NDS, originally known as News Datacom is a DRM and conditional access firm. They are listed on the NASDAQ (symbol NNDS), but their major shareholder is News Corporation. The acronym DRM can stand for: Digital rights management, also called Digital Restrictions Management Digital Radio Mondiale Direct Rendering Manager is a Linux kernel module that gives direct hardware access to DRI clients. ... Conditional Access is the availability of content based on certain criteria that must be met prior to the reception of such access. ... NASDAQ MarketSite (Times Square, New York City) at night NASDAQ (originally an acronym for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is a U.S. electronic stock exchange. ... News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) NYSE: NWS is one of the worlds largest media conglomerates. ...
Their major product is the VideoGuard satelite encryption system, which is used on most of News Corporation's satellite TV systems. It is also used on some non-News Corp systems, including Canal Plus. VideoGuard is a conditional access television system produced by NDS. It is used almost exclusively on digital satellite television systems operated by News Corporation, who own a majority of NDS. It is also used on Viasat. ... The title of this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ...
They also make the XTV PVR, more commonly identifiable as the Sky+ system. This system is most commonly implemented on top of OpenTV. The personal video recorder (PVR), also called digital video recorder (DVR), is a consumer electronics device that records television shows to a hard disk in digital format. ... Sky Plus, or Sky+ is a subscription service which offers a personal video recorder fully integrated with a Sky Digital decoder. ... OpenTV (NASDAQ: OPTV) is an interactive television company founded in 1996. ...
Datacom, New Zealand's biggest Kiwi-owned IT services firm, has posted another year of record profits and revenues with sales topping $300 million for the first time.
Datacom doesn't appear to have missed a beat during the past 10 years, having increased its revenues at an annual compound growth rate of 12 per cent.
Datacom NZ chairman Frank Stephenson says demand is "strong across the board" for Datacom's software development, systems integration, outsourcing and technical support services.