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News Corp.'s Orbis Acquires U.K. Games Firm Electracade

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 3, 2008 - 9:24am.

London - Orbis, a provider of interactive gaming and betting technologies, announced that it has acquired U.K.-based online games developer Electracade for $3.8 million in cash.

tags: Games | Deals | Acquisitions | News Corp. | Interactive TV | NDS | Orbis | Electracade |

Survey: Over 70% of DVR Owners "Can't Live Without" Them

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 3, 2008 - 8:11am.
London - More than 70% of digital video recorder owners say they cannot live without them, according to a survey of 1,000 DVR owners in the U.S., U.K., Italy and Australia conducted by NDS (NASD: NNDS), a maker of smart cards and other technology for digital pay-TV services.
tags: Video | TV | Reports | DVR | Research | NDS |

Cinea Licenses Digital Watermarking Tech to News Corp.'s NDS

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 28, 2007 - 2:28pm.

Reston, Va. - Cinea, a unit of Dolby Laboratories that provides content-protection technology to the movie and TV industries, announced on Tuesday that News Corp.'s NDS has licensed the company's forensic watermarking technology for use with its video-on-demand and live broadcast products. The technology will provide NDS' customers with the ability to embed invisible, unique product IDs in individual video streams, allowing tracking of pirated content back to its source.
tags: Movies | DRM | Watermarking | News Corp. | Cinea | NDS | Dolby Laboratories |

NDS Acquires Broadband Video Firm CastUp for $11.3 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 7, 2007 - 11:51am.

London - NDS, a unit of News Corp. that provides technology and services to digital TV providers, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired CastUp, a provider of technology for delivering video over the Internet, for $11.3 million in cash.

tags: Deals | Video | TV | Acquisitions | News Corp. | NDS | CastUp |

NDS Acquires Residential Gateway Software Firm Jungo

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 4, 2006 - 2:55pm.
London - NDS, a unit of News Corp. that provides technology for digital pay-TV services, announced on Monday that it has acquired Jungo, a provider of software for residential gateways, in a deal valued at $107.5 million.
tags: Deals | Video | Tech | Acquisitions | IPTV | Software | Video Tech | Israel | NDS | Telco | Jungo |

News Corp.'s NDS Acquires Video Game Developer ITE

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 29, 2006 - 2:09pm.
London - NDS, a unit of News Corporation that provides content protection technologies for digital pay-TV, announced on Friday that it has acquired Denmark-based video game developer and publisher ITE (Interactive Television Entertainment). Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. In addition to console, handheld and mobile games that have sold a combined 8.5 million units to date, ITE has also developed interactive TV games including "Hugo the TV Troll."
tags: Games | Deals | Europe | Acquisitions | Games Deals | News Corp. | Denmark | NDS | ITE |

NDS Develops Interactive TV Betting for Sky Italia

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 21, 2006 - 1:33pm.
London - NDS, a developer of digital pay-TV technologies, announced on Wednesday that it has developed an interactive TV betting platform for satellite TV provider Sky Italia.
tags: Video | Tech | Gambling | TV | Europe | IPTV | Italy | Video Tech | Satellite TV | Sky Italia | NDS |

DirecTV to Offer Own Digital Video Recorder This Month

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 7, 2005 - 7:41am.
New York - Following several years of a successful partnership with TiVo, satellite TV operator DirecTV plans to introduce its own rival digital video recorder next week, The New York Times reported. Currently, 2.3 million of DirecTV's 14.7 million subscribers have TiVo; DirecTV pays $1.13 per month per subscriber to TiVo for the service. The DirecTV DVR, powered by software from News Corp's NDS, will offer 100 hours of recording capacity when it becomes available later this month, compared with the 60-hour DirecTV with TiVo set-top. DirecTV plans a $30 million marketing campaign for its new device during the fourth quarter. The company will also continue to offer TiVo's DVR service alongside its own; both will cost an extra $5.99 per month. However, DirecTV could end up paying TiVo licensing fees on its own DVR set-tops, should TiVo emerge victorious in a patent infringement claim against DirecTV rival EchoStar Communications. If EchoStar's DISH Network digital video recorders are found to infringe on TiVo patents, TiVo may move on to target DirecTV. "If we believed the NDS product violated TiVo's intellectual property, one course of action we would have would be to sue NDS and possibly DirecTV," Edward Lichty, vice president for corporate development at TiVo, told The Times.
tags: Video | CE | TiVo | DirecTV | DVR | Set-tops | Cable | NDS | News Corp. TV |

Rolling Stones Album to be Released on New SanDisk Secure Memory Card

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 28, 2005 - 5:04am.
San Francisco - SanDisk, a maker of flash memory-based storage media, announced that it has developed a new TrustedFlash card that incorporates anti-piracy technology developed by NDS, a unit of News Corp. The mobile digital rights management technology will be used to secure movies, music and games embedded on the cards, which will be used in cell phones, portable digital players and other devices. IDC reports over 87 million phones with memory cards were sold in 2004 and forecasts 164 million will be sold this year. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based SanDisk said the first title released using the new technology will be the Rolling Stones' album "A Bigger Bang." The album will be sold on 256MB Gruvi Music cards featuring TrustedFlash for $39.95 starting in November; the card will also contain locked versions of other Rolling Stones albums that may be unlocked through a PC or mobile phone.
tags: Launches | Tech | Music | DRM | Storage | SanDisk | Memory | Flash Memory | NDS | Rolling Stones |

Digital Video Firms Partner on Anti-Piracy Technology

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 10, 2004 - 4:50am.
London -- Chipmaker STMicroelectronics and digital video equipment makers NDS and Thomson have announced the formation of an alliance designed to promote the adoption of their video anti-piracy technology. The SVP (Secure Video Processor) Alliance will promote SVP, an open specification that will allow content producers to use their own digital rights management schemes to protect content that can then be unlocked by SVP chips embedded in digital televisions, set-top boxes, digital video recorders and portable devices. DirecTV, which is affiliated with News Corp. -- also the majority owner of NDS -- will be the first company to use SVP, allowing satellite TV subscribers to store secured programs across home networks and on portable consumer devices. Thomson is expected to release the first consumer electronic devices embedded with SVP chips in 2005.
tags: Deals | Video | Tech | Piracy | DirecTV | DRM | Chips | STMicroelectronics | Thomson | NDS | SVP |