NDS Group, a supplier of Conditional Access (CA) and interactive technologies to direct-to-home platforms, has seen a significant increase in revenues in the second quarter ended Dec. 31, almost doubling them compared to the previous year. During the just completed quarter, NDS reported revenues of $141.6 million compared to just about $77 million during the same period one year ago. The revenue increase year-on-year is 85 percent.

NDS also has more than 51 million smart cards in use by customers, having broken through the 50 million barriers in the last quarter. The company has also been boosted by a number of key contract awards in recent times. One of its more significant deals saw DirecTV announce that it will be using NDS’s MediaHighway middleware to create a wide range of TV applications.