12 September 2006 – Geneva, Switzerland: Advanced Digital Broadcast (www.adbglobal.com), a leading supplier of technology to the global digital television industry, announced today that it has won an order to supply its ADB-3800T digital terrestrial set-top box (STB) to Telecom Project 5 (TP5) (www.tp5.ru) for the launch of digital terrestrial television services in Russia.
In accordance with the Government’s requirement for digitalisation of radio and television, TP5 was contracted to specify, develop and launch new digital networks for the distribution of cable, satellite and terrestrial television services throughout Russia. ADB has been selected to supply set-top boxes for the first phase of roll out on the terrestrial platform.
“Telecom Project 5 selected ADB due to its position as an innovator of high definition digital technology”, commented Andrey Shestakov, General Director of TP5. “The project needed a supplier who could bring the most innovative digital television products to market on new networks in a very short space of time and there are very few companies who we believed could achieve this; ADB was at the top of that list”.
The ADB-3800T is an advanced digital set-top box incorporating standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) television reception based on MPEG-2 and H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC). The unit enables operators to optimise their broadcast bandwidth, whilst presenting consumers with the highest quality in sound and vision. The product features an advanced single-chip microprocessor, resulting in enhanced system performance and innovative feature-set, including fast channel decoding, HDMI™ interface and swift rendering of on-screen graphics and applications.
“ADB is delighted to supply TP5 for the launch of their new digital television services”, said Philippe Lambinet, CEO of ADB. “We believe that the roll-out of high definition television is progressing rapidly and it is a great challenge to be involved in this unique project which will see ADB launch products in Russia for the first time. Given our proven ability to integrate new technologies in very short timescales, I believe wholeheartedly that TP5 has selected the right partner”.
ADBs products will be launched on TP5 networks in the final quarter 2006.
****See the ADB-3800T demonstrated LIVE at IBC2006, hall 1, stand 111****
Please contact (m.goodburn@adbglobal.com) for a full demonstration.
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About ADB
Advanced Digital Broadcast (www.adbglobal.com) is a leader in the design, development and supply of high-quality products to the world-wide digital television market. The Company has deployed over 7 million set-top boxes, across high-volume markets, incorporating the industry’s pioneering middleware, conditional access and hardware technologies.
Approximately 70% of ADB’s workforce is dedicated to engineering; developing products across all the digital television technology platforms including cable, Internet Protocol (IP), satellite and terrestrial.
ADB is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland with its main Research and Development facility in Zielona Gora, Poland and Operations division in Taipei, Taiwan. ADB has local representation in Australia, Israel, Italy, Singapore, Spain, the Ukraine, the United States and the United Kingdom.
ADB is a member of the ADB Group of companies; ADB Group (www.adbholdings.com) is publicly listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange (SWX:ADBN).
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About Telecom Project 5
Telecom-project-5 Ltd.’s (www.tp5.ru) main activity is the development of complete system solutions for the creation of:
• Satellite broadcast networks
• Terrestrial broadcast networks
• Satellite communication networks
• Cable TV networks
Telecom-project-5 Ltd. develops and builds satellite multi-service networks throughout Russia.
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