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DirecTV
has notified NDS that they will transition towards the 'in
house' provision of conditional access services for its
US satellite platform. DirecTV has started working towards
this transition beginning 1 April.
NDS
Group plc, a News Corporation company, and the leading provider
of conditional access systems and interactive applications
for digital pay TV, announced that the transition is being
undertaken under the terms of the existing agreement between
the two.
The
existing conditional access supply agreement between NDS
and DirecTV remains in force until August 2003 and this
contract and the underlying supply of products and services
under that agreement is unaffected. NDS has received orders
from DirecTV for a large number of its fourth generation
smart cards and NDS will continue to receive significant
revenues and supply significant volumes of smart cards between
now and August 2003. Thereafter NDS will continue to receive
ongoing revenues.
This
announcement does not affect NDS's relationship with DirecTV
Latin America that is governed by a separate agreement,
according to an official release.
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