AMO.L Regulatory News (AMO)

26 Mar 2007 10:00

ABI Research has declared Amino the global leading vendor of IPTVset-top boxes for the second consecutive year. £ The accolade recognises the world leading IPTV platform supplier'ssignificant growth in emerging markets, as well as the growing USmarket. Amino's customer base increased to over 1,500 organisationsand its set-top boxes have been deployed and trialled in over 50countries worldwide. £ In its journey to becoming the world's principal vendor, Aminoreceived the 2006 NAB award for Innovation in Media. The NAB springconvention is the world's largest electronic media show covering thedevelopment, delivery and management of professional video and audiocontent across all media. Amino was the only set-top box vendorobtaining this award in the Content Delivery category. £ Other key milestones for Amino in 2006 included the introductionof four next generation set-top box products supporting advanced videocodecs, enabling the first wireless IPTV connected home deployments inAmerica and Europe, along with the first IPTV HD service and the firstIPTV MPEG-4 service in the US. £ Michael Arden, Principal Analyst, Broadband and MultimediaResearch at ABI Research commented: "The IPTV STB market has begun anaggressive growth period, and the ability to provide cost-effective,feature-rich solutions will be key to maintaining market share. Toremain competitive in the market, companies must shape their STBproduct lines to meet the growing demands of operators for multiplefeatures supported on a variety of compression standards." £ "We've been able to maintain such a strong position in the IPTVindustry by taking advantage of the opportunities presented byemerging markets," said Bob Giddy, CEO at Amino. "These markets areimportant and will grow alongside our established US and Europeanbusiness." £ About Amino Communications £ 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' capitalexpenditure, 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 performancecoupled with the innovative design of Amino's set-top boxes, hasbrought the series industry accolades and the company a leadingposition within the IPTV market. £ The AmiNET series of IPTV set-top boxes has been used by more than600 customers in commercial deployments and trials in over 50countries worldwide. The set-top boxes have also been sampled by anadditional 900 customers. Amino Communications' principal customersare telecommunications, broadcast and hospitality service operators.Generally, AmiNET products are supplied with the IntAct(TM) IPTVsoftware stack pre-loaded. £ Amino Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of AminoTechnologies plc. listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM, symbol AMO.Amino's HQ is based near Cambridge, UK, with offices worldwide. Copyright Business Wire 2007