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NDS (NNDS), which provides software for set-top boxes for News Corp.'s far-flung satellite TV empire, will provide software for Voom's digital video recorders. It will also provide a program guide and technology to protect Voom's signal from piracy, the companies said.

The Voom set-top box will be manufactured by Motorola Inc. (MOT), marking the first collaboration between the hardware maker and NDS on a product for high-definition TV.

Cablevision has released no subscriber figures for Voom, which requires consumers to purchase a $749.99 receiver, which is sold online and through Sears retailers.

Rainbow DBS, through a 49 percent investment in Norwich DTV, spent $84.6 million to obtain licenses to broadcast a digital TV signal from microwave towers in key markets like New York, Miami, Los Angeles and Cleveland.