Digital pay-TV technology provider NDS has snapped up some of the assets of the French interactive TV technology company Interactif Delta Production (IDP), which was recently put into administrative receivership by the Tribunal de Commerce de Paris. The News Corporation company acquired all of IDP's intellectual property assets, including the RegieLine interactive application authoring tool and the patents protecting the technology, plus certain tangible assets and customer contracts, for about£138,000 (£200,000). An R&D centre will be retained in Paris employing nine former IDP employees.

Digital pay-TV technology provider NDS has snapped up some of the assets of the French interactive TV technology company Interactif Delta Production (IDP), which was recently put into administrative receivership by the Tribunal de Commerce de Paris. The News Corporation company acquired all of IDP's intellectual property assets, including the RegieLine interactive application authoring tool and the patents protecting the technology, plus certain tangible assets and customer contracts, for about£138,000 (£200,000). An R&D centre will be retained in Paris employing nine former IDP employees.

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