ADB Celebrates 1.5 Million IPTV STB'S Deployed

GENEVA, Switzerland — Advanced Digital Broadcast (SIX: ADBN), a leading supplier of technology to the global digital television industry, announced today that it has shipped over 1.5 million IPTV set-top boxes, making ADB one of the top IPTV suppliers in the world.

ADB will demonstrate at the IPTV World Forum (Stand 190) its latest range of Advanced Video Coding and High Definition (HD) set-top boxes, providing a complete product portfolio for IPTV operators. The company will also present a number of solutions designed to optimise new revenue streams.

“We are proud to present such a range of award winning solutions, which complement and build on our family of high-definition digital TV products.” said François Pogodalla, CEO of ADB. “Our goal is to deliver to our customers advanced technology compatible with scalable deployment requirements. This requires the ability to meet the highest level of performance and quality standards over a comprehensive line of products.”

ADB has established itself as the leading supplier of hybrid IPTV set-top boxes (STBs) in Europe, and a valued partner for systems integrators and technology providers worldwide. In recognition of this expertise, the digital television industry has given the company a number of awards including the IPTV World Series Award in both 2007 and 2008. ADB’s IPTV digital video recorder (DVR), the ADB-5810TWX, has won “The Best Customer Premises Technology” award at the Cable & Satellite International Product of the Year Awards held at the most recent IBC exhibition.

Mr. Francois Pogodalla added: “Our customers are operating in an innovative, fast-moving and competitive market. We believe that our knowledge and expertise of the industry, combined with our award-winning technology, allows us to offer our customers solutions that are well adapted to meet their growth and development requirements”.