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To: Stoctrash who wrote (43643)	8/4/1999 1:15:00 PM
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Divicom ususally shows up at these: NDS awarded conditional access system contract from Spanish cable operator Madritel 08/03/1999 M2 PRESSWIRE Copyright 1999 M2 Communications, Ltd. All Rights Reserved. * NDS VideoGuard to enable Madritel subscribers to access advanced digital services such as Internet, distance learning and information services through their television sets Madrid -- NDS, the leading provider of digital broadcasting systems, today announced that it has been awarded the conditional access system contract from Madritel, the Madrid operator of fibre optic integrated telecommunications services that is building one of Europe's most advanced digital cable networks. NDS' VideoGuard conditional access system will be implemented in Madritel's digital cable headend and its subscriber's set-top boxes. The contract follows NDS' win in May this year of a competitive tender to provide an MPEG -2 digital platform for DVB services for Madritel. The contract for 12 multiplexes, using NDS' latest compression products for cable, was awarded by Sirti, a Telecom Italia company, who are the systems integrators for the project. "This contract is an important endorsement of NDS' leadership in digital broadcasting and we are delighted to be working with Madritel. Digital cable TV will play a major role in the delivery of entertainment and information to the home, with increased viewer programming choice and new services such as interactive advertising and home shopping," says Dr. Abe Peled, CEO of NDS. Madritel carried out an exhaustive technical investigation of all the conditional access options on the market and decided that the NDS system together with the company's knowledge and experience of deploying digital broadcasting systems would best support it in launching Europe's most advanced network. NDS' conditional access systems are already serving broadcasters such as DirecTV, BSkyB, Star TV, Sky Television New Zealand, Sky Latin America and FOXTEL and offer the proven capabilities and technology to enable Madritel to offer new, exciting television services to its customers. The NDS VideoGuard system will enable Madritel to offer advanced services to its subscribers through personalised smart card access. Such digital services will include navigating the Internet, information services, distance learning, remote banking, remote working, remote surveillance and audio visual content. The system allows the subscriber to view an electronic programme guide and the possibility of interactive communications between the subscriber and the operator through a messaging service. The service will also offer emergency service bulletins and allow for voting, pay per view and video on demand. About NDS NDS provides open solutions that enable the delivery of entertainment and information to TVs and PCs. The company supplies the leading technology, products and services to enable businesses to profit from the emergence of interactive digital television and its intersection with the Internet via data broadcasting and e-commerce. NDS' solutions are built on its recognized leadership in smart-card based security, encryption, video compression and digital broadcast head-end software systems and are supported by its extensive systems integration and customer support capabilities. NDS, headquartered in the UK with offices world-wide, is providing its advanced technologies, products and services to many of the current and planned cable, satellite and terrestrial broadcasting systems around the world. Over 12 million subscribers around the globe use NDS conditional access systems to receive Pay-TV satellite and cable services. The company continues to make a major commitment to R&D, with over 700 of its 1,500 plus employees dedicated to its pioneering development work at research centres in Israel, the U.S. and the UK. NDS is a subsidiary of News Corporation (NWS), a leading global media company. NDS is on the World-Wide-Web at: ndsworld.com. M2 COMMUNICATIONS DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR INFORMATION PROVIDED WITHIN M2 PRESSWIRE. DATA SUPPLIED BY NAMED PARTY/PARTIES. Contact: CONTACT: Gay Platts/David Bramley, Platform Tel: +44 (0)181 964 9149 e-mail: gplatts@platform.demon.co.uk Margot Field, NDS Tel: +44 (0)181 476 8158 e-mail: mfield@ndsuk.com