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Amino selected for Northern
Europe’s first HD IPTV service
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Amino
July 5, 2006
Lijbrandt Telecom opts for industry proven AmiNET range of STBs
Cambridge, UK -- Amino, leading IPTV set-top box (STB) manufacturer,
today announced that it has been selected by Lijbrandt Telecom BV to
supply its STBs for the first ever High Definition (HD) IPTV service
in Northern Europe. The service was rolled-out in time for World Cup
football matches offering viewers greater clarity and detail. By
selecting Amino for this deployment, Lijbrandt Telecom BV was able
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As well as HDTV, the
service will also offer triple-play functions; the grouping together
of Internet access, TV and telephone services into one subscription
via a broadband connection. Lijbrandt has created a new network for
this service with extensive non-government investment
(€150-200million), and expects to grow to 120,000 subscribers within
three years.
HD is the ‘next big thing’ in the television industry, and
Lijbrandt’s deployment comes at a time when the topic is bigger than
ever. “With World Cup matches attracting the interest they do, it
was a great time to be able to roll out our service”, said Niels
Jonkman for Lijbrandt Telecom “Amino’s STBs played an important part
in allowing us to do this in time, due to their pre-integration and
extensive pre-testing. The boxes’ reliability was also key – it’s
not good for anybody’s reputation if people have problems with their
set-top box during the big game!” Jonkman continued. All of Amino’s
STBs are extensively pre-tested with the main component providers,
including middleware, browser and conditional access systems to
ensure compatibility, thus reducing the research and development
costs as well as time to market for the service provider.
Lijbrandt’s service shows more than fifty channels, three of which
are currently in HD (including World Cup coverage). However, this
autumn, the BBC will provide three more channels - The Discovery
Channel, Animal Planet and the National Geographic channels, all in
HD. The service offers a unique service called “Missed-a-program”
which allows what is essentially a video-on-demand service for all
non-commercial programs, for example, news.
The service is unique as all of Lijbrandt’s competitors use the
Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) standard, whereas Lijbrandt uses the
easy-to implement Digital Multimedia Broadcast (DMB) format. In
addition, good DMB reception can be achieved with existing DAB
transmitters that only use low amounts of power to cover a large
catchment area. The exclusively small form factor of the STB was a
key reason that the AmiNET series was selected – because other
providers broadcast via DVB, their STBs can be as large as a
traditional VCR. When the service was initially trialled, 82% of
those surveyed at the end of the assessment said they preferred the
Lijbrandt service to their current service, and many specifically
mentioned the small size of the box as a highlight.
About Amino
Amino Communications (www.aminocom.com) supplies the AmiNET™ series
of set-top boxes renown for their low-cost and reliability. The
AmiNET range materially reduces service operators’ capital
expenditure, whilst offering the full range of specification
required; MPEG2 and MPEG4 encoding standards, standard and high
definition TV, personal video recording and home networking. The
high performance coupled with the innovative design of Amino’s
set-top boxes, have brought the series industry accolades and the
company a leading position within the IPTV market.
Approximately 700,000 AmiNET IPTV set-top boxes have been used in
over 50 countries worldwide by more than 400 customers in commercial
deployments and trials. The set-top boxes have also been sampled by
another additional 700 customers. Amino Communications’ principal
customers are telecommunications, broadcast and hospitality service
operators. Generally, AmiNET products are supplied with the IntAct™
IPTV software stack pre-loaded.
Amino Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amino
Technologies plc. listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM, symbol
AMO. Amino is based near Cambridge, UK, and has offices in Atlanta
Georgia and Hong Kong.
PR contacts for Amino:
Joanne Martin-Loat, Amino Communications
+44 (0) 1954 234 100
http://www.aminocom.com
Leslie Logan, Precision Communications
508-876-9400 |
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