ADB'S HOME NETWORKING SOLUTION SUPPORTS TELEKOM AUSTRIA FOR EUROPE'S FIRST DIVX®-ENABLED DIGITAL TV SERVICE
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - ADB Holdings S.A. / ADB'S HOME NETWORKING SOLUTION SUPPORTS TELEKOM AUSTRIA FOR EUROPE'S FIRST DIVX®-ENABLED DIGITAL TV SERVICE processed and transmitted by Hugin AS. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. February 11, 2010 - Geneva, Switzerland: Advanced Digital Broadcast(www.adbglobal.com ), a leading supplier oftechnology to the global digital television industry, announced today thatTelekom Austria has introduced advanced 'connected home' capabilities on itsaonTV IPTV service using ADB set-top devices and software technology. Among manyinnovations, the new aonTV MediaBox service enables Telekom Austria'ssubscribers to view DivX® content on their TV. Telekom Austria is the firstoperator in Europe to provide DivX Certified® set-top boxes to its subscribers.ADB's standard-based Connected Home solution allows consumers to access contentavailable from any DLNA, UPnP or Windows Media Connect device within the homenetwork. Consequently Telekom Austria subscribers can easily retrieve customslide shows, video and music files from their PC or other connected devices, andplay them onto their television. Existing subscribers are able to benefit fromthis new service, via an automatic software update."With our aonTV MediaBox we are turning multimedia technology into a personaland individual experience for our customers - an objective which is in line withour innovation strategy," commentsHannes Ametsreiter, CEO Telekom Austria Group."Moreover, the interconnection of the TV set, the PC and the mobile phone isdemonstrating the full potential of the networked home. Therefore, we are notonly setting the course in digital entertainment, but we are also anticipatingthe future needs of our customers."Wojciech Doganowski, VP and General Manager of ADB's IPTV Business Unit,comments: "Telekom Austria is continually striving to improve its customerexperience through innovation, and the aonTV MediaBox sets a new benchmark forconverged IPTV service offerings. We are very proud of our role in providingboth the software and set-top box hardware for this service. Telekom Austria isgiving its customers a completelynew consumer TV experience - allowing them to bring together more content frommore places and presenting it in exciting ways, whilst hiding any complexityfrom its customers."Matt Milne, Senior Vice President and GM, Licensing at DivX, adds: "The ADBset-top boxes used by Telekom Austria facilitates the seamless transfer of videocontent, enabling consumers to enjoy their DivX video collections, on thetelevision. We're pleased to work with ADB in satisfying the demand for DivXCertified set-top boxes in Europe."ADB's 3800W IPTV set-top boxes were selected by TelekomAustria back in 2007 for its aonTV service. The enhanced aonTV MediaBox servicecommenced its roll-out to Telekom Austria's existing IPTV customers in September2009 and will be offered to all new subscribers. -ends-About Telekom Austria Group:Telekom Austria Group is Austria's leading provider of telecommunicationsservices. It was listed on the Vienna stock exchange in November 2000. The Grouphas two main business areas: the fixed net segment encompasses fixed linetelephony, data, Internet, security and multimedia services and the mobilecommunications segment covers mobile communications. The Telekom Austria Grouphas international operations in Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Liechtenstein, theRepublic of Macedonia, the Republic of Serbia and Slovenia.http://www.telekomaustria.com About DivXDivX, Inc. is a leading digital media company that enables consumers to enjoy ahigh-quality video experience across any kind of device. DivX creates,distributes and licenses digital video technologies that span the "threescreens" comprising today's consumer media environment-the PC, the televisionand mobile devices. Over 200 million DivX devices have shipped into the marketfrom leading consumer electronics manufacturers. DivX also offers contentproviders and publishers a complete solution for the distribution of secure,high-quality digital video content. Driven by a globally recognized brand and apassionate community of hundreds of millions of consumers, DivX is simplifyingthe video experience to enable the digital home.http://www.divx.comAbout ADBAdvanced Digital Broadcast is a leader in thedesign, development and supply of high-quality products to the world-widedigital television market. The Company has deployed over 14 million set-topboxes, across high-volume markets, incorporating the industry's pioneeringmiddleware, conditional access and hardware technologies.ADB has established itself as a trusted partner to television operatorssupporting them to launch new services using state-of-the-art technology.Through its unique end-to-end understanding of set-top box software, ADB is ableto design and supply highly efficient and optimized hardware platforms ahead ofthe competition.Approximately 70% of ADB's workforce is dedicated to engineering; developingproducts across all the digital television technology platforms including cable,Internet Protocol (IP), satellite and terrestrial. The company is headquarteredin Geneva, Switzerland with its main Research and Development facility inZielona Gora, Poland and Operations division in Taipei, Taiwan. ADB has localrepresentation in Australia, Italy, Singapore, Spain, the Ukraine, the UnitedStates and the United Kingdom.ADB is a member of ADB Group; ADB Group (www.adbholdings.com) is publicly listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange(SIX:ADBN).ADB. Defining Digital.For further media information please contact:Gay Bell/Lyndon JohnsonPlatform PR for ADBTel: +44 (0)20 7486 4900gay(at)platformpr.com /lyndon(at)platformpr.comADB-powered aonTV MediaBox enables Telekom Austria subscribers to watch DivX(®)movies on their TVs[HUG#1383070] --- End of Message --- ADB Holdings S.A.Avenue de Tournay 7 Chambesy SwitzerlandISIN: CH0021194664; Media release (PDF): http://hugin.info/136393/R/1383070/341890.pdf
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