Universal Electronics to Showcase New and Expanded Control Solutions at SCTE's Cable-Tec Expo.DENVER, Colo. -- Company Continues to Deliver the #1 Choice in Digital Cable Control to Enhance Customer Experience and Drive Adoption of Advanced Revenue Generating Services Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI UEI Universal Electronics Inc. (Cypress, California) UEI United Education Institute UEI Unified Emulator Interface UEI Unit Effectiveness Inspection UEI Unión de Estudiantes Independientes ) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :UEIC UEIC Universal Electronics Inc. (stock symbol) UEIC United East India Company UEIC Unplanned Event Information Center ) today announced that it will showcase its latest innovative digital access and control solutions for the digital life at the annual SCTE SCTE Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers SCTE Society of Cable Television Engineers SCTE Serial Clock Transmit External Cable-Tec Expo in Denver, CO. Leveraging its cutting edge wireless and software technologies and deep relationships with major cable companies, UEI will demonstrate products that cable operators demand to deliver simple yet powerful home entertainment control solutions to their customers Building on UEI's 20 years of innovation, the company will demonstrate some of its control solutions for the digital lifestyle designed to enhance customer experience and loyalty, and to ensure profitable revenue generating services are utilized: --Polaris(TM): UEI's Polaris remote is designed specifically for the aging baby boomer baby boomer also ba·by-boom·er n. A member of a baby-boom generation. Noun 1. baby boomer - a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s; "they expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers" boomer generation to simplify the complex home entertainment environment. This growing demographic demands simplicity in form and function and makes up the most powerful consumer buying group of cable services. Through extensive consumer research and testing, UEI developed Polaris to provide easy access to subscribers' most commonly used remote control commands, without sacrificing access to revenue-generating services such as VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand and PVR See DVR. . --Atlas DVR (1) (Digital Video Recorder) A device that records video onto a hard disk from one or more ceiling mounted video cameras. Part of a security system, the DVR typically supports 4, 8 or 16 separate camera channels. (TM): UEI introduces its first learning-enabled universal remote control for mass market cable subscribers. To meet the growing demand of advanced functionality in next generation digital set-top boxes The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. , Atlas DVR(TM) allows subscribers to transfer unique infrared (IR) commands from original remotes, so that the Atlas DVR remote should never become obsolete. This device offers the best feature set and highest product quality to enhance the user experience, reduce customer service costs, and drive usage of advanced DVR capabilities. --MyChannel(TM): My music, my pictures, my movies...on my TV. See how UEI transforms the digital set-top box into the true center of entertainment in the connected home. Cable subscribers can now enjoy personal media, music, pictures and home video via the digital set-top box on any television in the home. Through a simple on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to , consumers can quickly and easily bring all the digital content stored on their PCs straight into the living room. MyChannel provides cable operators with the platform to turn the set top box into the hub of all home entertainment and an opportunity to increase subscriber loyalty and drive service usage. --urcsupport.com: Introducing a free online support resource designed specifically for cable subscribers. This customized web-based solution offers easy model-based search, interactive online demos and tutorials to help users easily setup their remote and favorite commands. This flexible online solution gives system operators a powerful tool to reduce the call volume at customer support centers and provides instant self-service solutions to subscribers to increase customer satisfaction and enable fast and easy access to advanced revenue generating services. --ActiveSupport(TM): Introducing customer interaction management services from service and support to retention. Pre-repair calls, post-install surveys, and inbound in·bound 1 adj. Bound inward; incoming: inbound commuter traffic. Adj. 1. inbound calls to customers provide greater bottom-line efficiencies. UEI's ActiveSupport serves as an extra service arm for MSO's and manufacturers with a proven track record of reducing technician visits and truck rolls an average of 20%. Universal Electronics' custom and turnkey See turnkey system. solutions address the needs of cable companies from initial concept to final product delivery and support. The company has the most comprehensive database of brand and device codes in the world, and is the market leader in delivering digital cable control technology for U.S. distribution. Fueling this momentum are UEI's key technologies covered by over 161 issued and pending patents that, among other capabilities and features, ensure upgradeability, increase the lifespan of the remote to accommodate new services and devices and its award-winning industrial design enhances the customer experience. "For nearly 20 years, UEI has supported leading cable companies' efforts to offer customers the latest new products and interactive services by providing tailored remote control solutions that combine optimal quality, service and value," said Paul Arling, the company's chairman and chief executive officer. "Consumers today have more digital entertainment to choose from than ever before, and we are proud to be the #1 choice in U.S. digital cable control." About Universal Electronics Founded in 1986, Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI) is the global leader in wireless control technology for the connected home. UEI designs, develops, and delivers innovative solutions that enable consumers to control entertainment devices, digital media, and home systems. The company's broad portfolio of patented technologies and database of infrared control software has been adopted by many Fortune 500 companies in the consumer electronics, subscription broadcast, and computing computing - computer industries. In addition, the company sells wireless control products to distributors and retailers under the One For All(R) brand name. More information about UEI can be obtained at http://www.uei.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that are made pursuant to the Safe-Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Words and expressions reflecting something other than historical fact are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including the timely development, ordering, delivery and market acceptance of products and technologies identified in this release; the Company's continued ability to design products in a fashion that results in its technology being accepted by the Company's customers and the end users; the continued importance of the Company's intellectual properties; the continued growth in the markets identified in this release to occur as anticipated by management; and other factors described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The actual results that the Company achieves may differ materially from any forward-looking statement due to such risks and uncertainties. The Company undertakes no obligations to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release. |
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