Advanced Digital Broadcasts MHP Software Solution Takes Top Prize At Mediacast Awards

Advanced Digital Broadcasts MHP stack has won First Prize in the Best Interactive TV Technology or Application category at the May Cable and Satellite International Mediacast awards.

Thursday, May 29, 2003 -- Geneva: Leading set-top box designer and developer, Advanced Digital Broadcast (www.adbglobal.com), has collected top prize in the Best Interactive TV Technology or Application category for its industry-best MHP receiver middleware stack.

The accolade was handed over at the annual Cable and Satellite International/Mediacast Product of the Year Awards held in London on May 20.   

ADBs DVB-compatible, open standard, optimized MHP stack solution is built on a tradition of high quality software design. Since its early 2002 introduction, it has acquired a strong reputation for reliability and robustness, and has been implemented on DVB Cable, DVB Terrestrial and DVB Satellite Receivers.

"Andrew Rybicki, Chairman and CEO said This recognition of the superiority of our MHP products is the most welcome, positive seal on our claim to be well at the forefront of the industry, but more significantly it underlines the industrys recognition of MHP as the iTV technology for todays broadcasting needs. I am extremely proud of the achievements of our company and all the employees who have toiled to make this product a reality".

ADBs DTV MHP set-top box, the i-CAN was also declared a runner up in the Best Terrestrial DTV Technology category. This set-top made history in 2002 when it became the first from any company in the world to go into retail sales in Finland.

This launch was followed by its selection by some 12 well-known companies for demonstrations during the September 2002 IBC show in Amsterdam.

Anthony-Smith-Chaigneau, Director of Marketing & Communications for ADB, notes: "We have demonstrated through real-life deployment of both our MHP stack and MHP compatible set-top box that ADB can meet all the most demanding requirements for viewer satisfaction which includes competitive pricing, with much more for your money, when compared to zapper receivers which offer little or no interactivity.

About ADB

Advanced Digital Broadcast (www.adbglobal.com) is a major supplier of digital set-top boxes and software solutions for digital interactive television.

Since releasing its first unit in the summer of 1997, ADB has shipped two million set-tops to customers in 15 countries.

Advanced Digital Broadcast employs some 300 staff in offices in Switzerland, Australia, Poland, Spain, in the Philippines, the United States, and in Taiwan. Of this total staff, more than 195 work as development engineers, principally in the company's Software Engineering facilities in Western Poland.

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