NDS rides MediaHighway.(Cutting Edge)(NDS completes the acquisition of Thomson's MediaHighway business)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, December, 2003

NDS has completed acquisition of Thomson's MediaHighway business for 60 million euros. It's expected that the MediaHighway technology will play a role in getting NDS interactive services onto the DirecTV platform sometime in 2004. NDS also appointed Caroline Le Bigot VP of the company and general manager of NDS Technologies France and its more than 300 employees.

Le Bigot previously was with Thomson, where she was VP of broadband access products for Europe and Asia and also VP of cable business and retail digital decoders worldwide. She also spent three years with Gemplus and 11 years at Apple Computer.