SOURCE: Zoran Corporation
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March 20, 2008 09:15 ET
Zoran Powers COSHIP's New Family of China Cable Set-Top Boxes
Bi-Directional Broadcast Services Enabled for Cable Operators
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - March 20, 2008) - Zoran Corporation (NASDAQ: ZRAN) announced
that its SupraTV® processor powers a new family of China Cable set-top
boxes from COSHIP Electronics Co., Ltd., a well-known supplier to regional
cable operators.
Zoran and COSHIP will be demonstrating the COSHIP China Cable set-top box
model N1600C, with bi-directional broadcast capabilities, in Hall 1B,
Zoran's Booth B164 and COSHIP's Booth B111 at the China Cable Broadcasting
Network (CCBN) 2007 conference held this week in Beijing. Bi-directional
support is important for cable operators as it enables additional
value-added services such as IP-delivered content and also additional
public service information. As a result, demand for bi-directional cable
set-top boxes is increasing significantly in China.
COSHIP's Zoran-based cable set-top boxes feature: Digital Video
Broadcasting (DVB) -- cable and MPEG2-compliant audio and video decoding; a
seven day Electronic Programming Guide (EPG), multi-language On Screen
Display (OSD), cable channel autoscan, DVB-subtitles, OSD Teletext
decoding, software updates via over-air-download and serial port. They also
support composite + s-video outputs, stereo audio and audio output via
S/PDIF, infra-red remote, RF input and loop-through. COSHIP's China Cable
set-top boxes also support the most popular conditional access and data
browser software and integrate IP QAM, Ethernet, and other bi-directional
cable services.
"Zoran's SupraTV® processor was an excellent choice for our new range of
bi-directional China Cable set-top boxes, now released to production. Cable
operators in many regions of China are looking forward to offering this
capability to their customers. We expect our partnership with Zoran will
continue to enable new and improved products for the growing China Cable
set-top box market," said Bright Yuan, CEO at COSHIP Electronics Co., Ltd.
"Zoran is pleased to support COSHIP, an established leader and supplier of
high quality set-top boxes for global sales channels including the China
Cable market. Zoran's latest set-top box processing technology, when
combined with COSHIP's expertise in manufacturing, delivers compelling
products for this rapidly growing market," said Ram Ofir, senior vice
president and general manager, Home Entertainment division, Zoran
Corporation.
About COSHIP
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, IP STB (Set-Top Box), cable modem, GPS products, security products and
LED displays. As the China's largest STB provider and one of global leading
STB providers, COSHIP provides over 4 million STBs in 2006, which are
worldwide deployed in Europe, Middle East, Asia, Australia, North America,
South America and Africa. Meanwhile, COSHIP maintains tremendous growth and
has been the number one STB exporter in China for the past five consecutive
years.
About Zoran Corporation
Zoran Corporation, based in Sunnyvale, California, is a leading provider of
digital solutions in the growing digital entertainment and digital imaging
markets. With two decades of expertise developing and delivering digital
signal processing technologies, Zoran has pioneered high-performance
digital audio and video, imaging applications and Connect Share Entertain
technologies for the digital home. Zoran's proficiency in integration
delivers major benefits for OEM customers, including greater capabilities
within each product generation, reduced system costs, and shorter time to
market. Zoran-based DVD, digital camera, DTV, multimedia mobile phone, and
multifunction printer products have received recognition for excellence and
are now in hundreds of millions of homes and offices worldwide. With
headquarters in the U.S. and operations in Canada, China, England, Germany,
India, Israel, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, Zoran may be contacted on the
World Wide Web at www.zoran.com or at 408-523-6500.
Zoran, the Zoran Logo, and SupraTV are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Zoran Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in the United States or other
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