MUMBAI: NAGRA, the Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.S) digital TV business and the world's leading independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, announced today that DEN Networks, India's largest cable provider, has selected NAGRA any CAST content protection and OpenTV middleware to support the growing demand for digital TV services in the region and enable their next generation pay-TV offering. This selection marks a significant milestone in NAGRA's expansion in India.

"DEN Networks is paving the way for a new generation of digital TV services in a region where consumers are hungry for new services and premium entertainment," said Jean-Luc Jezouin, Senior Vice President, Asia. "Our solutions will help DEN Networks bring a new generation of services to market quickly and efficiently, while ensuring the security of their content and providing a fresh and exciting viewing experience to subscribers. We look forward to supporting DEN Networks as they pursue their digitization efforts."

NAGRA provides DEN Networks with a fast-time to market solution based on NAGRA's best-of-breed technologies. It boasts built-in features powered by OpenTV middleware to enable entry-level DTV services while allowing the operator to increase revenue through advanced advertising and PVR. It also includes an intuitive user interface that addresses India's multi-lingual landscape and is ready-to-deploy on multiple chipsets. Content security is maintained through NAGRA anyCAST, the company's latest unified security services platform, supporting everything from basic Free-To-View to next-generation 4K services using the industry's most advanced CAS and DRM technologies.