| Description |
xxviii, 402 pages ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Part 1: The hunters -- Part 2: The hackers -- Part 3: Hunting parties -- Part 4: EchoStar wars -- Part 5: A death in Berlin -- Part 6: The long pursuit -- Part 7: End game |
| Summary |
This is the inside story of the skullduggery at the heart of one the Murdoch empire's subsidiaries, NDS. This book is about the dark deeds of a secret division of News Corp, based in Jerusalem, operating in a combustible world of ambitious ex-Scotland Yard men and former French and Israeli secret service agents, who have one thing in common -- they have all left their previous employment under controversial circumstances. NDS produces smart cards for use by pay TV operators; this is a fiercely competitive field and one of the ways you get business is to demonstrate that the smart cards produced by your rivals can be easily pirated. Unless you are very careful, sometimes those pirated versions make their way out into the real world, where they can really damage your competitors' businesses |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Murdoch, Rupert, 1931-
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News Corporation.
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Competition, Unfair.
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Corporations -- Corrupt practices.
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Mass media.
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Subscription television -- Corrupt practices.
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Subscription television.
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Trade secrets.
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| ISBN |
9781743311806 (hbk.) |
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