STB & CAM MANUFACTURERS

For 20 years, ASTON has been providing another perspective on digital TV. Its mastery of the CAS integration process has allowed ASTON to offer innovative and top quality products to the market.

Today, the digital TV market is evolving fast. Convergence, security and multimedia are the hot topics. Consumers use television at home and in multi-room situations. HDTV is also a major challenge for the coming years.

So, ASTON has positioned itself for this new era and is one of the leading players in the multimedia market. The range of Aston products include STB, HD STB, PVR STB, and also Conditional Access Module (PCMCIA), used worldwide by consumers and professionals.

COSHIP Electronics Co., Ltd, founded in 1994, is a well-known Hi-tech enterprise in China, specializing in R&D, manufacture and marketing of satellite/cable/terrestrial digital TV receivers, professional head-end IRD and IPTV STB. As the China's largest STB provider and one of global leading STB providers, COSHIP provided a large number of receivers in 2007, which are worldwide deployed in Europe, Middle East, Asia, Australia, North America, South America and Africa.

With around 1000 professional engineers, COSHIP has brought out various state-of-the-art receiver integrated with such main-stream CAS and middleware as CONAX, IRDETO, NAGRAVISION, NDS, VIACCESS, Alticast MHP, NDS Core, OpenTV, IDWAY, MHPEG5 and Iwedia etc. By pursuing cutting-edge technologies in DTV industry, COSHIP has been able to continuously launch series of advanced products such as HD STB, PVR, MPEG-4/H.264 STB, IP STB, interactive STB and Pro IRD etc, which greatly appeal to the market.

We have been cooperating with many leading operators all over the world. Drawing on rich experience, we are capable of tailoring to each customer with specific products and services.

 COSHIP's business philosophy is to always strive for highest quality, best service and greatest satisfaction to our customers

General Satellite is one of the leaders in Set-Top-Box production and distribution. Since 1991 we have been developing and bringing to the market digital TV solutions of high quality. General Satellite today is:

- 2 own factories: one in China and one in Kaliningrad

- more than 1000 employees

- 50 subsidiaries in Russia and 3 in Europe

- well-known brand and strong positioning on the market.

HANDAN: Total Digital Set-Top Box Solution Provider
HANDAN BroadInfoCom, as one of the Global Leading Digital STB Solution providers, always seek

to supply the various STB solutions from all kinds of DVB to DVB + IP hybrid products incorporated

with highly advanced features (Storage device, IP protocol, Middleware & Browser) covering interactive & Push VOD services to the Service Providers & Operators in the world through customization of unique & creative solutions to be fully coincided with the needs of each customers & end users since our foundation in 1997.

Humax has built a solid reputation as a leading global supplier of high quality, feature-rich digital TV products, including Digital Television Recorders (DTRs), high definition (HD) set-top boxes. 

The company has been actively involved in some of Europe’s key digital TV initiatives, including the UK digital switchover trials and Premiere’s HD launch.  More recently, Humax was at the forefront of the UK’s new Freesat digital TV service, launching a purpose-built HD digital set-top box giving access to subscription-free HD content for the first time.

Humax is headquartered in Korea, with offices in Dubai, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US. 

Ikusi is a leading company in the design, introduction and management of electronic systems, widely present on the international market with centres located in Europe, America and Asia. Among other activities, the company offers innovative products, solutions and systems for the reception, processing and distribution of TV signals, specially focused on TV Operator’s professional needs.

Sichuan Jiuzhou Electric Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Jiuzhou) was established in 1958. It is one of the top 100 electronic information enterprises in China. It has more than 10000 employees, and the main products from Jiuzhou include digital Set top Box, digital headend equipment, CATV network equipment, LED lighting and display products, home theater system products, coaxial and optical cable, etc.

Digital Telemedia Co., Ltd. (www.d-telemedia.com), the STB branch under Jiuzhou located in Shenzhen, is the leading manufacturer for STB from china, and the company has more than 200 professional engineers. It can supply all types of SD/HD digital set top box ( SAT/CABLE/DTT/IP) compliant with different standard (DVB, ATSC-T, ISDB-T, DMB-TH). The monthly production capacity is over one million STB,and the products have been sold to different market like USA, Europe, Middle east, Asia, Australia, south America, etc.

