Sigma Designs Adopts ANT Galio Browser and IPTV Client to Ensure Faster Time to Market and Cost Savings for IPTV Operators.CAMBRIDGE, England and MILPITAS, Calif. -- ANT plc (AIM: ANTP ANTP Asociacion Nacional de Transporte Privado (México) ), a leading provider of software and solutions for the IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. , hybrid TV and consumer electronics industries, and Sigma Designs, (Nasdaq: SIGM), a leader in digital media processing solutions for consumer electronics, announced today that Sigma Designs has adopted the ANT Galio Browser and IPTV Client software for integration with its EM8620L and SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. 8630 series media processors. The ANT Galio and Sigma Designs platform will make a public debut at the iHollywood Forum IPTV World conference at NAB 2006, April 26 in Las Vegas. The solution is already planned for deployment with a Tier One European Telco and is actively in review by a number of other global Tier One Telcos. Sigma's EM8620 and SMP8630 semiconductors provide integrated, cost-effective solutions for consumer products such as digital media adapters, IPTV set-top boxes, networked DVD players, portable media players and HDTVs. Integrated with the ANT Galio Client, the highly dynamic HTML browser-based solution delivers sophisticated packages of digital, interactive TV programming to today's demanding customers using a consistent client approach. The EM8620L Series represents the first high-definition (HD) Windows Media(R) 9 decoder silicon solution and also supports DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. and HD MPEG-4/-2 decoding. The SMP8630 Series represents the first single-chip solution to support high-definition MPEG-4.10 (H.264), VC-1 and MPEG-4/-2 decoding, handling the advanced requirements of IPTV set-top boxes and HD-DVD/Blu-ray players/recorders. The new Secure Media Processor architecture is designed to protect premium content and support a wide variety of DRM (1) (Digital Radio Mondiale) A digital audio broadcasting (DAB) system for AM radio in Europe. See HD Radio. (2) (Digital Rights M and conditional access solutions. With ANT's software managing everything from local device set-up menus and controls to Electronic Programming Guides (EPGs), Video on Demand (VoD) interfaces and interactive advertising, the joint solution gives service providers unsurpassed delivery, presentation and control. ANT and Sigma Designs are also now working towards enabling other elements of the ANT Galio Client, including personal video recording (PVR See DVR. ) and connected device framework. ANT plc's shares are listed on AIM, a London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. regulated market, under the ticker ANTP (Reuters: ANTP.L, Bloomberg: ANTP.LN). |
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