Coship chooses ANT Galio Browser as platform partner for latest IPTV set-top boxes
Leading STB manufacturer strengthens its product offering
16 June 2008
ANT (www.antplc.com), the provider of software and services for the delivery of digital TV, today announced that Coship (www.coship.com), China’s largest set-top box manufacturer has licensed ANT Galio Browser for use in its next generation IPTV set-top boxes.
Sean Kim, VP & General Manager Asia & Russia Markets, ANT, said, “We’re delighted to be working closely with Coship on a wide range of projects. Its set-top boxes have an excellent reputation with a strong market presence worldwide. Sales of IPTV set-top boxes are growing rapidly and rose 86% worldwide in the first quarter of this year, according to a new report from Synergy Research Group. Deployments in China are advancing at an accelerated pace.”
Coship selected ANT Galio Browser because of its flexible user interface design as well as its advanced, dynamic software engine providing superior presentation and control for next-generation TV applications. The new set-top boxes based on ANT Galio Browser will enable operators, set-top box manufacturers and content developers to deliver compelling user experiences worldwide.
“We have been working successfully with ANT for many years deploying set-top boxes using ANT Fresco. Migrating to ANT Galio was a natural progression for Coship and enables us to offer our operator customers a browser experience that can be tailored to their individual requirements.” said Daniel Pan, Vice President, Coship. “ANT’s browser is based on open-standards and this is highly important to operators who want to develop TV applications quickly and cost-effectively. We believe that ANT offers one of the most competitive and innovative solutions on the market. Furthermore, ANT fully understands what is required from tomorrow’s set-top boxes, and its strong operator relationships are invaluable to us.”
About ANT Software Limited
ANT plc (www.antplc.com) is the leading provider of client software solutions and services to the digital media industry. It develops open-standards-based client software and applications to enable operators to exploit digital media across a broad range of consumer devices from TV’s set-top boxes and DVD players, to portable media devices such as mobile phones and personal media players, regardless of content delivery platform.
ANT enables media driven organisations to quickly create and roll-out innovative and successful applications and TV services on any consumer device, enabling operators to attract new subscribers, reduce churn and increase average revenue per user.
ANT’s software has been extensively deployed by customers throughout the world including Scientific Atlanta a Cisco Company, 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 Shenzhen Coship Electronics Co., Ltd.
COSHIP (www.coship.com) is a listed well-known Hi-tech enterprise in China, specializing in R&D, manufacture and marketing of satellite/cable/terrestrial digital TV receivers, IPTV STB (Set-Top Box) and professional head-end IRD. As the China's largest and one of global leading STB manufacturers, COSHIP provides global Pay TV operators with a variety of STBs worldwide deployed in Europe, Middle East, Asia, Australia, North America, South America and Africa. Furthermore, COSHIP maintains tremendous growth and has been the number one STB exporter in China for the past six consecutive years.
With a substantial number of professional engineers, COSHIP has brought out various state-of-the-art STB integrated with leading CAS, DRM and middleware. By pursuing edging technologies in DTV industry, COSHIP has been able to continuously launch series of advanced products such as MPEG-4/H.264/WMV/VC-1 HD STB, PVR, IPTV STB, Hybrid STB and Proffesional H.264 HD IRD etc. that greatly appeal to the market.
Press Contacts
Geraldine Grewal
Rainier PR
Tel: 0207 494 6589
Email: ggrewal@rainierpr.co.uk
Coship Contacts
Bruce Yuan
Director of IPTV Product Development
Tel: +86-755-2652 0754
Email: yuansong@coship.com
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