KONKA, one of the most famous China brands, one of the Top-Three TV & STB manufacturers in China, is dedicated to serving worldwide customers with products of superior quality at most competitive price.

NEOTION is a leading provider of highly sophisticated System-on-a-Chip (SoC) MPEG-4 processors, as well as turnkey sub-systems and reference designs enabling seamless integration and unrivalled time-to-market for the consumer electronics industry and the TV operators.
NEOTION’s secured silicon uniquely combines: MPEG-4, advanced security modes, and hybrid IP connectivity opening sidewise also towards digital home convergence, IPTV and TV 2.0.
NEOTION is the inventor of the original MPEG-4 decoder in a card designed for Common Interface receivers (iDTV and STB). NEOTION offers a compelling range of disruptive MPEG-4 modules enabling, beyond MPEG-4 upgrade, secured silicon-based security, DVR functions in a SD-card, and hybrid IP home-network capabilities for genuine legacy TV sets.
NEOTION has designed the NP5 series processors that are able to power ultimate low-cost / ultra low power boxes tailored for green-field broadcast TV markets (DTT and DTH), as well as for telecom operators looking for simple IP box solutions in a multi-room and home network context.
NEOTION also offers reference designs, API, SDK, and development boards enabling various levels of implementation and customisation (from application specific, to dedicated chipset ROM code).

Opentech has been established in 1996. Since the early start-up, we have been achieving key digital technologies. In 2001, we finally has put its all resources onto the digital STB business and now become available to meet customers with a variety of set top boxes meeting the requirements. As a leading STB manufacturer, known as brand name "OPENTEL", we have experienced in various platforms of over 50 countries and our quality assurance is processed by control and monitoring system as product planning, design, manufacturing, inspection and after-sales service.

Pace plc (LSE:PIC) is a leading technology developer for the global payTV industry, working across satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms. 

Pace has one of the world's most experienced specialist engineering teams, developing intelligent and innovative products and services for both payTV operators and retail markets across the world. Following the acquisition of the set-top box and connectivity solutions business of Royal Philips Electronics in April 2008, Pace employs over 900 people in locations around the world, including France, the USA, India and Hong Kong.  Pace's international headquarters are in Saltaire, West Yorkshire, UK.

S Net Media Inc. is newly established Digital High Definition Receiver Manufacturer.

S Net Media is launching its enhanced HD DVB-S/-S2, HD DVB-S/-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T Dual Tuner PVR, and MPEG-4 SD solutions in European countries. S Net Media guarantee that it will be your reliable and trustful STB partner which can supply advance CAS embedded products to meet your requirement. S Net Media via its HQ in Korea and its European HQ in Frankfurt in Germany is willing to cooperate with you in anywhere and in anytime.

A French high technology company, headquartered in Paris with 6,500 employees on five continents, Sagem Communications specialises in broadband communications and convergence in particular in the following areas: printing terminals, digital TV set-top boxes, broadband and residential terminals, communicating energy management solutions, telecom systems and partnerships. The company is in a leadership position in these sectors thanks to its proven capacity for innovation.

Sagem Communications is Europe’s leading STB manufacturer for digital terrestrial and IP TV, and offers a complete product range, for all transmission media (cable, satellite, terrestrial and IP), from entry-level STBs to advanced twin-tuner High Definition MPEG4 recorders with integrated Hard Disk.

Samsung Electronics Corporation Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2007 consolidated sales of US$103.4 billion. Employing approximately 150,000 people in 134 offices in 62 countries, the company consists of five main business units: Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business, Telecommunication Business and Digital Appliance Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, TFT-LCDs, mobile phones and systems.

Skardin is a professional set-top box (STB) supplier established in 1982, headquarter located in Taiwan, Research& Development centre in Europe, manufacturing facilities in China Shenzhen.

Skardin offers wide range of product from entry level to conditional access platform via all kinds of networks and provides satisfying product customization.

SmarDTV, a Kudelski Group company, is an international leader in pay television technology.

