ANT Joins Open IPTV Forum

Cambridge, 21 February 2008

ANT Software Limited, a leading provider of software solutions and services for delivering digital media content to any consumer device, across any media distribution platform, today announced that is has joined the Open IPTV Forum.

The Open IPTV Forum is a pan-industry initiative with the purpose of producing end to end specifications for IPTV in order to take the next generation of IPTV into a mass market service. ANT will be actively contributing to the specifications being developed within the Open IPTV Forum.

Simon Woodward, CEO of ANT plc, said, “We believe the Open IPTV Forum has a very important role to play in the IPTV industry through driving and specifying a practical and open IPTV platform. We are very pleased to have been invited to join this initiative and look forward to contributing the benefits of our many years of IPTV experience.”

Helmut Schink, Steering Group Vice-Chair added: “ANT has a proven track record in IPTV and we look forward to benefiting from their knowledge in this exciting and growing market.”

Woodward continued “ANT has been active for many years in the IPTV sector and has long recognised the value of open standards. Our strong relationships around the world enabling 1st generation IPTV services with set top box manufactures, media owners, service providers and licensees in the consumer electronics sectors, means we can bring a wealth of experience to the table. We are pleased to be part of the Open IPTV Forum and look forward to a strong working relationship with its members.”

About ANT Software Limited

ANT (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.

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 the Open IPTV Forum

The Open IPTV Forum is a pan-industry initiative with the purpose of producing end to end specifications for IPTV in order to take the next generation of IPTV into a mass market service. The forum, which is fully open to participation across the communications and entertainment industries, will focus on development of open standards that could help to streamline and accelerate deployments of IPTV technologies, and help to maximize the benefits of IPTV for consumers, network operators, content providers, service providers, consumer electronics manuf0acturers and home and network infrastructure providers.

The Open IPTV Forum founding members are Ericsson, FT Group, Nokia Siemens, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Sony, and Telecom Italia.

The full list of Open IPTV Forum members are now: Accenture, Alcatel Lucent, Amino Communications Ltd, ANT Software Ltd, Deutsche Telecom AG, Ericsson, FT Group, Funai Electric Co., Huawei, LG Electronics, Nokia Siemens Networks, Panasonic, Philips, Quative Ltd, Samsung, SES-Astra, Sharp Corporation, Sony, Sun Microsystems, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, TeliaSonera, Tilgin, Toshiba Corporation, Verimatrix, Inc, ZTE Corporation.

For more information, visit www.openiptvforum.org

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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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