<s>
Cisco	B-Device
Videoscape	I-Device
(	O
formerly	O
NDS	B-Device
Group	I-Device
and	O
currently	O
known	O
as	O
Synamedia	B-Device
)	O
was	O
a	O
majority	O
owned	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
News	O
Corp	O
,	O
which	O
develops	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
pay	O
TV	O
industry	O
(	O
including	O
cable	O
,	O
satellite	O
and	O
others	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NDS	B-Device
Group	I-Device
was	O
established	O
in	O
1988	O
as	O
an	O
Israeli	O
start	O
up	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
major	O
product	O
is	O
the	O
VideoGuard	B-Device
conditional	I-Device
access	I-Device
system	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
more	O
than	O
85	O
leading	O
pay	O
TV	O
operators	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NDS	O
technology	O
includes	O
end	O
to	O
end	O
connections	O
for	O
satellite	O
,	O
broadband	B-General_Concept
IPTV	O
,	O
Hybrid	O
,	O
OTT	O
,	O
and	O
EPGs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
launched	O
VideoGuard	B-Device
Connect	O
,	O
the	O
DRM	O
for	O
Pay-TV	O
,	O
designed	O
to	O
help	O
TV	O
operators	O
to	O
seamlessly	O
extend	O
their	O
pay-TV	O
services	O
to	O
connected	O
media	O
devices	O
,	O
enabling	O
secure	O
ingestion	O
,	O
delivery	O
and	O
consumption	O
of	O
premium	O
content	O
over	O
both	O
managed	O
and	O
OTT	O
networks	O
while	O
maintaining	O
subscription	O
privileges	O
across	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
acquired	O
successfully	O
and	O
in	O
2014	O
its	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
into	O
Videoscape	B-Device
,	O
becoming	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Cisco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Cisco	O
would	O
sell	O
this	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
business	O
,	O
with	O
Permira	O
successfully	O
acquiring	O
it	O
and	O
it	O
being	O
branded	O
as	O
Synamedia	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
technology	O
on	O
the	O
basis	O
which	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
founded	O
on	O
,	O
began	O
in	O
1983	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
Weizmann	O
Institute	O
by	O
Professor	O
Adi	O
Shamir	O
(	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
developed	O
the	O
RSA	B-Architecture
encryption	I-Architecture
algorithm	I-Architecture
)	O
,	O
together	O
with	O
his	O
research	O
students	O
Amos	O
Fiat	O
and	O
Yossi	O
Tulpen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
established	O
in	O
1988	O
as	O
News	B-Device
Datacom	I-Device
(	O
NDC	O
)	O
by	O
Dr.	O
Dov	O
Rubin	O
,	O
Jonathan	O
(	O
Yoni	O
)	O
Hashkes	O
,	O
Michael	O
Dick	O
,	O
and	O
Yishai	O
Sered	O
-	O
and	O
soon	O
joined	O
by	O
Mickey	O
Cohen	O
and	O
Gershon	O
Baron	O
-	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
News	O
Corporation	O
and	O
the	O
Weizmann	O
Institute	O
,	O
a	O
university	O
and	O
research	O
institute	O
in	O
Rehovot	O
,	O
Israel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
renamed	O
News	B-Device
Datacom	I-Device
Research	O
,	O
and	O
additional	O
investors	O
joined	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
,	O
one	O
year	O
after	O
finalizing	O
its	O
product	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
its	O
primary	O
customer	O
,	O
News	O
Corp	O
,	O
for	O
$15	O
million	O
,	O
and	O
renamed	O
News	B-Device
Digital	I-Device
Systems	I-Device
(	O
NDS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
15	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Cisco	O
Systems	O
announced	O
its	O
intent	O
to	O
acquire	O
NDS	B-Device
Group	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
acquired	O
successfully	O
and	O
in	O
2014	O
its	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
into	O
Videoscape	B-Device
,	O
becoming	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Cisco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Canal	O
Plus	O
accused	O
NDS	O
of	O
extracting	O
the	O
UserROM	O
code	O
from	O
the	O
MediaGuard	B-Device
cards	O
and	O
leaking	O
it	O
onto	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
The	O
Guardian	O
,	O
the	O
NDS	O
laboratory	O
in	O
Haifa	B-Algorithm
,	O
Israel	O
had	O
been	O
working	O
on	O
breaking	O
the	O
SECA-produced	O
MediaGuard	B-Device
smartcards	O
used	O
by	O
Canal+	O
,	O
ITV	O
Digital	O
and	O
other	O
non-Murdoch-owned	O
TV	O
companies	O
throughout	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
NDS	O
VideoGuard	B-Device
CA	O
and	O
DRM	O
were	O
deployed	O
in	O
more	O
than	O
125	O
million	O
digital	O
pay-TV	O
households	O
.	O
</s>
