AMO.L Regulatory News (AMO)

18 Jul 2006 07:01

Amino Technologies PLC18 July 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 18 July 2006 AMINO TECHNOLOGIES PLC COLLABORATION WITH TEXAS INSTRUMENTS ON IPTV REFERENCE DESIGN Industry leading TI Digital Media Processor to be incorporated into set-top box blueprint Amino Technologies plc ("Amino"; stock code : AMO), the Cambridge basedbroadband network software and systems company, announces that IntAct, Amino'ssoftware business unit, will collaborate with Texas Instruments Inc. ("TI") toproduce a full reference design based on the award-winning AmiNET124 IPTVset-top box ("STB"). The design will incorporate TI's TMS320DM642 720 MHz DSP (digital signalprocessor) based digital media processor - one of the fastest processorscurrently available - and will offer original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") areliable and proven technical blueprint. The move to create a reference designfrom this successful STB potentially opens the IPTV market to new OEM entrants,supporting the IPTV industry's growth and increasing the availability ofconsumer premises equipment from different vendors. The reference design, with TI's processor, represents the collaboration of twoof the primary experts in their industry sectors. IntAct has more than onehundred commercial deployments and is one of the most mature software solutionsavailable for IPTV. TI's leadership is long-standing and the company has anexemplary track record of developing the most advanced and reliablesemiconductor products for streaming media applications. "We believe that together, TI and IntAct have enabled a smart solution toaddress the needs of the emergent IPTV market." said Charlie Gonsalves, NewBusiness Development Manager, TI. "The OEMs ability to obtain a proven anddependable blueprint may boost this growing market by providing a product thatis cost effective and scalable." Amino's Chief Executive, Bob Giddy commented: "The collaboration agreement withTI adds a further world class business to our partnership programme andemphasises Amino's position at the heart of the IPTV industry. Although thisagreement will not produce immediate revenue, the availability of an 'Aminoready' TI digital media processor will strengthen our future position." IntAct facilitates outsourcing the costly software development function,bringing a reduction in complexity, management and hence operating expenditure;a reduction in time to market; and a reduction in risk through use of an alreadydeployed and scalable product. With IntAct, operators can deliver more videostreams to more homes and maximize the return on their IPTV investment. TI's digital media processor supports MPEG-4, MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 formats. Thedevice also processes standard definition (SD) video decoding for the emergingH.264 format. The STB on which the design is based has a similarly impressivestory. Amino Communication's AmiNET124 has been the recipient of a number ofindustry awards since its launch in June 2005. These include the BroadcastEngineering Pick Hit Award for the best IP set-top box at IBC'05 for itsinnovative design and advanced performance - features which have already led toboth customer interest and actual deployments, and the NAB 2006 Award forInnovation in Media. About the Texas Instruments DSP Third Party Network IntAct is a member of the TI DSP Third Party Network, a worldwide organizationof independent companies that offer products and services supporting TI DSPs. Assolution facilitators, TI third parties provide expertise across a variety ofapplications including audio, broadband, control, military, networking, opticalnetworking, security, telecom, video and imaging, voice processing and wirelesscommunications. Third party products and services include a broad range ofapplication software, development hardware and software, and consulting servicesthat help customers increase development efforts and accelerate time-to-market.For more information about the TI DSP Third Party Network, please visit http://www.ti.com/3p. About Amino Amino Technologies plc (www.aminocom.com) designs and supplies electronic systems, software and consultancy for IPTV (telco triple-play applications), on-demand video and in-home multimedia distribution delivered through three operating divisions. Amino Communications supplies the AmiNETTM series of high performance IPTVset-top boxes and gateways for deployment in the telecommunications, broadcastand hospitality markets. Generally, AmiNET products are supplied with theIntActTM IPTV software stack pre-loaded. IntAct licenses hardware designs andthe IntActTM IPTV software stack for customer premises solutions to OEMsenabling them to supply IPTV set-top boxes and gateways for larger scaledeployments and the hospitality sector. Modelo provides systems consultancyservices. Amino is partnered with world-leading companies in systems integration, middleware, conditional access, silicon, head-end systems and browser technologies. CONTACTS Amino Technologies: 01954-234100Grant Masom, Chairman www.aminocom.comBob Giddy, Chief ExecutiveStuart Darling, Finance Director Bankside: 020-7367-8888Steve Liebmann or Simon Bloomfield This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange