NDS CELEBRATES TEN YEARS IN KOREA
SEOUL, KOREA –December 8, 2011 – NDS today announced that it is celebrating a decade of business in Korea.
Over the past decade, NDS has played a leading role in the development of the Korean pay-TV market, with broadcasting technology firsts including the provision of the software for the first high definition set top box to be deployed in the market, the first implementation of an OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP) based electronic programme guide (EPG) and the first content protection solution for IPTV in Korea.
More than 90 pay-TV operators worldwide use NDS solutions to secure and enhance their business, with local Korean pay-TV operator customers including CJ HelloVision, the largest MSO in Korea, and Hyundai HCN.
In the last ten years, NDS has established a strong presence in Korea with a technology and development centre employing 120 people – harnessing the local expertise of Korean developers to support the development of advanced applications and technologies for some of the world’s leading pay-TV operators. NDS customers worldwide rely on solutions developed in Korea, including in China, Germany, India, Italy, Latin America, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, South-East Asia and the US.
Commenting on the ten year milestone, John Lee, General Manager of NDS Korea said: “Korea plays an important role in NDS’ global strategy, over the last ten years we have invested heavily in our operations in Korea and are committed to expanding our presence.” He added “With a well-established development centre, we will continue to provide the local expertise and solutions to enable Korean digital pay TV operators to advance their positions within the market, and to support Korean content owners and consumer electronics (CE) manufacturers with export into respective worldwide markets.”
NDS has forged strategic relationships with a number of Korean CE manufacturers including Homecast, Humax, Kaon Media and Samsung Electronics, as a result helping to increase Korean export.
For further information:
NDS
Amy Lucas
Corporate Communications
T: +44 20 8476 8243
alucas@nds.com
Tricia Stevenson
Marketing, Asia Pacific
T: + 65 8133 9907
tstevenson@nds.com
Judy Choi
Marketing & PR, Korea
T: +82 2 6277 9195
judychoi@nds.com
KPR for NDS
River Jung
T: +82 2 3406 2252
river@kpr.co.kr
About NDS
NDS Group Ltd. creates the technologies and applications that enable pay-TV operators to securely deliver digital content to TV STBs (set-top boxes), DVRs (digital video recorders), PCs, mobiles and other multimedia devices. Over 90 of the world’s leading pay-TV platforms rely on NDS solutions to protect and enhance their business.
NDS’ VideoGuard® is the world’s market-leading content and service protection solution, deployed in 114 million pay-TV households. VideoGuard conditional access (CA) and digital rights management (DRM) technologies safeguard pay-TV service revenues exceeding $50 billion. NDS middleware, which enables a host of advanced services for subscribers, has been deployed on 206 million devices. NDS DVR technology, centred around XTV™, is a leader in the global industry with 45 million units deployed. (Deployment figures as of 30th September 2011).
Headquartered in the UK, with over 5000 employees, NDS remains committed to investing in technology and development with over 75% of its employees dedicated to pioneering work at development centres in France, India, Israel, Korea, UK and US.
NDS Group Ltd. is a private company owned by the Permira Funds and News Corporation. See www.nds.com for more information.
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