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Zodiac and ADB Integrate Tru2way(TM) Technology to Support Ubiquitous Advanced Interactive TV
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) VALLEY STREAM, NY and GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, March 23 / MARKET WIRE/ --
Zodiac
Interactive, an award-winning developer of software for interactive
television, and Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB), an award-winning
manufacturer of customer premise equipment, have announced today the
integration of PowerUp?TV with ADB's products. The combined solution lets
operators more rapidly deploy tru2way(TM) and EBIF(TM) applications,
offering advanced Interactive Television 2.0(TM) services, such as advanced
guides, targeted advertising, and TV widgets.
PowerUp is Zodiac's tru2way framework, a common platform of open APIs and
libraries that allow for a broad range of applications to be developed and
work together across multiple devices.
With ADB's tru2way set-top boxes and software now integrating PowerUp,
operators can enrich their subscribers' experience with a variety of new,
interactive services, including local restaurant searching, click-to-call,
games, photo-sharing, weather, traffic, sports scores, local news, and
more.
Developers will also benefit from ADB and Zodiac's integrated solution:
they will be able to build their tru2way applications to the PowerUp
framework specifications, without worrying about interoperability between
any tru2way component already deployed by an operator.
"We are pleased with the performance and ease of interoperability with
Zodiac's PowerUp framework. ADB believes that the key to the broad
adoption of tru2way is integration, and we're confident in saying that our
Osmosys tru2way software works very well with Zodiac's PowerUp on our full
line of advanced tru2way set-top boxes," said Francois Pogodalla, CEO of
Advanced Digital Broadcast.
"Zodiac's tru2way technology has proven its performance with ADB's tru2way
set-tops and software. After almost a year of continual testing we could
not be more pleased with the results," said Michael Rivkin, Zodiac's CEO.
"Although tru2way creates a national footprint for applications to run
across multiple operators, the technology does in fact depend on various
interfaces working together. That's where Zodiac's PowerUp plays a key
role in integrating multiple steps, offering a streamlined application
development process."
At the Cable Show next month, both Advanced Digital Broadcast and Zodiac
will demonstrate Zodiac's PowerUp for tru2way technology integrated with
Osmosys software on the ADB-6880 CDMX Tru2way(TM) Personal Video Recorder.
In booth #525, ADB will be showcasing a complete line of tru2way set-top
and set-back boxes. Demonstrations with Zodiac's PowerUp will include
multi-room tru2way capabilities, such as interactive games and advanced
guides.
About Osmosys
Osmosys S.A. is the leading innovator in the development of open standards
interactive TV solutions, with a comprehensive range of middleware,
applications and system solutions that support digital terrestrial, cable,
satellite and IPTV networks. With over 6 million principle products
deployed in over 20 countries, Osmosys is the leader in the development and
deployment of MHP for the broadcast and IPTV markets, as well Tru2way (the
Open Cable TV standard in the US) and the BD Java engine for the Blu-ray HD
disc format supported by all major consumer electronic companies. Based in
Geneva, Switzerland, Osmosys is a member of the ADB Group of companies; ADB
Group (www.adbholdings.com) is publicly listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange
(SIX: ADBN). For more information, please visit www.osmosys.tv.
About ADB
Advanced Digital Broadcast (www.adbglobal.com) is a leader in the design,
development and supply of high-quality products to the worldwide digital
television market. The Company has deployed over 12 million set-top boxes,
across high-volume markets, incorporating the industry's pioneering
middleware, conditional access and hardware technologies.
ADB has established itself as a trusted partner to television operators,
supporting them to launch new services using state-of-the-art technology.
Through its unique end-to-end understanding of set-top box software, ADB is
able to design and supply highly efficient and optimized hardware platforms
ahead of the competition.
Approximately 70% of ADB's workforce is dedicated to engineering,
developing products across all the digital television technology platforms
including cable, Internet Protocol (IP), satellite and terrestrial. The
company is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland with its main Research and
Development facility in Zielona Gora, Poland and Operations division in
Taipei, Taiwan. ADB has local representation in Australia, Italy,
Singapore, Spain, the Ukraine, the United States and the United Kingdom.
ADB is a member of ADB Group; ADB Group (www.adbholdings.com) is publicly
listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX: ADBN).
ADB. Defining Digital.
About Zodiac Interactive
Zodiac Interactive is an Emmy winning developer of software for interactive
television. Zodiac's PowerUp(TM) Framework is cross-platform software that
unifies and enables advanced TV applications across multiple set-tops. The
core of PowerUp, with its open APIs and libraries, makes it easy for
operators to develop and deploy advanced TV services, such as user
interfaces, EBIF, EPGs, tru2way, VOD, Web-Services, and other features
demanded by operators today. For more information, visit www.zodiac.tv.
Interactive Television 2.0 and PowerUp are trademarks of Zodiac
Interactive. CableNET, EBIF and tru2way are trademarks of Cable Television
Laboratories, Inc. Other company, product and service names mentioned
herein may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.
Contacts:
Zodiac Interactive:
Terry May
HighTech PR, Inc.
321.632.1690Email Contact
Advanced Digital Broadcast:
Michael MalcyEmail Contact
303-474-8660
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