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Amino announces Internet-TV
platform
Other Topics: Video Encoding
Solution, VOD IPTV Security
Conditional Access, Hi Density IP
Streaming
Amino
September 4, 2006
AmiNET125i will bring Internet TV from the PC to the living room
Cambridge, UK -- Amino, leading IPTV platform supplier, has
announced the AmiNET125i to enter the blossoming Internet TV market.
Details of this device, which promises to set a new benchmark for
flexibility when viewing digital content at home, will be presented
at a product launch event during IBC at 3:30pm on the 8th of
September, at the Amino stand.
Based on the AmiNET125 series, the AmiNET125i is a flexible device
which allows consumers to browse and access video content from the
Internet on their television, hence making Internet TV more
attractive to a wider consumer audience. |
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"Internet TV is being
heralded by many analysts as the next potentially 'disruptive
technology' that, in time, will overshadow conventional telco, cable
or satellite TV. Fuelled by the rise of both premium content and
user-generated video sites such as iTunes(tm), Google(tm) Video and
YouTube(tm), the ad-supported and pay market for Internet TV is
expected to reach a combined $16.2 billion by 2010," said Michael
Wolf, Principal Analyst for Digital Media at ABI Research. "As
interest from consumers to watch Internet TV grows, they will
increasingly look to view this content where they're most
comfortable, the living room. Devices such as the AmiNET125i will
help consumers to bridge the chasm between the PC and the TV."
This opinion is also supported by the unparalleled success of
websites such as MySpace(tm) and the role they are beginning to play
in the careers of mainstream artists both in the music and film
industries. Content ranges from the very niche, such as extreme
sports programming, to the mainstream, such as past editions of the
BBC's Panorama programme, which can be streamed from the BBC website
to a PC using Windows Media (r) Player or Real Player(tm) multimedia
software.
"Internet TV is an exciting new market offering many niche
programmers an opportunity to make it into the living room,"
explained Bob Giddy, CEO of Amino Technologies. "We see great
potential in this technology, which has already captured the
imagination of millions of consumers worldwide who will now be able
to comfortably watch video content on their TV in their living rooms
and elsewhere."
The AmiNET125i is a multi-codec unit, designed to deliver Windows
Media 9 and MPEG-4 video streams to a TV. The product features a
low-cost digital signal processor (DSP) supporting a range of
decoders which are widespread in the world of Internet-based
content. There is also a powerful host processor to ensure the user
experience is on a par with that of a PC-based web portal. In
anticipation of DRM issues, the AmiNET125i supports Microsoft (r)
Windows Media Digital Rights Management 10 (WM DRM10), which
prevents the interception and piracy of digital content. The unit
will also integrate an embedded HTML 4 browser providing JavaScript.
This allows content to be resized to fit the larger TV screen,
regardless of its dimensions, ensuring the best possible user
experience.
Amino is partnering with Narrowstep, a provider of IP-delivered
video content, to bring true Internet TV to the living room. "The
combination of Narrowstep and Amino technologies provides a low cost
end-to-end solution that can be rapidly deployed," comments Iolo
Jones, founder and Chief Strategic Officer of Narrowstep. "As well
as appealing to ISPs and network providers, it will enable
broadcasters and content owners to launch their own services,
cutting out the need to work through traditional distributors. For
the first time individual channels will be able to launch a 'TV
station in a box' solution."
Giddy concluded, "Amino has been an active driver of the IPTV
industry and we expect to use this engineering expertise to
facilitate the rise of the Internet TV market. There is no doubt
that the concept of internet TV is attractive but as much of the
content is currently from smaller niche providers, they do not have
the hardware background to make the transition from PC-based
Internet to living room mainstream entertainment. Amino adds that
missing link and is positioned to shape this new industry alongside
the established IPTV services for which we have built a global
reputation."
Note to Editors
For more information about Amino's Internet TV solution, to confirm
your attendance at the IBC product launch event or to book a
demonstration at IBC, please contact amino@eml.com
About Amino
Amino Communications (www.aminocom.com) supplies the AmiNET(tm)
series of set-top boxes renowned 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 500 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(tm) 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:
Jenna Keighley, EML
+44 (0) 20 8408 8000
amino@eml.com
Joanne Martin-Loat, Amino Communications
+44 (0) 1954 234 100
http://www.aminocom.com |
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