Press Release
- Archives 2000
ATI joins
the TV Anytime Forum
Contributing
to industry standards for personal video recorders
Builds on leadership in PC and Set-top box markets
April
10, 2000
Toronto, Canada -
ATI Technologies Inc. (TSE:ATY; NASDAQ:ATYT), the leading supplier of graphics, video and personal video recording technology for the PC and Set-top box, today announced its membership in the TV Anytime Forum.
The TV Anytime Forum is developing specifications that will
allow broadcasters, service providers, consumer electronics
manufacturers, content creators and telecommunications companies
to utilize high-volume digital storage in consumer devices.
The activities of the forum are further described on the TV
Anytime website
www.tv-anytime.org.
"ATI is a key player in the new digital media market", said Simon Parnall, Manager of Systems Development of NDS, and chairman of TV Anytime. "I am delighted to welcome ATI to the TV Anytime Forum".
"ATI looks forward to contributing to the standards process and enabling consumers to reap the benefits of new PVR technology", said Dan Eiref, director of ATI's set-top box division.
ATI is a leading supplier to the Set-top box and Personal video recorder market with partners including General Instrument and Sony, who will supply the large US cable markets with ATI-enabled Set-Top boxes and Vestel, a leading TV maker in Europe and the first to bring to market an ATI-enabled TV with integrated Web and Internet connectivity. ATI has for several years been the leader in interactive TV on the PC, through its award-winning All-in-Wonder™ family of PC add-in boards.
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Company Profile
ATI Technologies Inc., the world's largest
supplier of 3D graphics and multimedia technology, designs,
manufactures and markets innovative and award-winning multimedia
solutions and graphics components for the personal computer,
set-top box and consumer electronics appliance markets. An
ISO 9002 company, ATI is the world's leading supplier of video
and 2D/3D graphics accelerators to OEM and retail customers.
Founded in 1985, ATI employs more than 1,800 people at headquarters
in Thornhill, Ontario, and in offices in the United States,
Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Barbados, Malaysia,
Japan and Hong Kong. ATI is a public company whose shares
trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.
About the TV Anytime forum
The TV Anytime Forum is an association of organizations which
seeks to develop specifications to enable audio-visual and
other services based on mass-market high volume digital storage.
The association comprises 54 member organizations from Europe,
the USA and Asia.
Contact Information
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at www.ati.com.
