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Satellite
& Cable
February
17 , 2003
NDS selected for new digital cable TV service
HONG KONG AND CHINA -- Guizhou Tianguang Cable Network
Co. Ltd. has selected NDS's end-to-end digital broadcasting
systems for its transition from analog to digital cable
TV broadcasting.
Fang
Xuezhong, deputy director of the Bureau of Radio, Film
and TV of Guizhou and chairman of Guizhou Tianguang
Cable Network Co. Ltd., said: "We have selected
a quality conditional access system (CAS) with advanced
technology and equipment to speed up the digital roll
out in Guizhou. With this new system in place, we will
broadcast more digital programming and value-added services
to fulfill the ever-increasing demands of our viewers."
Gary
Zhou, general manager, NDS China, added: "In China,
only NDS can deliver an end-to-end digital broadcasting
solution tailored to the requirements of Chinese broadcasters.
We look forward to being a technology partner of Guizhou
Cable TV, and working together to meet their aggressive
roll out schedule."
Guizhou
cable TV network connects over 350,000 direct access
subscribers. There are approximately 2.7 million cable
TV subscribers within the Guizhou provincial network.
However, around 1.8 million subscribers of nine regional
cities' cable TV services are already receiving the
Guizhou cable TV programming. The remaining 900,000
subscribers of the metropolitan area networks of counties
and towns will be connected to the provincial network,
and they will also be able to receive digital TV programming
delivered by the Guizhou cable TV networks.
The
digital programming package of Guizhou cable TV will
include around 70 channels with basic and premium tiers,
and plans to offer interactive TV services, such as
an electronic program guide (EPG). Benefiting from the
synergies of NDS systems, it will also carry the interactive
programming of CCTV, China's national broadcaster, such
as CCTV 5i interactive sports.
The
NDS solution includes Open VideoGuard conditional access,
NDS Core middleware, StreamServer digital broadcasting
management system and the Guizhou cable TV network interactive
EPG being developed by NDS Beijing engineers. NDS VideoGuard
is one of the two foreign CASs recommended by the State
Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT).
Contact:
NDS Asia Pacific Ltd.
Tel: +852-2201-9151
Email: dpowers@ndsuk.com
Web: www.ndsuk.com
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