ANT Joins High-Definition Audio-Video Network Alliance
Las Vegas, 10 January 2007
ANT plc (AIM: ANTP), the global leading provider of digital TV client and consumer electronic solutions and services, has joined the High-Definition Audio-Video Network Alliance (HANA) 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, together with IBM and CableVision, joins a host of HANA member organisations, including Warner Bros, Texas Instruments, Sun Microsystems, Samsung, NDS, NBC Universal, Mitsubishi, JVC, ARM and AMD. 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 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 of ANT plc.
About ANT Software Limited
ANT plc (www.antplc.com) is a leading provider of digital TV client and consumer electronic software solutions. 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's products are pre-integrated with many industry-leading solutions and are based upon open standards, enabling low-risk, cost-effective roll-out of services, while ensuring flexible client hardware choice with efficient bill of materials. 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.
ANT plc's shares are listed on AIM, a London Stock Exchange regulated market, under the ticker ANTP (Reuters: ANTP.L, Bloomberg: ANTP.LN).
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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