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Satellite
& Cable
November
25, 2004
KDMC selects NDS' OpenCable solution
HONG KONG -- NDS Group plc., a News Corp. company and
a leading provider of technology solutions for digital
pay TV, recently announced that Korea Digital Media
Center (KDMC) had selected it to provide the key technology
for its digital and interactive cable TV network. KDMC
currently broadcasts to over 2 million subscribers nationwide.
NDS'
VideoGuard conditional access will provide the integral
network security for pay-TV operations. In order to
be OpenCable compliant, KDMC also utilizes the NDS VideoGuard
CableCard module in the set-top box. The CableCard security
module is a removable, renewable security system incorporating
NDS smart card technology.
KDMC
is owned by the Taekwang Group,the largest MSO in Korea.
It provides services to more than 30 system operators
(SOs) across South Korea and, reaches over 2 million
subscribers. The subscribers are currently receiving
an analog service. However, KDMC plans to transition
to digital and interactive broadcasting services for
all subscribers.
Sue
Taylor, vice president and general manager of NDS Asia
Pacific, said: "NDS has invested significant resources
and capital into developing a fully OCAP compliant conditional
access system with a CableCard module. KDMC is now the
third Korean MSO to select NDS technology, which gives
NDS the leading position in the Korean cable market.
We look forward to working together with KDMC to launch
the digital operations, and offer new digital and interactive
services to Korean cable TV viewers."
The
NDS Korea set-top box (STB) integration and testing
laboratory has been responsible for integration of the
NDS OpenCable solutions with the KDMC digital broadcasting
network, and will continue to support KDMC as it prepares
for launch in Q1-05. NDS Korea conducted extensive interoperability
testing with Korean STB manufacturers selected by KDMC:
Humax, LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics. Each
STB provider has developed state-of-the-art DOCSIS compliant
set-top boxes for the KDMC two-way digital interactive
network.
Contact:
NDS Group plc
www.nds.com
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