ANT Named to Cable & Satellite International 2006 Product of the Year Awards Shortlist
ANT Galio Client among finalists for the Best Interactive TV Technology or Application Award
Cambridge, England, 30 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 the ANT Galio Client has been selected as a finalist in the Best Interactive TV Technology or Application category for the Cable & Satellite International 2006 Product of the Year Awards. ANT's Galio Browser was also one of three shortlisted finalists for the 2005 awards.
As 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, IPTV and mobile TV sectors. The final results of the 2006 awards will be announced at IBC2006, Monday 11 September at the RAI Centre in Amsterdam.
"We are delighted to have the ANT Galio Client selected by Cable & Satellite International as a finalist for the best interactive television technology, marking the second year that ANT has been recognized in this prominent awards competition," said Simon Woodward, president and CEO, ANT plc. "The inclusion of the Galio Client in the shortlist is an endorsement of this unique product which is the world's first incarnation of a TV Application Manager — addressing the interactive television market's need to be able develop, trial and launch new services without needing to upgrade the in–home client devices."
The ANT Galio Client provides unsurpassed delivery, presentation and control of digital TV content and services. It provides the flexible and extensible foundation on which all interactive TV applications can function.
The ANT Galio Client is the key that fundamentally unlocks the television as a platform for dramatic product and service innovation, progressively opening up revenue new opportunities for the same content to be shared across multiple delivery channels and devices. It reduces the costs and timescales for interactive service delivery, greatly increasing the potential for new service evolution.
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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