technologies, and interactive applications
that give TV platform operators, content owners and broadcast channels
the ability to deliver the best content, generating revenues while
reducing churn—the keys to success in today’s TV industry.
NDS offers a full range of open end-to-end solutions for pay-TV operators using one or more delivery networks. We simplify convergence by delivering
broadcast, on-demand and OTT content using multiple platforms
to multiple devices—enabling content to be enjoyed anywhere, anytime
on any device.
VideoGuard® is the world’s market-leading conditional access (CA) and digital rights management
(DRM) technology, currently deployed on more than 150 million active
devices, safeguarding pay-TV service revenues exceeding an estimated
$50 billion. NDS set-top box software, including MediaHighway®, drives a host of advanced
services for subscribers, and has been deployed on 180 million devices.
NDS DVR technology is used in SD, HD, and now 3D boxes. Including XTV®, NDS leads the industry with 38 million units deployed worldwide.
NDS EPGs and UIs, created in studios around the world, lead the way on TV and other devices, creating a unified customer viewing experience that simplifies finding, enjoying, moving and storing content.
The award-winning NDS Unified Headend™ enables operators to centrally control content delivery to multiple platforms over multiple networks, saving resource and improving customer service. NDS Dynamic™ advanced advertising solutions significantly improve audience measurement, addressability and interactivity in a world of zapping and fragmentation. And we offer innovative solutions for home networking.
NDS PC Show™ brings the world of TV to PCs with a branded portal and secure linear channels using a familiar TV look and feel for easy content download, consumption, saving and storage.
NDS offers ReaderGuard™ which is helping secure content on eReaders and iPads while providing a branded portal and enhanced user interface.
NDS has also developed cost-saving all-in-one solutions for emerging markets—including VideoGuard Express™ and Cable Express™—which help operators
accelerate time-to-market and also grow with the operators.
Our unique expertise lies in the strength of our market leading products
as well as the integration of some of the most complex multi-platform, multi-network systems.
Global reach
Headquartered in the UK, NDS has offices and R&D centres around the
world delivering the right combination of global and local resources to
support the most demanding projects. With more than 75% of our workforce dedicated to ongoing R&D, NDS continues to create the next generation solutions to ensure that our customers remain market leaders.
These subsidiaries are part of NDS Group Ltd: