Digital Keystone PODware Solution Selected by Thomson for its tru2way Set-Top-Boxes

Digital Keystone, Inc., a leading provider of PayTV technology solutions, today announced that Thomson, Inc. has chosen DK's PODware software stack for their tru2way set-top-boxes (STB).

(Vocus/PRWEB ) September 11, 2008 -- Digital Keystone, Inc., a leading provider of PayTV technology solutions, today announced that Thomson, Inc. has chosen DK's PODware software stack for their tru2way set-top-boxes (STB).

Paolo Siccardo, President and CEO of Digital Keystone, said, "We are proud to announce that Thomson has selected the Digital Keystone PODware solution for the Thomson tru2way™ STB. Thomson's hardware expertise, reputation, and marketing strength, provide a perfect complement to DK's PayTV robust solutions and services. We look forward to our continued collaboration with Thomson on this project as well as on other Cable, Satellite, and Terrestrial projects around the world."

Digital Keystone brings us a solid expertise in CableCARDs. We are currently focusing our collaboration on the DCI9220, Thomson's tru2way HD STBs which supports MPEG2 and MPEG4 and is tailored for the North American market.

Pascal Portelli, Vice President North American cable for Thomson, said: "Digital Keystone brings us a solid expertise in CableCARDs. We are currently focusing our collaboration on the DCI9220, Thomson's tru2way HD STBs which supports MPEG2 and MPEG4 and is tailored for the North American market."

PODware is a CableLabs-certified software stack that implements all OpenCable interfaces and security components. PODware is built on a hardware abstraction layer, providing a highly portable solution that can be quickly integrated and deployed in a variety of platform configurations. PODware is designed with manufacturing requirements and costs in mind, including a small-footprint implementation that is optimized for production testing and serializing through the industry-standard QPNX Pro™ factory toolsuite.

About Digital Keystone, Inc. -- World leader in content security for the Digital Home

Digital Keystone develops world's-first digital entertainment solutions that bridge the personal computer, consumer electronics and content industries. Digital Home Entertainment systems (PC and game consoles), STBs, and digital TVs are powered by DK software solutions. Digital Keystone licenses its software and tools (including the industry -- standard Murano™ and HPNX Pro™) to leading development partners to enable breakthrough products. For more information: http://www.digitalkeystone.com.

CableCARD and tru2way are trademarks of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.

Contact:

Eric Rindner
Digital Keystone, Inc.
pr@dkeystone.com    
www.digitalkeystone.com

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