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News Release from: Cabot Communications
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 October 2003
Vestel aims to capture bigger slice of
IDTV market
Vestel, Europe's largest TV manufacturer, has selected Cabot's pan-European digital TV software suite to develop its latest generation of IDTVs.
Vestel, Europe's largest TV manufacturer, has selected Cabot's pan-European digital TV software suite to develop its latest generation of IDTVs Vestel will be deploying Cabot's software across its entire IDTV range of 24, 28 and 32in wide-screen models, as well as a number of LCD IDTVs which will be launched in 2003
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Turan Erdogan, a Board Director at Vestel says the Cabot software will speed up time-to-market and, allow Vestel to easily customise the user interface for individual OEM customers to support rapid roll-out of its latest generation products: "As Europe's leading consumer electronics manufacturer, we are committed to providing our customers with exceptional products.
We are well-placed to take advantage of the growing market for IDTVs and are expecting to achieve significant sales of these products in 2004.
We selected Cabot's software because it offers several unbeatable advantages: it is the only pan-European solution on the market, the only software stack capable of handling the complex interaction between the analogue TV chassis and digital TV modules and the only middleware solution to offer a completely customisable user interface.
All of these benefits will give us a real strategic advantage in a rapidly growing market and a great proposition for our OEM customers".
Cabot is already contracted with 16 major companies including Daewoo, Humax, Pioneer, Philips and Toshiba with its digital TV software suite deployed in around 500,000 digital set top box receivers.
Managing Director Keith Potter commented: "We expect the IDTV market to take-off in 2004 as households across Europe replace existing TVs to access free-to-air digital services.
We are happy to work with Vestel, the largest OEM manufacturer in Europe and help make this transition into the UK digital terrestrial market a seamless experience for both Vestel and its customers.
We will play a key role by helping IDTV manufacturers bring high-quality product to market at an attractive price.
We are continuously developing our software and we intend to do for IDTVs what we did for Freeview digital set-top boxes".
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