Entry Level Conditional
Access for Pay-TV
VideoGuard® Express is an entry level conditional access solution
designed for smaller operators who want to introduce digital
pay-TV services quickly and cost-effectively. It offers the
same high level security that established pay-TV operators
require—as well as NDS MediaHighway™ middleware;
NDS Guide, a full seven-day EPG; and pre-integration with
selected STB models.
VideoGuard Express is unique because it provides small
operators with a pay-TV solution that meets their current
needs as well as the scalability to support a wide
range of future services including pay-per-view, interactivity,
audience measurement, and DVR.
Focus on your business
VideoGuard Express was conceived as a cost-effective
CA solution for smaller operators migrating from analog
to digital broadcasting. By offering a standard configuration
on a select number of STB models, NDS is able to reduce
both the cost and time required to deploy a digital
pay-TV system. This helps operators achieve fast time-to-market
with a reasonable cost structure that enables them
to earn revenues sooner. They also benefit from content
and service protection to ensure steady cash flow without
the threat of piracy.
Small system, large feature set
The VideoGuard Express solution is not only a conditional
access system. It also includes many of NDS best of
breed solutions featured in our largest systems:
- StreamServer™ broadcast management system
- Standard interface with any DVB Simulcrypt compliant
compression vendor
- NDS Scheduler for scheduling
events
- Interface to subscriber billing systems
- MediaHighway™ middleware
(selected markets)
- NDS Guide EPG (selected markets)
- Pre-integration with NDS approved STBs
What makes VideoGuard Express the best
solution for small operators?
- Security and benefits. VideoGuard
Express features the same security and benefits offered
by the VideoGuard® STB solution that is in use
by most of the world’s largest pay-TV operators.
- Scalability. Smaller operators
can start with essential services and add services
such as PPV, DVR, AMS and interactive applications
as their business grows.
A word about the VideoGuard Suite
NDS VideoGuard® is the pay-TV industry’s
most advanced suite of Conditional Access (CA) and
Digital Rights Management (DRM) solutions. It protects
your branded service and content over any platform
to any device. In addition to SD and HD STBs, this
also includes PCs, DVRs, mobile phones, portable media
players (PMPs) and removable media.