SEPTEMBER 8, 2006 – NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that Astro, one of the largest pay-TV operators in Asia, has selected NDS’s MediaHighway DVR solution, for deployment in Malaysia. Astro began distributing its first generation of DVR set top boxes (STB) incorporating MediaHighway in June 2006, enabling their subscribers to benefit from a more powerful TV platform.

NDS’s DVR solution will allow Astro subscribers to benefit from new state of the art technology that offers navigation tools, giving them the ability to pause, fast-forward and rewind live programs, record one program while watching and time shifting another, manage the content that has been saved to their STB, and to easily find programs – live or stored – even if the programming schedule changes. Subscribers will be able to record over 60 hours of content directly on to their hard drive in the STB.

MediaHighway is a fully multi-tasking middleware that enables viewers to use multiple iTV applications at the same time without closing them. While viewing content, users can surf between various iTV applications such as electronic program guide (EPG), games, enhanced TV and weather, without interruption.

David Butorac, COO of Astro, commented: “Astro has selected NDS after a long benchmarking process in which we analyzed every feature of the short-listed companies' products, as well as vendors' capacity to deliver the right product on time. After an in-depth assessment of all the potential providers, Astro was pleased to renew the fruitful relationship it has developed with NDS’s MediaHighway team and officially select NDS MediaHighway Middleware and DVR technologies.”

Caroline Le Bigot, Vice President and General Manager, NDS France said: “We are delighted that Astro has chosen MediaHighway middleware for deployment to their subscribers in Malaysia. As one of the biggest pay-TV operators in Asia, we see this partnership as a further endorsement of NDS’s position as the leader in the field and a growing player in the Asia Pacific market.”

About NDS

NDS Group plc (NASDAQ / Euronext Brussels: NNDS), a News Corporation company, secures and enables content anytime, anywhere on any device. See www.nds.com for more information about NDS.

About ASTRO

ASTRO ALL ASIA NETWORKS plc (ASTRO) is the region’s leading cross-media operator with direct-to-home satellite television services in Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia. It is also the leading commercial radio broadcaster in Malaysia and a major publisher of TV guides and lifestyle magazines. ASTRO has formed joint ventures in other countries to launch new broadcasting, multimedia and Internet services. The Group has strategic alliances with leading software developers and content producers to jointly develop both technology and content to provide satellite-delivers, broadband, IP enhanced multimedia and interactive services over multiple platforms across the Asia Pacific region.

For further information:

NDS
Peter Ferrigno Vice President, Corporate Communications, NDS
D: +44(0)20 8476 8334
M: +44 (0)7881 918 334
Noah Schwartz Vice President, Shared Value
D: +44 (0)20 7321 5032
M: +44 (0)7713 642 717
Kelly Fitzgerald Managing Partner, Breakaway Communications
D: +1 212 616 6006
M: +1 917 731 5734

Astro
David Michael Yap General Manager, Corporate Communications & Community Affairs
D: +603 9543 9129
F: +603-9543 6868
E: [email protected]