AMO.L Regulatory News (AMO)

12 Sep 2007 14:06

Amino, the world leading IPTV platform supplier, has won the CSIProduct of the Year Award in the category "Best IPTV technology",ahead of the Microsoft(R) Xbox360(R) solution for IPTV, andPacketvision(R)'s IPYV Addressable Advertising Service. This is thethird international accolade given to Amino's multi-codec range ofSTBs in the last 2 years. £ Based on the popular award-winning design of the AmiNET series ofSTBs, the AmiNET125 is a stylish multi-codec STB for IPTV, Video OnDemand (VOD) and Internet TV applications. The AmiNET125 enables twodifferent TV delivery methods: £ Internet TV - The AmiNET125 brings Internet TV from the PC to TVusing Windows Media 9 and the Opera internet browser. This opens up aworld of niche or 'long tail' content. The STB plays streams directlyfrom standard Window Media servers and supports an expanding range offeatures including WMDRM 10 and Orb networks' MyCast software (theworld's first integration of the Orb technology in an IP STB). £ Telco TV - IPTV and Video on Demand (VoD) applications are hostedon a flexible, reliable platform, allowing for the development of newservices with the potential to increase subscriber revenue. TheAmiNET125 enables additional services such as video conferencing,gaming and VoIP, and its adaptive DSP-based codec allows for theaddition of future streaming formats. The AmiNET125 was the first STBto integrate the AVS codec for the Chinese IPTV market. £ Bob Giddy, Amino CEO, said "This award recognises the innovativeand enabling technology of the AmiNET125 and reinforces Amino's rolein shaping the IPTV and Internet TV markets. This is the perfect wayto end an already very successful IBC event for Amino." £ About the CSI (Cable & Satellite International) Product of theYear Awards 2007 £ The CSI Product of the Year Awards 2007, held at IBC, are one ofthe most comprehensive and competitive technology awards anywhere inthe world, designed to reward technical and product marketingexcellence in the cable, satellite, terrestrial broadcasting and IPTVsectors. They are organised by Cable & Satellite Internationalmagazine and will be hosted at IBC, arguably the world's mostimportant exhibition for the combined cable, satellite, terrestrialbroadcast and IPTV communities. They are open to any company supplyingrelevant products, software or services etc, providing the technologyin question was announced, launched or deployed for the first timeduring calendar years 2006 and 2007 (up to and including April 30th,2007). £ About Amino Communications £ Amino Communications (www.aminocom.com) supplies the AmiNET(TM)series of set-top boxes (STBs), renowned for their low-cost andreliability. The AmiNET range materially reduces service operators'capital expenditure, whilst offering the full range of specificationrequired; MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 encoding standards, standard and highdefinition TV, personal video recording and home networking. The highperformance coupled with the innovative design of Amino's set-topboxes, has brought the series industry accolades and the company aleading position within the IPTV market. £ The AmiNET series of IPTV STBs has been used in commercialdeployments and trials in over 80 countries worldwide. Amino'sprincipal customers are telecommunications, broadcast and hospitalityservice operators. Generally, AmiNET products are supplied with theIntAct(TM) IPTV software 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