ADB Supplies Telefónica Chile with IPTV STB's for Launch of IPTV Services in Latin America

August 9th, 2007

Geneva, Switzerland: Advanced Digital Broadcast, a leading supplier of digital TV systems and software solutions for interactive television announced today that it has been selected by Telefónica to supply its advanced ADB-3800W-SD IPTV set-top boxes to Telefónica Chile (www.telefonicachile.cl) - the first telecommunications company to deploy television over broadband (IPTV) services in Latin America. The units are integrated with Telefonica's Imagenio^TM middleware and the product is the first of its kind to be certified and launched on a Telefónica service in the territory. With this launch, Telefónica Chile extends its digital television services offering, incorporating a new delivery technology to compliment its current satellite television service (DTH).

A spokesman from Telefónica Chile commented that, "We are happy to have appointed ADB as one of our key suppliers. ADB's experience in supplying state-of-the-art products in very short timescales, coupled with their knowledge of Telefónica and its technology road-map, positioned the company to supply our product needs". As the leading telecommunications operator in Chile, Telefónica's spokesman expressed that, "We are committed to ensuring that the launch of the television over broadband service will be very successful and that ADB's set-top boxes will present the perfect technology platform to expand and develop the service portfolio in years to come".

The ADB-3800W-SD is an advanced digital set-top box incorporating MPEG-2 and H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) at Standard Definition resolutions, MPEG-4 being the main compression format used by the platform deployed in Chile. The unit therefore enables operators to optimise their broadcast bandwidth, while presenting consumers with the highest quality in sound and vision. The product includes state-of-the-art hardware features such as a single-chip microprocessor and HDMI^TM interface - ADB's unique operating software ensures enhanced system performance including fast channel decoding and swift rendering of on-screen graphics and applications. ADB has also integrated Telefónica's own Imagenio^TM middleware and application software to provision for the delivery of a feature-rich, interactive IPTV services.

"We are delighted to build on our success in supplying Telefónica in Europe by securing orders to supply their operation in Chile", commented Philippe Lambinet CEO of ADB. "We believe that our in-depth understanding of Telefónica at both technical and commercial levels, gained as an established supplier to the company's operations world-wide, has enabled us to meet Telefónica Chile's product and integration needs quickly and effectively".