ADB Holdings S.A. / ADB EMPOWERS VOO, BELGIUM WITH HIGH DEFINITION INTERACTIVE DIGITAL TV EXPERIENCE . Processed and transmitted by Thomson Reuters ONE. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
February 22nd, 2012 - Geneva, Switzerland: Advanced Digital Broadcast, (www.adbglobal.com (http://www.adbglobal.com/undefined/)) a leading supplier of advanced solutions for the connected home, announced today that it is delivering the ADB-2840C high definition set-top box to Belgium's VOO (http://www.voo.be/fr/tv/) for their digital television services. The product offers high definition interactive TV, with the Carbo(TM) (http://www.adbglobal.com/solutions/hd-user-experience.html) software stack and award winning user interface for a compelling, easy to use personal TV experience. Carbo is already live on several networks worldwide.
"We chose ADB for our TV Services because of its proven ability to deliver high quality products whilst keeping the simplicity of TV as it should be", says Nico Weymaere, CTO at VOO. "Additionally, having Carbo Advanced integrated in the box allows us to enrich our subscribers' experience over time without having to replace the hardware".
Carbo is a complete portable pay-TV user interface including optimized high definition features and integrated open standard APIs for 3rd party applications. It incorporates an array of options, whilst at the same time delivering a rich TV viewing experience. Its speed, intuitiveness and ease-of-use make it simple for VOO's subscribers to enjoy all existing services on offer. The Voobox is integrated with the Carbo Advanced software package allowing VOO to implement additional features in the future, such as:
- USB recording & Time-shift
- Video on Demand (VOD)
- Web Applications
- Home Network Media Player
"This agreement with VOO represents a very important milestone that we are proud of", comments Krzysztof Bilinski, Executive VP, General Manager Broadcast Division at ADB. "From now on VOO will only provide to their customers products that support high definition digital television. Having chosen the Carbo Advanced solution, VOO can add future features via an over-the-air upgrade without having to change the simple and intuitive user interface that consumers will have come to get used to".
The Voobox was launched in Belgium at the end of 2011.
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About VOO
VOO is the leading provider of broadband cable services in the southern part of Belgium. VOO provides analogue and digital cable television, including premium TV under brand name BeTV, high speed internet at speeds of 50Mbps (soon 100Mbps), and digital telephony services, primarily to residential customers in Wallonia and Brussels. VOO is one of the most rapidly expanding service providers in Europe: since VOO launched its triple play services end of 2009, VOO acquired more than 1 Million subs. VOO also recently acquired a 3G Mobile license and will be offering a full Quadruple Play Pack to its customers soon. For additional information, please visit www.voo.be (http://www.voo.be) and www.betv.be (http://www.betv.be).
Press Contact: Patrick Blocry
Tel. +32 2 730 03 60
patrick.blocry@staff.voo.be (mailto:patrick.blocry@staff.voo.be)
About ADB
ADB (www.adbglobal.com (http://www.adbglobal.com)) designs, manufactures and deploys solutions to distribute pay-TV and multimedia services to the connected home, for all types of networks, providing an amazing user experience.
ADB believes in a future where multi-media content will come from multiple sources and seamlessly move between multiple screens and devices, at the user's preference. The Company's portfolio includes:
- Ready to deploy pay-TV solutions that deliver a compelling consumer experience, including set-top devices, middleware, software for advanced interactive TV applications, services, and scalable head-ends,
- Broadband access gateways and home networking devices,
- Remote management software,
- Extended life-cycle support, repair and refurbishment services for operators
ADB has delivered over 30 million consumer premise devices to a global customer base. The Company's innovations and software expertise have been recognized by numerous industry awards.
ADB is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland with Research and Development facilities in Poland, Italy and Ukraine, and Operations division in Taipei, Taiwan. Local representations are established in several countries in Europe, the United States, Latin America, and Asia.
ADB is a member of ADB Group; ADB Group (www.adbholdings.com (http://www.adbholdings.com)) is publicly listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX: ADBN).
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