ANT Joins High-Definition Audio-Video Network Alliance.LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- ANT Software PLC, the global leading provider of digital TV client and consumer electronic solutions and services, has joined the High-Definition Audio-Video Network Alliance (HANA HANA High-Definition Audio Video Network Alliance HANA Highway Africa News Agency HANA Hawaii Association of Nurse Anesthetists HANA Houston Association of Network Administrators ) to advance the commercialization of connected products and services for premier, high-definition (HD) content. The announcement was made this week at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) by Dr. Heemin Kwon, HANA Chairman and Samsung Executive Vice President. ANT Software, together with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and CableVision, joins a host of HANA member organisations, including Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) , Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. , Sun Microsystems, Samsung, NDS See eDirectory. NDS - Netware Directory Services , NBC Universal, Mitsubishi, JVC JVC Victor Company of Japan (or Japan's Victor Company) JVC Jewelers Vigilance Committee JVC Jesuit Volunteer Corps JVC Jet Vane Control (directs VLS-launched missiles) JVC Jonker-Volgenant-Castanon , ARM and AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. . HANA's vision is a trusted HD entertainment network where consumers can enjoy a wide range of new HD products and services with full HDTV quality-of-service networking and where TV service providers and content owners can be assured that commercial entertainment is used only as licensed. HANA member companies plan to introduce a wide range of secure HANA consumer audio-video (AV) devices, including HANA TVs, Audio Systems, Network Interface Units, Digital Video Recorders and Portable Media Players. HANA AV systems will be simple to install - requiring no new home wiring and with typical set up in less than 15 minutes. "We are very pleased to announce ANT Software PLC as a HANA member. ANT's experience and strength in providing client software and browser solutions is unparalleled. They are pioneers in delivering industry leading solutions, based upon open standards, that enable low risk, cost effective rollout of services critical to the delivery of HANA end-to-end entertainment services," said Dr. Kwon. "ANT is a driving force in the management, delivery and exploitation of digital media content to a range of media organizations across the globe. As the leading client software and services provider, we are committed to efforts like HANA to help grow the global digital media market in an open standards environment," said Simon Woodward, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ANT Software PLC. About ANT Software PLC ANT plc (www.antplc.com) is a leading provider of digital TV client and consumer electronic software solutions and services. ANT's unique client solutions allow robust and consistent delivery of digital-media, user interfaces, interactive services and applications to the TV and portable media devices. ANT enables service providers to efficiently create and deploy successful solutions to the market that deliver high value and clear differentiation. ANT software has been extensively deployed by customers throughout the world including Chunghwa Telecom, Foxconn, France Telecom, Humax, LG/Nortel, Philips, Sagem, Samsung, SaskTel, Telecom Italia and Thomson. About HANA Launched in December 2005, HANA (www.HanaAlliance.org) is a cross-industry Alliance of leading content and service providers, CE and IT companies to address the end-to-end needs of connected, HD home entertainment products and services. HANA membership is open to all companies involved in the digital entertainment industry and offers an invaluable exchange of HD information and opportunity. |
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