Industry Leading Software Engineer Steven Morris Joins ANT as Systems Architect

Cambridge, England, 24 August 2006

ANT plc (AIM: ANTP), the market leading provider of software and solutions for the IPTV, hybrid TV and consumer electronics industries, today announced that Steven Morris has joined the company in the role of systems architect.

Morris is an experienced developer in the areas of interactive digital television and digital video broadcasting (DVB). Formerly of Philips Electronics in Taiwan and the UK, he was one of key architects of the development of the DVB Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) standard and its predecessors, as well as related standards such as JavaTV and OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP).

Morris is a co-author of "Interactive TV Standards: A Guide to MHP, OCAP and JavaTV." The book provides digital TV application and middleware developers with a real–world guide to the new open standards for digital interactive TV. He is a holder of several patents in the areas of Web browsing, Internet content adaptation, memory management in low-memory environments and digital TV.

Simon Woodward, president and CEO of ANT, said: "Steve is a recognized leader in the area of interactive digital television technologies and standards. We are delighted to bring his extensive DVB experience and knowledge of the digital terrestrial, cable and satellite industries to ANT. Steve will be involved in the definition of architectures for new products and advising customers and partners on using the ANT Galio Client and Browser in TV networks."

Most recently, Morris was a senior engineer at Taiwan's Arcadyan Technology, a leading supplier of wireless multimedia equipment and a joint venture between Philips Electronics and Accton Technology Corp. There his work focused on the areas of video and audio steaming over IP, UPnP, IPTV and content protection.

Prior to that, Morris held project management and research positions in Taiwan with Advanced Digital Broadcast Ltd. and Philips Research East Asia, and in the UK at Philips Research Laboratories, where he was a member of the team providing support for Philips' standardisation efforts in the area of interactive digital television.

Morris holds a 1st class BSc. (Hons.) in computation from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.

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).

Trademarks

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.

Press Contacts
Contact Marketing for information about this and other press releases.