Cable & Satellite International Names ANT a Finalist for the 2005 Product of the Year Awards

ANT Galio among three products shortlisted for the Best Interactive TV Technology or Application

Cambridge, England, 17 August 2005

ANT plc (AIM: ANTP), a leading provider of embedded browser, content control and user interface software for IPTV and consumer electronics markets, today announced that ANT Galio has been selected as a finalist in the Best Interactive TV Technology or Application category for the Cable & Satellite International 2005 Product of the Year Awards.

One of the most comprehensive and competitive technology awards anywhere in the world, the Cable & Satellite International Product of the Year Awards are designed to reward technical and product marketing excellence in the cable, satellite, terrestrial broadcasting and IPTV sectors.

The final results of the 2005 awards will be announced during IBC 2005, Sunday, September 11 at the RAI Centre in Amsterdam.

"We are pleased and honored to be a finalist for such a prestigious award and look forward to the announcement of the winners at IBC," said Simon Woodward, president and CEO, ANT plc. "The inclusion of ANT Galio in the shortlist further builds upon ANT's long standing TV heritage and recognises the growing importance of the user interface as the crucial area for consumer satisfaction and ultimately the success and profitability for operators and manufacturers."

ANT Galio is the most advanced HTML browser-based user interface solution for broadband TV and connected consumer electronics devices, enabling new levels of dynamic interactive content to be created and delivered quickly and cost-effectively. The browser-based approach to user interface and media control is increasingly recognised as a vital tool in the development of cost-effective service differentiation.

ANT Galio successfully incorporates the latest television and W3C standards into a solution that combines the smallest memory footprint with the highest performance, making it ideally suited to even the most cost-effective set-top boxes. ANT Galio supports today's uni-directional systems to provide cost and time-to-market savings and differentiation, while leading the way to enable true next generation bi-directional interactive TV services and the required bridge between the two.

This enhances the user experience and enables consistent, highly dynamic content ranging from local device set-up menus and controls to complex remote services such as Electronic Programming Guides (EPGs), Video on Demand (VoD) interfaces, interactive advertising and dynamic news, information and communication applications.

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).

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ANT, the ANT logo, Galio, Fresco and PurePlay are all trademarks or registered trademarks of ANT Software Limited. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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