NDS reported revenues of $178 million in the quarter ending March 31, up 20 percent compared to the same quarter of 2006, the company announced May 1. Operating profits for the quarter were up 1 percent, to $36 million.

NDS, which is majority owned by News Corp., supplies conditional access and middleware solutions to satellite pay-TV operators. In its core business, NDS posted a revenue increase of nearly 15 percent, which the company attributed to new customers in Europe, China and India.