Oversi and NDS Partner to Deliver Secured Premium Content over P2P Networks

Oversi and NDS Partner to Deliver Secured Premium Content over P2P Networks

 PETACH TIKVA, Israel, September 4/PRNewswire/ --           Highlights:          - End-to-End P2P Solution for Service Providers, Delivering       Premium Digital Content Over the Internet Direct to User PCs          - Market-Leading DRM Protection for High-Value Content          - Accelerated Content Delivery for Improved User Experience  

Oversi, experts in Peer-to-Peer (P2P) caching and content delivery solutions, and NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, are presenting their integrated, end-to-end solution for delivering secured, DRM-protected content over P2P networks direct to PCs and other portable media devices at IBC 2007. (Visit the NDS Stand No. 1.171.)

The joint Oversi and NDS solution uses the power and economics of P2P distribution to extend the delivery of broadcast content to new users and new media devices with assured quality of service.

The solution combines NDS VideoGuard PC(TM), a complete DRM and service platform for PCs, with Oversi's powerful P2P caching and content delivery platform, OverCache(TM). Based on distributed grid computing technology and massive throughput, OverCache enhances P2P content distribution by delivering more bandwidth to users over existing infrastructures, guaranteeing superior quality of service. With the P2P technology embedded in its client/server software, NDS' VideoGuard PC retrieves files from the P2P network, powered by OverCache, enabling accelerated peer-assisted content distribution.

Integrating P2P technology with VideoGuard(R) DRM content protection, the joint NDS/Oversi solution enables content providers to meet the demand for live TV programs and Video on Demand services with complete, built-in, security safeguards, while allowing flexible business models.

Leveraging the P2P network's inherent resources, service providers and content providers also benefit from delivery that is more cost-efficient. With this joint solution, incremental costs decrease with the addition of more users. Highly scalable, the solution enables service providers and broadcasters to cope with the growing demand for bandwidth without overloading the network.

Joseph Deutsch, NDS Vice President of Business Development, said, "Content providers have been hesitant to use P2P networks for premium content delivery because they were not assured that their content would be secure. They now have a solution they can trust, protected by our proven VideoGuard conditional access and DRM technology, used by over 75 million TV subscribers worldwide. This joint solution enables our customers to scale their services to meet the growing consumer demand for broadcast-quality Internet TV and VOD - anytime, anywhere."

Eitan Efron, Vice President Marketing and Business Development of Oversi, said, "Taking advantage of P2P networks, this joint solution from Oversi and NDS provides an excellent distribution channel for premium content while ensuring minimum operating costs for service providers and broadcasters. Our solution also delivers long-tail content with good quality of service, opening the door for new P2P-driven monetization opportunities."

About Oversi

Oversi is an expert in Peer-to-Peer (P2P) caching and content delivery solutions. Oversi's P2P caching solutions enable service providers to deliver more bandwidth on their existing infrastructures, optimize network performance and defer expensive upgrades. The same Oversi platform provides a critical building block for supporting the emerging services of P2P VOD (Video on Demand) and P2P TV, ensuring an improved customer experience. Oversi has offices and representatives in EMEA, the US, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. For more information, please visit http://www.oversi.com/.

About NDS

NDS Group plc (NASDAQ: NNDS), a majority owned subsidiary of News Corporation, supplies open end-to-end digital technology and services to digital pay-television platform operators and content providers. See http://www.nds.com/ for more information about NDS.

Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-looking Statements This document contains certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management's views and assumptions regarding future events and business performance as of the time the statements are made. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to changes in global economic, business, competitive market and regulatory factors. More detailed information about these and other factors that could affect future results is contained in our filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Any "forward-looking statements" included in this document are made only as of the date of this document and we do not have any obligation, nor do we undertake, to publicly update any "forward-looking statements" to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by law.

          Oversi Media Contact          Natalie Chouraqui     Director, Communications     T: +972-54-4750-889     F: +972-3-542-3165     E: nataliec@oversi.com           NDS Media Contact          Cynthia Ritchie     Director, Corporate Communications     T: +44-20-8476-8378     M: +44-7799-768464     E: critchie@nds.com  

Source: Oversi

Oversi Media Contact: Natalie Chouraqui, Director, Communications, T: +972-54-4750-889, F: +972-3-542-3165, E: nataliec@oversi.com; NDS Media Contact: Cynthia Ritchie, Director, Corporate Communications, T: +44-20-8476-8378, M: +44-7799-768464, E: critchie@nds.com

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