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News Release from: ANT | Subject: Galio Browser and IPTV Client
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 23 March 2006
Media processors run browser and IPTV
client
Sigma Designs has adopted the ANT Galio Browser and IPTV Client software for integration with its EM8620L and SMP8630 series media processors.
Sigma Designs has adopted the ANT Galio Browser and IPTV Client software for integration with its EM8620L and SMP8630 series media processors The pre-integrated solution unleashes the maximum potential of the silicon-based processors while ensuring a quicker time to market and considerable cost savings
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 10 Aug 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Sigma's EM8620 and SMP8630 semiconductors provide integrated, cost-effective solutions for consumer products such as digital media adapters, IPTV set-top boxes, networked DVD players, portable media players and HDTVs.
Integrated with the ANT Galio Client, the highly dynamic HTML browser-based solution delivers sophisticated packages of digital, interactive TV programming to today's demanding customers using a consistent client approach.
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With ANT's software managing everything from local device setup menus and controls to electronic programming guides (EPGs), video on demand (VoD) interfaces and interactive advertising, the joint solution gives service providers unsurpassed delivery, presentation and control.
ANT and Sigma Designs are also now working towards enabling other elements of the ANT Galio Client, including personal video recording (PVR) and connected device framework.
"For operators deploying IPTV and other advanced digital media services, it's important to streamline integration as much as possible and hasten the design cycle of devices and services", said Stephen Reeder, Executive Director of Product Strategy, ANT.
"Working closely with Sigma Designs, we can bring a tailored, pre-integrated end-to-end solution to the table, offering valuable cost savings to players across the value chain and ensuring fast time to market for new applications on a range of consumer devices".
"Our partnership with ANT provides a critical component to answering today's demand for the enhanced and compelling digital media services of tomorrow", said Ken Lowe, VP of Strategic Marketing, Sigma Designs.
"Combining the processing power and flexibility of our digital media processors with the power and flexibility of ANT Galio, we are able to ensure high levels of quality, functionality and performance, along with a fast and cost-effective route to market for OEMs and service providers".
The Sigma EM8620L and SMP8630 series of media processors are ideal for digital media adapters, IPTV set-top boxes, networked DVD players and digital televisions.
The EM8620L Series represents the first high-definition (HD) Windows Media 9 decoder silicon solution and also supports DVD and HD MPEG-4/-2 decoding.
The SMP8630 Series represents the first single-chip solution to support high-definition MPEG-4.10 (H.264), VC-1 and MPEG-4/-2 decoding, handling the advanced requirements of IPTV set-top boxes and HD-DVD/Blu-ray players/recorders.
The new Secure Media Processor architecture is designed to protect premium content and support a wide variety of DRM and conditional access solutions.
The ANT Galio and Sigma Designs platform will make a public debut at the iHollywood Forum IPTV World conference at NAB 2006, 26th April 2006 in Las Vegas.
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