UK's Ant to demonstrate IPTV system at CES 2006

UK's Ant to demonstrate IPTV system at CES 2006

MUMBAI: Ant, the UK-headquartered software and solutions provider for the IPTV, hybrid TV and consumer electronics industries, will demonstrate its Galio TV application manager and client software at the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which kicked off in Las Vegas today.
In the IPTV Tech Zone at the Sands Convention Center (72241-J), Ant will feature the award-nominated ANT Galio client. ANT Galio is at the heart of the world's premier TV Application Manager, which provides a consistent and extensible platform for the delivery, presentation and control of interactive TV applications and enhanced services. More than 70 percent of the world's IPTV deployments depend on Ant, states an official release.
Visitors to the IPTV Tech Zone will see demonstrations of the increased service value and differentiation that can be achieved through the use of ANT's standards-based, extensible client software. Along with partners Amino Communications, BitBand, Kreatel and Orca Interactive, the company will show elements of IPTV, including fast channel change, next generation electronic program guide (EPG) and various interactive services that form the basis of the majority of the world's IPTV deployments, the release adds.
Additionally, in meeting room 70359 Ant will demonstrate ANT PurePlay, a fully-featured digital media manager that is driving the evolution of personal media players (PMPs). With PurePlay, ANT has solved the problems of content navigation and, through its partnership with leading silicon providers, has developed turnkey reference designs which OEMs can use to build PMPs and grow their share of the market for personal media solutions.