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ANT's
Simon Woodward Presents Perspective Gained from Asia's Early IPTV
Deployments at IPTV World Forum Asia
Other Topics: IPTV Decoder,
IPTV Standard Definition DVR,
IPTV and Mobile Customer Care
Solutions, IPTV MPEG-4 AVC Video
Compression
ANT plc
September 26, 2006
Cambridge, England -- ANT plc (AIM: ANTP), the market leading
provider of software and solutions for the IPTV, hybrid TV and
consumer electronics industries, announced today that Simon
Woodward, chief executive officer, will be a featured speaker at the
IPTV World Forum Asia, September 27-29 at the International
Convention Center, Shanghai, China. |
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Mr. Woodward will
participate in a panel discussion entitled Lessons From Asia's Early
IPTV Deployments. The session, taking place Wednesday, September 27
at 12:30 p.m., will also feature speakers from Asia Pacific
Broadcasting, Shanghai Media Group, and one of Asia's leading
players in Information and Communications Technologies, PCCW
The high-tech market research firm, In-Stat, recently predicted that
Asia will account for half of all worldwide Telco TV subscribers by
the end of 2009 and also predicted that the Asia-Pacific market for
IP video services will grow nearly 80 per cent annually between now
and 2010, resulting in a US$4.2 billion market. This panel will
discuss the lessons learned and strategies for success in this
market that can be gained from studying early deployments in Asia.
Mr. Woodward has more than 25 years' experience in the IT industry
covering a range of disciplines, including accounting, engineering
and marketing. He trained as an accountant and in 1983 joined Acorn
Computer Group in the UK, where he held various senior managerial
positions in R&D, marketing and business development, In 2005 he led
ANT to a successful AIM float in the public market. Prior to joining
ANT, Mr. Woodward ran an information technology management
consulting company.
IPTV World Forum Asia is focused on discussing IPTV service
deployment issues facing Asia. The three day event will feature more
than 25 Asian and Worldwide Telcos as well as leading Asian content
players and broadcasters. IPTV World Forum Asia offers a look into
the Asian IPTV market with service demonstrations from Asian IPTV
deployments, including Chunghwa Telecom and SMG.
About ANT
ANT plc (www.antplc.com) is a leading provider of digital TV
solutions and services. ANT's unique client solutions allow robust
and consistent delivery of digital-media, user interfaces and
interactive services and applications to the TV. ANT enables service
providers to efficiently create and deploy successful solutions to
the market that deliver high value and clear differentiation.
ANT's products are pre-integrated with many industry-leading
solutions and standards, enabling low-risk, cost-effective and
efficient roll-out of services, while ensuring flexible client
hardware choice with efficient bill of materials. ANT software has
been extensively deployed by customers throughout the world
including Thomson, Pace, Philips, Amino, Samsung and Sagem.
ANT plc's shares are listed on AIM, a London Stock Exchange
regulated market, under the ticker ANTP (Reuters: ANTP.L, Bloomberg:
ANTP.LN).
CONTACT:
ink Communications for ANT
Alex Crabb
+1-617-488-0988 ext. 7
alex@theinkstudio.com |
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