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News Release from: ANT
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 14 September 2004
Pace picks browser again
Pace Micro Technology has once again selected the ANT Fresco browser for its latest digital broadband set-top box.
Pace Micro Technology has once again selected the ANT Fresco browser for its latest digital broadband set-top box Unveiled at IBC in Amsterdam, the DB210 will allow telcos and broadband ISPs to cost-effectively launch advanced television and multimedia services over existing telecommunications networks
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 10 Aug 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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ANT Fresco provides the high-quality, responsive and customisable user interface, digital content control and the capability for a range of additional interactive services.
The DB210 is the latest product from Pace that is using the industry standard ANT Fresco browser.
It is a cost-effective digital broadband set-top box, specifically developed for the mass market, and designed for delivery of MPEG-2 digital video over broadband IP networks.
It is targeted at telecomms and other service providers wanting a proven and high-performance platform to deliver a range of compelling broadcast, on-demand and interactive services.
"As part of a long standing relationship with ANT we have, for many years now, licensed ANT Fresco for use in our digital broadband set-top boxes", said Gary Stephenson, Global Alliance Manager, Digital Broadband Media at Pace Micro Technology.
"ANT Fresco is a popular choice with our customers due to the functionality, level of customisation and wide-ranging middleware support it offers".
ANT's Fresco browser enables manufacturers of consumer electronics devices to efficiently develop standards-based, customised user interfaces, and to incorporate digital-content presentation and control into their products.
Being the most widely deployed embedded browser in the broadband TV market and the browser of choice for the world's leading middleware providers, ANT Fresco is intended for use in appliances such as set-top boxes, digital TVs and DVD players.
"ANT Fresco continues to provide our customers with a commercial edge in this rapidly growing global market", said Stephen Reeder, Executive Director of Sales and Marketing at ANT.
"I am delighted that our relationship with Pace continues to flourish and that together we are enjoying real success in the broadband TV market".
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