BusinessWire
April 21, 2006 12:00 AM US Pacific Timezone

ATEME Showcases Its Compact MPEG-4 AVC High Profile High Definition Real Time Encoding Technology At NAB2006

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 2006--ATEME (www.ateme.com), a world leader in video compression technology, today announced that it will demonstrate its MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 real-time High Definition High Profile hardware encoder at the National Association of Broadcasters show (NAB), April 24-27, 2006 in Las Vegas.

Visitors to the ATEME booth (SU 256) will discover a very compact HD hardware encoder that fits in a 3-inch by 3-inch board. This broadcast quality encoder is 100% programmable and allows secure upgrade over time with the best-in-class picture quality and compression efficiency available.

"Our hardware processing core empowers a full real-time solution with complete usage of H.264 tools to achieve low bitrate," said Dominique Edelin, Chief Technical Officer at ATEME. "This four-chip solution combines cost-effectiveness and exceptional video quality."

Don't miss this opportunity to discover ATEME H.264 technology that also covers field upgradeable encoding chips, encoding PC software and compression boards.

For more information, e-mail us at products@ateme.com.

About ATEME:

ATEME (www.ateme.com) is a world-leading provider of Advanced Video Compression technology. Its Intellectual Property is available through IP cores for FPGA, DSP and PC libraries, development platforms and production-ready designs. The superior quality and interoperability of its codecs have been widely recognized by independent studies and customers benchmarks and make ATEME the choice supplier of technology for broadcast & broadband appliances.