ANT CEO Presents the Power of the User Interface on Entertainment Devices and Services at IPTV 2007
Cambridge, 26 January 2007
ANT plc (AIM: ANTP), the leading provider of digital TV client and consumer electronic solutions and services, announced today that CEO Simon Woodward will discuss how the user interface has the power to make or break a service or device during his upcoming presentation at IPTV 2007, produced by S2 Data Corporation, 27 - 28 February at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, California.
Entitled 'Make or Break? The Power of the User Interface on Entertainment Devices and Services,' Woodward’s presentation takes place on Wednesday, 28 February at 11 a.m. in the Oak Ballroom. The presentation will examine the importance of the user interface and describe a concept that can offer the dynamic user interface operators want and the impact that this has on both content developers and consumers.
Today's TV Operators are seeing a growing demand for personalised services and content with on-demand applications like video on demand and digital video recording. These services are redefining consumer viewing habits. Increasingly, consumers now want to access all their media content across a wide range of devices in a consistent manor with the ability to share it with friends and family. Additionally, content developers are faced with the challenge of developing content that will be viewed and interacted with across a wide range of different devices. Clearly, the user interface has the power to make or break a service or device.
Drawing upon his wealth of experience in IPTV, hybrid TV and digital home products, Woodward will address the needs of the operators, the content developers and the consumer. These needs include:
Skinning (open standards – very important, less development costs, sponsorship opportunities)
Interaction (shopping, gambling, taking part in game shows)
IPTV (personalized services – local news, weather, travel information, all tailored to the consumer)
New Applications (keeping a service fresh)
Multi-device (common interface, transfer of media)
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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