NDS On Guard Duty For Premiere

NDS, a provider of digital payTV solutions, has announced that Premiere, the largest pay-TV operator in Germany and Austria, will deploy the company’s VideoGuard to secure its pay-TV satellite platforms in those countries. Premiere and NDS will be working closely to smoothly migrate the operator’s satellite platforms and set-top box (STB) population to VideoGuard, which now protects more than 82.7 million active devices worldwide. As part of this process, smart cards currently deployed will be replaced and VideoGuard software will be downloaded to existing STBs (set-top boxes). New STBs will be equipped with VideoGuard. Premiere will deploy NDS’ leading edge security technology to its subscribers seamlessly, with no interruption to reception of programming. In order to facilitate this migration process, Premiere plans to use Simulcrypt technology in collaboration with its incumbent CA provider —London, United Kingdom + Munich, Germany