SmarDTV designs and manufactures highly secure, interchangeable modules and associated enabling technologies, which provide authorized access to scrambled television services.

SmarDTV CAMs and CableCARDs are used daily by millions of subscribers around the world.

SmarDTV is headquartered in Switzerland with development and sales offices in France, Germany, and Singapore.

Shenzhen State Micro Technology Co., Ltd., (SMiT), a high-tech company specialized in the DTV industry that owns proprietary intellectual property rights and core technologies. With over 200 engineers R&D team and the international viewed management team, SMiT has the ability from designing large scale integrated circuit chips to developing integrated system solutions.As an active advocator and supporter of the national policy of DVB-CI for digital TV industry as well as the key member of the national committee of China’s Common Interface Standard, SMiT first developed the complete home-made DTV Conditional Access Modules (CAM) and obtained 10 CAS Certification already.

TechniSat Digital Group develops and manufactures in Europe, DVB and IP consumer electronic products like ID TVs, Digital STBs, CA modules, SMATV products, PC products and car radios. TechniSat Digital is among the world leaders in know-how, production and sales of respective products. Today, the high quality TechniSat products are developed in Dresden (Germany) at TechniSat Digital GmbH, and mostly produced in the three German manufacturing facilities.

TechniSat was one of the first companies to concentrate on the subject of digital technology, and today we are among the leaders in the field of digital receivers.

Apart of the production of digital receivers, TechniSat is also active in the field of TV set production.

Thomson is the world leading provider of solutions for the creation, management, delivery and access of video, for the Communication, Media & Entertainment (CME) industries. Our clients are studios, broadcasters, network operators (telcos, broadband, satellite and cable operators) and an increasing range of professional users of videos. We deliver superior value to our customers through a unique combination of industry leading technologies, systems and services, enabling us to offer differentiated and innovative end-to-end solutions based on a broad portfolio of Intellectual Property.

Topfield, founded in 1998, is a worldwide leader in the STB industry. Since its first export of STB in September 2000, Topfield is continuously developing innovative STB product basing on unique ASIC design technology for end users. By today, Topfield is the worldwide leader in STB business, focusing on researching and developing high end digital products and exploiting global markets.

Unitend Technologies Inc. (the Company hereafter) is a professional Universal Transport Interface (UTI) technology firm established through collective efforts of the National Government, Tsinghua University, and other industrial partners. The Company joined hands with Tsinghua University to launch the Tsinghua-Unitend DTV Card Separation Research Institute for the industrialization and marketing promotion and applications of UTI technology. The Company is specialized in developing and manufacturing UTI-based series of technology and products such as UTI core ICs, UTI modules, UTI foundation software, and UTI system solutions. The Company is Initiator and Secretariat of the China UTI Alliance, and it’s mainly focus on the promotion of the UTI standards and building of UTI Alliance. Simultaneously, as a key member of the China DRM Standards Group, the Company retains the core DRM technologies and products. Unitend Technology, on the basis of China’s independent innovation, is actively acquiring advanced technologies from all over the world, and have been successful in developing a series of highly marketable UTI products that meet actual needs of their users.

Vestel Group is comprised of 25 companies operating in manufacturing, technology development, marketing, and distribution fields in the consumer electronics, digital technologies, and household appliances.

Offering a variety of products to its customers, the range of the company includes: Flat panel TVs, Interactive Hotel TV Systems, CRT TVs, DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-C, IP set-top boxes, and Household Appliances.

Since its establishment in 1984, Vestel has been pioneering development of the electronics industry in Turkey with innovative, high quality products at internationally competitive prices.

Founded in 1991, Yuxing was dedicated in research and development of digital home entertainment solution. As a pioneer of IP and hybrid set-top box, Yuxing began working with PCCW to offer IPTV service in Hongkong in early 2003. With fast business development, Yuxing has provided IP and hybrid STBs for operators worldwide, such as PCCW, Telefonica, China Telecom, Maroc Telecom, etc. Till June 2008, Yuxing has deployed over 1.5 million IP and hybrid STBs globally, integrated with major middleware, CA/DRM and headend solutions.