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[August 09, 2004]

Experience the NDS Difference at IBC 2004 and Chart Your Digital Roadmap for the Future

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands & LONDON --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 9, 2004 -- NDS Group plc (NASDAQ:NNDS)(Euronext Brussels:NNDS):

Highlights:

NDS to demonstrate:

-- Complete range of secure solutions to enable all platforms to profit from digital TV technologies -- satellite, cable, DSL, terrestrial and mobile delivery

-- Live MHP applications with NDS MediaHighway(TM).

-- New live PVR applications on NDS XTV(TM) - chase a car through your bedroom and interact with a games player.

-- Next generation technologies including TV home networks and integrated mobile PVRs.

-- New Advertising solutions: NDS Audience Measurement System, iADs and xADs.

NDS, a News Corporation company and leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay TV, will be demonstrating a full range of new and exciting developments showing how the secure delivery of content can be enhanced with 'value add' solutions. NDS's new solutions can enable operators to distribute their prime content with complete security whatever the device - TV, PVR or new content to portable devices. NDS's leading set-top box solutions are currently used by more than 44 million subscribers and secure revenues of more than $20 billion worldwide.


Demonstrations on the NDS stand 1.171 will include:

-- NDS VideoGuard conditional access for Operators: By ensuring that NDS VideoGuard(R) conditional access software is already built into a wide range of set top boxes (STBs), operators can use highly secure solutions and ensure the choices, features and prices are right for their business. See why leading providers have switched to VideoGuard.

-- NDS MediaHighway Middleware: A feature rich solution that runs on numerous STBs.

-- MediaHighway Core aids quick and easy deployment that is also cost-effective and offers a wide choice of low-cost STBs that are ready to deploy. It also includes high performance EPGs (Electronic Program Guide), HTML and JavaScript applications, a low footprint Virtual Machine (VM) engine, as well as provisions for complex character sets.

-- MediaHighway Advanced is designed for enhanced and fully featured STBs. It complies with the latest MHP and OCAP digital TV standards and secures long-term middleware investment. MediaHighway Advanced is Java DVB MHP compliant and supports authoring tools including HTML and JavaScript.

-- NDS XTV PVR Solution: XTV(TM), an integrated PVR solution is based on NDS's proven PVR technology. NDS will show new ways to attract subscribers and generate revenues through advanced PVR applications and show XTV as the center of the future entertainment home network.

-- NDS Value@TV Interactive solutions: See the latest interactive games and sports applications from NDS. NDS Value@TV enables TV channels to consistently increase channel ratings and generate additional revenues. NDS Xtremeplay games will feature streaming video games and the ultimate, "play against your favorite sportsperson head to head".

-- NDS Broadband IP Entertainment: Broadband operators increasingly understand that security is a 'must' when looking to deploy a TV entertainment system. NDS Synamedia(TM), with VideoGuard content protection, is a customer proven content security solution with endorsement by major studios and premium TV channels.

-- NDS Mobile Solutions: NDS will show, with their Mobile DRM solution, how the reach of the TV can be extended to enable the reliable distribution and secure consumption of content from DTV networks to mobile devices.

-- NDS Advertising Solutions: Included are the Audience Measurement System (NDS AMS) which provides rich information to help TV operators and their content and advertising partners gather accurate viewer behavior data - and tailor their offerings accordingly. Also NDS RapiAD which makes interactive TV advertising easy and cost effective for broadcasters, agencies and brands.

Also, on stand 3.411, visit SVP:

-- SVP: SVP is a content protection solution that creates new opportunities to distribute and package digital content while ensuring that content owners' intellectual property is protected. SVP is an open specification, flexible enough to support proprietary extensions. The SVP Alliance aims to make SVP a leading international standard for content protection in digital home networks. NDS is a leading member of the SVP Alliance, a group of media and technology industry leaders who want to enable consumers to better use digital content.

"At NDS we believe that an operator needs to get up and running as quickly and as easily as possible. They need to invest wisely in secure solutions and with a view to expansion," said David Nabozny, Vice President and General Manager, NDS Europe. He added: "We believe that low cost of deployment and reduced risks are two major factors for consideration when investing in digital TV. Commenting further, David Nabozny said: "By adopting NDS solutions, operators can address five key technology and business needs - secure distribution of content, low cost set top boxes, fully integrated PVRs and revenue-generating interactive applications, as well as benefit from the NDS experience and proven record in systems integration."

About NDS

NDS Group plc (NASDAQ/Euronext Brussels: NNDS) is a leading supplier of open end-to-end digital pay TV solutions for the secure delivery of entertainment and information to television set-top boxes and IP devices. See www.nds.com for more information about NDS.

IBC Amsterdam, Stand 1.171

www.nds.com

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