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News Release from: ANT | Subject: Fresco browser
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 December 2004
Browser helps set-top-box customisation
The ANT Fresco browser is being used by Pace Micro Technology in its latest high-specification DB220S internet protocol TV (IPTV) set-top box.
The ANT Fresco browser is being used by Pace Micro Technology in its latest high-specification DB220S internet protocol TV (IPTV) set-top box The DB220S, which was demonstrated by Pace at IBC 2004 in Amsterdam, has been chosen by SaskTel, a full-service communications company in Canada
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 10 Aug 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The SaskTel IPTV offering is the largest deployment of TV over ADSL broadband in North America.
SaskTel began its first deployment of video-on-demand (VoD) and interactive TV services in October 2003 and has rolled-out services to a customer base of approximately 225,000 homes passed.
The Pace DB220S is an advanced digital broadband media set-top box for delivery of MPEG-2 digital video over broadband IP networks, and is targeted at telecomms companies delivering broadcast television, on-demand and interactive services.
"IPTV services have proved very popular with our residential customers", noted Mike Anderson, SaskTel Vice President of Marketing.
"The DB220S offers faster processing of data and the Fresco browser is critical for content rendering and control, and it also allows us to customise the appearance of the interface, presenting a branded and logical means of navigating the numerous services and programmes available to our subscribers".
David Gillies, Director of Technology at Pace commented: "We have a well-established relationship with ANT and have worked with them on many occasions to include the Fresco browser in our products".
He continued: "By exploiting the capabilities of ANT's proven and reliable user interface software for increasingly complex IPTV services, Pace has been successful in making the DB220S an attractive product for our telco customers".
"IPTV is now considered a mainstream rather than niche technology with more companies working to provide broadcast TV and VoD services over DSL networks", explained Paul Jensen, VP Sales for The Americas, ANT.
"The new Pace DB220S set-top box is a high-specification product using our powerful Fresco browser to give SaskTel's customers a high quality and responsive user interface with intuitive access to the different broadcast channels and VoD movies".
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