ADB’s Home Networking Solution Supports Telekom Austria For Europe’s First DivX®-Enabled Digital TV Service

February 11th, 2010

ADB-powered aonTV MediaBox enables Telekom Austria subscribers to watch DivX® movies on their TVs

Geneva, Switzerland: Advanced Digital Broadcast, a leading supplier of technology to the global digital television industry, announced today that Telekom Austria has introduced advanced ‘connected home' capabilities on its aonTV IPTV service using ADB set-top devices and software technology. Among many innovations, the new aonTV MediaBox service enables Telekom Austria's subscribers to view DivX® content on their TV. Telekom Austria is the first operator in Europe to provide DivX Certified® set-top boxes to its subscribers.

ADB's standard-based Connected Home solution allows consumers to access content available from any DLNA, UPnP or Windows Media Connect device within the home network. Consequently Telekom Austria subscribers can easily retrieve custom slide shows, video and music files from their PC or other connected devices, and play them onto their television. Existing subscribers are able to benefit from this new service, via an automatic software update.

"With our aonTV MediaBox we are turning multimedia technology into a personal and individual experience for our customers - an objective which is in line with our innovation strategy," comments Hannes Ametsreiter, CEO Telekom Austria Group. "Moreover, the interconnection of the TV set, the PC and the mobile phone is demonstrating the full potential of the networked home. Therefore, we are not only setting the course in digital entertainment, but we are also anticipating the future needs of our customers."

Wojciech Doganowski, VP and General Manager of ADB's IPTV Business Unit, comments: "Telekom Austria is continually striving to improve its customer experience through innovation, and the aonTV MediaBox sets a new benchmark for converged IPTV service offerings. We are very proud of our role in providing both the software and set-top box hardware for this service. Telekom Austria is giving its customers a completely new consumer TV experience - allowing them to bring together more content from more places and presenting it in exciting ways, whilst hiding any complexity from its customers."

Matt Milne, Senior Vice President and GM, Licensing at DivX, adds: "The ADB set-top boxes used by Telekom Austria facilitates the seamless transfer of video content, enabling consumers to enjoy their DivX video collections, on the television. We're pleased to work with ADB in satisfying the demand for DivX Certified set-top boxes in Europe."

ADB's 3800W IPTV set-top boxes were selected by Telekom Austria back in 2007 for its aonTV service. The enhanced aonTV MediaBox service commenced its roll-out to Telekom Austria's existing IPTV customers in September 2009 and will be offered to all new subscribers.

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About Telekom Austria Group:
Telekom Austria Group is Austria's leading provider of telecommunications services. It was listed on the Vienna stock exchange in November 2000. The Group has two main business areas: the fixed net segment encompasses fixed line telephony, data, Internet, security and multimedia services and the mobile communications segment covers mobile communications. The Telekom Austria Group has international operations in Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Liechtenstein, the Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Serbia and Slovenia.
http://www.telekomaustria.com

About DivX
DivX, Inc. is a leading digital media company that enables consumers to enjoy a high-quality video experience across any kind of device. DivX creates, distributes and licenses digital video technologies that span the "three screens" comprising today's consumer media environment-the PC, the television and mobile devices. Over 200 million DivX devices have shipped into the market from leading consumer electronics manufacturers. DivX also offers content providers and publishers a complete solution for the distribution of secure, high-quality digital video content. Driven by a globally recognized brand and a passionate community of hundreds of millions of consumers, DivX is simplifying the video experience to enable the digital home.
http://www.divx.com