Amino Ranked World Leader in IPTV Set-Top Box Market for Second Year Running.

ABI Research Names Amino World's Biggest Vendor Based on Market Share

CAMBRIDGE, England -- ABI Research has declared Amino the global leading vendor of IPTV set-top boxes for the second consecutive year.

The accolade recognises the world leading IPTV platform supplier's significant growth in emerging markets, as well as the growing US market. Amino's customer base increased to over 1,500 organisations and its set-top boxes have been deployed and trialled in over 50 countries worldwide.

In its journey to becoming the world's principal vendor, Amino received the 2006 NAB award for Innovation in Media. The NAB spring convention is the world's largest electronic media show covering the development, delivery and management of professional video and audio content across all media. Amino was the only set-top box vendor obtaining this award in the Content Delivery category.

Other key milestones for Amino in 2006 included the introduction of four next generation set-top box products supporting advanced video codecs, enabling the first wireless IPTV connected home deployments in America and Europe, along with the first IPTV HD service and the first IPTV MPEG-4 service in the US.

Michael Arden, Principal Analyst, Broadband and Multimedia Research at ABI Research commented: "The IPTV STB market has begun an aggressive growth period, and the ability to provide cost-effective, feature-rich solutions will be key to maintaining market share. To remain competitive in the market, companies must shape their STB product lines to meet the growing demands of operators for multiple features supported on a variety of compression standards."

"We've been able to maintain such a strong position in the IPTV industry by taking advantage of the opportunities presented by emerging markets," said Bob Giddy, CEO at Amino. "These markets are important and will grow alongside our established US and European business."

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' capital expenditure, 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 performance coupled with the innovative design of Amino's set-top boxes, has brought the series industry accolades and the company a leading position within the IPTV market.

The AmiNET series of IPTV set-top boxes has been used by more than 600 customers in commercial deployments and trials in over 50 countries worldwide. The set-top boxes have also been sampled by an additional 900 customers. Amino Communications' principal customers are telecommunications, broadcast and hospitality service operators. Generally, AmiNET products are supplied with the IntAct[TM] IPTV software stack pre-loaded.

Amino Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amino Technologies plc. listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM, symbol AMO. Amino's HQ is based near Cambridge, UK, with offices worldwide.