ADB EMPOWERS VOO, BELGIUM WITH HIGH DEFINITION INTERACTIVE DIGITAL TV EXPERIENCE
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February 22nd, 2012 - Geneva, Switzerland: Advanced Digital
Broadcast, (www.adbglobal.com) 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 for their digital television services.
The product offers high definition interactive TV, with the Carbo(TM) 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 and www.betv.be.
Press Contact: Patrick Blocry
Tel. +32 2 730 03 60
patrick.blocry(at)staff.voo.be
About ADB
ADB (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) is publicly listed
on the Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX: ADBN).
Follow us on Twitter: (at)ADBNews
Visit our blog: blog.adbglobal.com
Press Contact: Denise Kennedy
Tel: +41 22 799 07 99
d.kennedy(at)adbglobal.com
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