NDS has announced that Sky Television New Zealand has selected NDS’s PVR technology to power its new MySky HDi HD quad tuner DVR. NDS has also provided an enhanced EPG and managed the systems integration for the launch of Sky’s HD services.
The new MySky HDi is HD and SD compatible and its multiple tuners allow viewers to record two shows simultaneously while watching a third one live, as well as to receive On Demand content. Launched commercially on July 29, the MySky HDi delivers five MPEG-4 HD television channels to subscribers. The PVR is based on the same NDS technology as the iQ2 DVR recently launched by Foxtel in Australia. The two pay-TV broadcasters collaborated on the design and deployment to accelerate time to market.
Sky New Zealand aims to deploy at least 80,000 MySky HDi PVRs in the next 12 months. The service uses a hybrid design (satellite and IP) which will allow Sky to offer subscribers access to additional content which can be downloaded to the set-top box via their broadband connection.
