Kudelski Group

Infobox_Company
company_name = Kudelski Group
company_
company_type = Stock Corporation / SWX|CH0012268360CHF1|KUD
foundation = 1991
industry = Digital TV / Public Access
num_employees = 2500
revenue =
operating_income =
key_people = André Kudelski: CEO
location = flagicon|CH Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland
homepage = [http://www.nagra.com Kudelski Group] |

The Kudelski Group (also Kudelski SA, Nagra Kudelski Group, SWX|CH0012268360CHF1|KUD) is a swiss corporation that operates in the business areas of Digital TV, Mobile TV, public access and audio products. The Kudelski Group operates from its headquarters in Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland in five continent and employs 2,500 people.

The origin of this corporation lays in the success of the Nagra tape recorders, developed by Stefan Kudelski. In 1991, his son André Kudelski succeeded him as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Companies belonging to the Kudelski Group

Audio

* Nagra Audio: Portable digital recorders for professionals; products in the high-end Hi-Fi sector.

Digital TV

* Abilis: Multimode semiconductors for mobile digital television and wireless data communication.
* Leman Consulting: Intellectual Property Rights
* Nagra France: Develops and markets the MediaGuard integrated conditional access solution for digital television; Digital TV development center.
* Nagra Plus: Security systems for analog pay television. Equally owned with Canal+ (F).
* Nagra Trading: Management of the Kudelski Group's set-top box activity.
* NagraCard: Security technology using smart cards for digital television and other applications such as physical access.
* NagraID: Development and production of modules and smart cards for contact and contactless identification systems.
* NagraStar: Conditional access and smart cards used by EchoStar's DISH Network American satellite television system and its affiliated companies. Equally owned with EchoStar (USA).
* Nagravision: One of the world's leading suppliers of integrated security software solutions for digital television operators and content providers.
* OpenTV: Middleware solutions enabling advanced digital television services including interactive television and interactive and addressable advertising. In the Kudelski Group since January 2007.
* Quative: develops and markets a next generation IPTV service delivery platform called Quative IPTV Service Platform (QSP) and provides system integration services enabling end-to-end IPTV service provider solutions.
* SmarDTV: Removable security solutions for digital media devices allowing consumer access to authorized PayTV content, in the home and on the go

Public Access

* polyright: Open-ended rights and services management solutions for communities, hospitals and corporations. Management and development of the Group's convergence projects.
* SkiData: International market leader in person and [vehicle access solutions.]

External links

* [http://www.nagra.com/ Kudelski Group Company Website]