ANT Galio Browser Provides High Performance User Experience for Exterity HD IPTV Receivers

Released on: June 26, 2008, 4:32 am

Press Release Author: Exterity

Industry: Telecommunications

Press Release Summary: : Exterity, a specialist in network IPTV, has licensed the
ANT Galio Browser from ANT Software Limited

Press Release Body: London, 25th June, 2008: Exterity, a specialist in network IPTV,
has licensed the ANT Galio Browser from ANT Software Limited, a leading provider of
embedded browser, content control and user interface software. By using the
high-quality interface in its range of HD IPTV receivers, Exterity can offer
customers an easy to use, highly intuitive and interactive user experience. The
solution is ideally suited to the hospitality industry due its extensive support for
web technologies that will allow hospitality solution providers to create engaging
interactive guest entertainment systems.

The ANT Galio Browser is an advanced standards-based solution that complements the
capabilities of Exterity's receivers. By combining the latest television and Web
standards with high performance in a small memory footprint, ANT Galio enables users
to develop groundbreaking interactive content and complex TV-based applications
quickly and easily using existing knowledge and off-the-shelf tools. By opting to
incorporate the ANT Galio browser into its hardware, Exterity can offer its
resellers a highly competitive, cost-effective solution, delivering greater
flexibility to significantly raise the quality of the user experience and the range
of enhanced interactive services.

Colin Farquhar, CEO of Exterity comments: "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. ANT Galio enhances
the user experience and enables dynamic content, ranging from local device set-up
menus to complex remote services such as Electronic Programming Guides (EPGs) and
Video on Demand (VoD) interfaces. ANT Galio represents the ideal component to
complete our already comprehensive IPTV receiver range."

"We're delighted to have licensed ANT Galio Browser to Exterity" said Richard Baker,
Executive VP Sales and Marketing. "The companies have been working together for a
number of years with ANT Fresco and it's clear that both companies recognise the
importance of the end-user experience, migrating to ANT Galio enables Exterity to
focus on delivering dynamic, visually exciting services."

Notes to Editors:

About Exterity
Exterity Limited was formed in 2001 to create products to deliver broadcast quality
digital video over IP networks within buildings. Exterity's products represent a
significant advance over the co-axial cable systems in common use today but are
viable for deployment in large-scale video distribution systems.
Exterity's core technology, in-socketT, allows display appliances, such as
televisions, to be connected directly to wall-mounted iSockets to get direct and
easy access to all available digital media and services.
Exterity is based in Edinburgh, Scotland.



About ANT Software Limited
ANT plc (www.antplc.com) is the leading provider of client software solutions and
services to the digital media industry. It develops open-standards-based client
software and applications to enable operators to exploit digital media across a
broad range of consumer devices from TV's set-top boxes and DVD players, to portable
media devices such as mobile phones and personal media players, regardless of
content delivery platform.

ANT enables media driven organisations to quickly create and roll-out innovative and
successful applications and TV services on any consumer device, enabling operators
to attract new subscribers, reduce churn and increase average revenue per user.

ANT's software has been extensively deployed by customers throughout the world
including Scientific Atlanta a Cisco Company, Chunghwa Telecom, Foxconn, France
Telecom, Humax, LG/Nortel, Philips, Sagem, Samsung, SaskTel, Telecom Italia and
Thomson.

ANT plc\'s shares are listed on AIM, a London Stock Exchange regulated market, under
the ticker ANTP (Reuters: ANTP.L, Bloomberg: ANTP.LN).

Press Contacts
Geraldine Grewal
Rainier PR
Tel: 0207 494 6589
Email: ggrewal@rainierpr.co.uk



Web Site: http://www.exterity.co.uk

Contact Details: Media contacts:
Sarah-Anne Bray / Laurie Glimmerveen
Wildfire PR
0208 339 4420
Exterity@wildfirepr.co.uk

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