NDS Launches Multi-platform Pay-TV DRM

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Sep 8, 2011 12:56 PM

At the IBC Show, NDS will uncover its new digital rights administration (DRM) answer for multi-platform pay-TV, called "VideoGuard Connect," that provides end-to-end insurance of an operator's service, leveraging the unique safety capabilities of any particular platform.

The firm moreover mentioned that DIRECTV and BSkyB have any choosen NDS's VideoGuard Connect to safeguard and capacitate their multi-platform Over-The-Top (OTT) and home networking services. While DIRECTV now occupy a number of NDS technologies to secure and capacitate its multi-channel video platform, BSkyB is using it to broach calm to Apple iPhones and iPads around BSkyB's Sky Go service.

VideoGuard Connect is written to help TV operators to expand their pay-TV services to related media devices. It enables the secure ingestion, smoothness and expenditure of reward calm over both managed and OTT networks whilst progressing subscription privileges opposite devices.

With VideoGuard Connect, the DRM for multi-platform pay-TV, stage operators are able to muster in a line channels, on-demand calm and download services on the many renouned devices, delivered over the open Internet utilizing calm smoothness optimization technologies created by NDS.

It allows TV operators to gain on the opportunities presented by multi-platform pay-TV, such as download rentals, stretched subscription packages and calm bundling with the capability to heighten the user's entertainment experience. Content purchased on the announce stage may be done right away existing on the broadband stage - and vice-versa - by seamlessly integrating VideoGuard Connect program with an existing announce platform.

VideoGuard Connect enables a one safety answer for pay-TV platforms. Providing a safety form customized to the definite capabilities of the device and functionality tailored to the mandate of any pay-TV operator, VideoGuard Connect provides a abounding roadmap and continuing encouragement is to foreword of new services and devices; in addition, VideoGuard Connect provides the headend collection to encouragement integrated administration and workflow functions that are indispensable to give full user manage over calm placement and consumption.