NDS Group plc Reports Full Year Revenues Up 35% and Operating Income Growth of 69% Plus Major Contract Wins in Fourth Quarter (with link)


LONDON, August 6, 2001 (PRIMEZONE) -- NDS Group plc (Nasdaq:NNDS) (Nasdaq Europe:NNDS), a News Corporation (NYSE:NWS) (NWS.A) company and the leading provider of conditional access systems and interactive applications for digital pay TV, today announced its unaudited results for the final quarter and full year ended 30 June 2001 (Q4 FY01).


 Highlights:
 
 -- Full year revenue up 35% to 215.6 million pounds ($304 million)
 
 -- Operating income up 69% for full year to 43.8 million pounds
    ($61.7 million); Q4 operating profits up 28% to 11.9 million
    pounds ($16.8 million)
 
 -- Cash earnings per share up 92% to 61.1p (86.2¢)
 
 -- Won Conditional Access contract for Korea Digital Satellite
    Broadcasting
 
 -- New interactive application development agreement with DIRECTV
    Latin America
 
 -- Won Conditional Access contract for Sichuan Provincial Network Co.
    Ltd. in China
 
 -- XTV(TM) launched by BSkyB as Sky+ in July
 
 -- Teletext chooses NDS for interactive TV holiday service

To view the full press release, please click on the link below: http://reports.huginonline.com/829554/92392.pdf



            

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