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ADB Delivers High Definition
IPTV DVR Products to Altibox AS
Other Topics: IPTV
Monitoring
Advanced Digital Broadcast
September 13, 2009
Geneva, Switzerland -- Advanced Digital Broadcast, a leading
supplier of technology to the global digital television industry,
announced today that it signed an agreement to supply two advanced
IPTV devices, which will enable Altibox (www.altibox.no) to offer
its customers an HD IPTV service with PVR functionality. The
ADB-2810W set-top box and the ADB-5812WX digital video recorder also
offer new levels of content security and memory. |
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“We chose ADB to supply our new
IPTV consumer premise equipment for a number of reasons: the company
is a leader in the IPTV space across Europe, and has a good track
record in the Nordic region.” says Jarle Johnsen Head of Engineering
TV/Media at Altibox. “It also has an innovative approach to
delivering new and compelling functionalities such as the ability to
view DivX content, multi-room content convergence, and enhanced 3D
graphical user interfaces.
“Our customers will benefit from improved functionality, an enhanced
TV experience, and interactive services that run faster than they do
on some conventional internet browsers. The new devices will also
give us a platform for launching future interactive services to meet
consumers’ changing tastes.”
François Pogodalla, CEO of ADB commented “We are delighted to
partner with Altibox and are convinced that its customers will
benefit from our many years of experience in developing new and
exciting technology that enhances consumers’ TV viewing experience.
This supply agreement reinforces our presence in the Northern
European IPTV market, and is yet another illustration of our
commitment to the IPTV industry”.
ADB has led the hybrid set-top box market in Europe since the
company was founded in 1995. It has established itself as a trusted
partner for operators looking to launch new and advanced
revenue-generating IPTV services to consumers. ADB will deliver the
following products to Lyse:
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The ADB-5812WX:
an advanced HD IPTV digital video recorder (DVR)
with home networking functionalities. The unit
supports most deployed video standards, including
MPEG-4 HD/SD, WMV9 and XviD. It offers a 3D user
interface, UPnP/DLNA-based home networking, and
supports Windows Media Connect.
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The ADB-2810W: an
entry-level HD IPTV set-top specially designed for
operators looking for cost efficiency without
compromising on the features. The product is also
enabled for a home networked environment.
About Altibox AS
Since 2002 the energy provider Lyse has together with local partners
in Norway and Denmark been delivering communications services using
fibre-optic technology under the brand name Altibox. Altibox-services
include interactive TV, internet access, video-on-demand and
telephony, all delivered over one fibre cable. In the course of the
next year alarm and mobile phone services will be included in the
same infrastructure.
Altibox
products and services are offered by 35 partners all over Norway
from
Harstad in the north to
Mandal in
the South, and also from
Altibox in
Denmark. So far are 145 000 customers connected to
Altibox. The
partners are mainly energy providers of different sizes and are to
be found in a large number of Norwegian cites and communities.
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