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Zoran Demonstrates Latest DTV and Set-Top Box Platforms for Worldwide Manufacturers at Computex 2010 in Taiwan


Published on 2010-06-03 06:30:29 - Market Wire
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SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - June 3, 2010) - Zoran Corporation (NASDAQ: [ ZRAN ]), the U.S. DTV SOC market share leader in flat panel televisions, is demonstrating its latest Internet Connected and 3D DTV and set-top box processor platforms for global consumer electronics manufacturers at Computex 2010 at the Grand Hyatt Taipei.

Zoran will be demonstrating its Internet Connected high definition flat panel television platforms for manufacturers shipping to Europe, Brazil, China, Japan, the U.S. and other regions, where there is growing demand for popular online applications such as DLNA, Netflix, Vudu, RoxioNow among others.

"At Computex, we are demonstrating our latest digital television platforms and technologies for manufacturers that want to deliver Internet Connected and 3D television products to global markets. We are especially pleased to demonstrate several new optimized product solutions for specific fast growing regions and emerging markets," said Mustafa Ozgen, vice president and general manager Zoran's digital TV business unit, Home Entertainment division.

Zoran also supplies Standard and High Definition set-top box platforms for worldwide operator systems. In Asia, Zoran is actively increasing its set-top business especially for China cable and India pay satellite markets with set-top partners such as Coship, DVN, Evolution, Homecast, Mingxin, Rinstar, Technisat, and others.

"Zoran is currently engaged with a number of leading Taiwanese ODMs who are developing operator set-top boxes for branded manufacturers targeting both the United States and global operator markets. Our set-top box demonstrations at Computex highlight our increasing position in a range of standard and high definition cable and satellite set-top boxes targeting pay TV operators," said Anthony Simon, vice president Zoran's multimedia systems business unit, Home Entertainment division.

Zoran will demonstrate the following product platforms at Computex 2010:

  • SupraHD® Full HDTV solutions for Internet Connected flat panel DTV markets in North and South America, Europe and Asia, with many new video and audio features and streaming capabilities
  • SupraFRC® object-based Frame Rate Conversion and de-judder technology for improved picture quality supporting 120Hz and 240Hz TVs, including Active Shutter Glasses- and Polarized Glasses-based 3D TVs.
  • SupraXD® H.264 Set-top box reference designs for a wide range of cable and satellite markets
  • SupraTV® Optimized Standard Definition MPEG-2 Cable Set-top box platforms with integrated demodulator and other applicable features for India, China and other global standard definition cable markets

About Zoran Corporation
Zoran Corporation, based in Sunnyvale, California, is a leading provider of digital solutions for the digital entertainment and digital imaging markets. With over 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 DTV, set-top box, DVD, digital camera, 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 additional operations in China, England, France, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Sweden and Taiwan, Zoran may be contacted on the World Wide Web at [ www.zoran.com ] or at 408-523-6500.

Zoran, the Zoran logo, SupraHD, SupraFRC, SupraTV and SupraXD are trademarks or registered trademarks of Zoran Corporation and/or it subsidiaries in the United States or other countries. All other names and brands may be claimed as property of others.

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