--ANT Names Jim Denenny GM for the Americas
UK-based digital TV software company, ANT, has generated a fair
amount of news over the past few weeks:
- Unihan, a wholly owned subsidiary of AsusTek, has licensed the
company's ANT Galio Browser for its new set-top boxes. The first
customer for the new ANT-powered Unihan set-tops is Japanese
content delivery systems integrator and service provider, Cool.revo,
which is planning to launch new IPTV services in Q1, 2009. "We
selected ANT Galio Browser for our latest set-top box solution as it is
one of the most flexible solutions available," Unihan general manager,
Steve Huang, said in a prepared statement. "By using it, service
providers can change the look-and-feel of the user interface much more
easily than with other market offerings. Due to its open standards-based
design, operators like Cool.revo can also use ANT Galio Browser to
create and add new applications really quickly, enabling them to
innovate in ways that they haven't been able to previously."
- The company has named Jim Denenny VP and general manager for
the Americas, as part of an ongoing strategy to expand beyond its
European base into the US and Asia. Denenny, who will be based in
Atlanta, will be responsible for driving ANT's operations in the US,
including overseeing sales, marketing and customer-relationship
management (note: the company's US customers include Cisco and
Xerox). For the past two years, he has served as general manager of
RealNetworks' Video Services Business Unit, which offers ASP
services designed to enable US broadband and mobile carriers to offer
their subscribers video. Prior to that, he spent almost a decade at
RealNetworks in various senior management positions in sales,
marketing and engineering. ANT also recently named Sean Kim VP
and general manager of its Asian and Russian operations. Kim, who has
been with the company for two years, is based in Seoul. "ANT has seen
impressive growth over the last 12 months with royalty income from
licensees particularly strong," Richard Baker, ANT's EVP of sales and
marketing, said in a prepared statement. "The next six months will see
the business develop its international presence aligning itself with OEM
manufacturers and service providers in Asia and the US. The
appointment of Jim Denenny reflects this international expansion."
Added Denenny: "ANT is at a threshold with an impressive set of
licensees worldwide at a time when digital TV is set to go mainstream.
It has an incredibly strong end-to-end software proposition for device
manufacturers and operators. My role is to make ANT the software
standard for digital TV deployments in the US."
- Network IPTV specialist, Exterity (note: the company specializes in
technologies that deliver video over IP networks within buildings), has
licensed the ANT Galio Browser for use with its range of HD IPTV
receivers. Exterity is a long-time ANT customer, having previously
used the company's Fresco platform. According to ANT, the Galio
browser is especially suited for hospitality and MDU deployments
because it offers extensive support for Web technologies, allowing use
of existing knowledge and off-the-shelf development tools, and thus
making it easier for hospitality and MDU service providers to build
their own interactive applications. "By selecting the ANT Galio
Browser for our HD IPTV receivers, we can allow users to develop and
display more intuitive, engaging and responsive user interfaces and
interactive content," Exterity CEO, Colin Farquhar, said in a prepared
statement. "ANT Galio enhances the user experience and enables
dynamic content, ranging from local device set-up menus to complex
remote services such as EPG's and VOD interfaces. ANT Galio
represents the ideal component to complete our already comprehensive
IPTV receiver range."
- China's largest set-top box manufacturer, Coship, has licensed the
ANT Galio browser for its next generation of IPTV set-tops. According
to ANT, Coship selected the browser because of its flexible user
interface design, and because of its dynamic software engine, which the
company claims provides superior presentation and control for
advanced TV applications. Like Exterity, Coship is an existing ANT
customer that previously used the company's Fresco platform. "We
have been working successfully with ANT for many years deploying
set-top boxes using ANT Fresco," Coship VP, Daniel Pan, said in a
prepared statement. "Migrating to ANT Galio was a natural progression
for Coship and enables us to offer our operator customers a browser
experience that can be tailored to their individual requirements. ANT's
browser is based on open standards, and this is highly important to
operators who want to develop TV applications quickly and
cost-effectively. We believe that ANT offers one of the most
competitive and innovative solutions on the market. Furthermore, ANT
fully understands what is required from tomorrow's set-top boxes, and
its strong operator relationships are invaluable to us."
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