Amino and Orb Networks Announce Partnership at 2007 CES to Bring All Digital Media onto the TV Screen

Amino and Orb Networks Announce Partnership at 2007 CES to Bring All Digital Media onto the TV Screen

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Amino, leading IPTV platform supplier, and Orb Networks, the software developer whose MyCasting service unlocks all digital content on the home PC to be enjoyed on any Internet- enabled device, announced a partnership during the Consumer Electronics Show that will give consumers the freedom to enjoy all of the personal digital media on their PCs directly on their living room TV screens.

The two companies plan to integrate Amino's AmiNET series of set-top boxes (STBs), among the most proven and widely deployed in the world, with Orb's software and roll out a series of product offerings throughout the year. The combination of technologies will close the gap between the STB and the PC, using the Orb MyCasting application platform as the bridge. Orb and Amino also are working to improve the consumer experience by providing an enhanced user-friendly interface.

"This integration of technologies really unleashes the power of what IPTV ever promised to be," said Joe Costello, Chairman and CEO of Orb Networks. "People increase their media consumption when you give them more control of the type of digital content they want to enjoy -- they get to mix and match their programs. Grandparents can look at home movies on their big screen TV, powered by Amino and streamed from the Orb PC of their grandchildren, thousands of miles away. This opens up so many options for how consumers can unleash all of their digital media -- and how service operators can bring their own customers to participate in the promise of IPTV."

"The partnership between Orb and Amino reemphasizes they way the video over IP industry is headed," said Karthik Ranjan, Vice President, Internet TV, Amino. "Consumers are looking for a lot more than just 'traditional media.' They want to access video content on the open internet as well as user generated media which is on their PC. The Orb application combined with our STB has finally enabled this to be a reality."

About Amino

Amino Communications ( www.aminocom.com ) supplies the AmiNET(TM) series of set-top boxes renowned for their low-cost and reliability. The AmiNET range materially reduces service operators' capital expenditure, whilst offering the full range of specification required. The high performance coupled with the innovative design of Amino's set-top boxes, have brought the series industry accolades and the company a leading position within the IPTV market.

The AmiNET series of IPTV set-top boxes has been used by more than 600 customers in commercial deployments and trials in over 50 countries worldwide. The set-top boxes have also been sampled by another additional 800 customers. Amino Communications' principal customers are telecommunications, broadcast and hospitality service operators. Generally, AmiNET products are supplied with the IntAct(TM) IPTV software stack pre-loaded.

Amino Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amino Technologies plc. listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM, symbol AMO. Amino is based near Cambridge, UK, and has offices in Atlanta (Georgia) and Hong Kong.

About Orb Networks, Inc.

Orb Networks is an award-winning developer of software and services that unlock the digital media stored on personal computers. Orb MyCasting gives consumers secure, free, instant, and everywhere-access to everything from their photos and video to TV and music on virtually any Web-enabled device. The company's partners and affiliates include: AOL Winamp, AMD, Creative Labs, Hauppauge, Hutchison, Nokia, Orange and Vodafone. Orb Networks is a privately held company in Emeryville, Calif. For more information about Orb Networks and the Orb MyCasting service, please visit www.orb.com.

www.Orb.com

NOTE: Orb and MyCast are trademarks of Orb Networks, Inc. All other trademarks and/or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Source: Orb Networks, Inc.

CONTACT: Ann Willey of Orb Networks, +1-513-608-0829, or
ann.willey@orb.com; or Liana Miller of eLuminatePR, +1-949-276-8920, or
liana@eluminatepr.com, for Orb Networks

Web site: http://www.orb.com/
http://www.aminocom.com/

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