Telekom Austria the First Operator in Europe to Provide DivX Certified(R) ADB IPTV Set-Top Boxes

Telekom Austria the First Operator in Europe to Provide DivX Certified(R) ADB IPTV Set-Top Boxes

Austrian customers can playback high-quality DivX(R) video content on their TVs

SAN DIEGO and GENEVA, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- DivX, Inc. (NASDAQ:DIVX), a leading digital media company, and Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB), a leading supplier of technology to the global digital television industry, today announced that market leader Telekom Austria is the first operator in Europe to provide DivX Certified® set-top-boxes (STB) to subscribers of its service. The ADB-3810TW internet protocol (IP) STB delivers a high-quality viewing experience for digital entertainment through native playback of DivX® video content accessed via USB drive or over the user's home network.

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DivX technology allows video content to be compressed to a fraction of its original size, while maintaining excellent visual quality. Using DivX software, up to eight standard definition movies can fit on an 8 GB USB flash drive. The ADB-ADB3810TW allows playback of digital videos and Hollywood movies in the DivX format.

"We are proud to be involved in the first deployment of DivX Certified set-top boxes in Europe. Consumers are demanding an enhanced TV experience that gives them access to their favourite content from multiple sources, and the ability to watch DivX video on their television increases their entertainment options," explains Wojciech Doganowski, VP and General Manager, IPTV Business Unit at ADB. "DivX Certification is an important part of our strategy to help operators give their subscribers what they want. Having DivX technology pre-integrated into a set-top box platform also improves an operator's ability to launch new services to subscribers - a major contributor to reducing churn."

"We're pleased to work with ADB in satisfying the demand for DivX Certified STBs in Europe," said Matt Milne, Senior Vice President and GM, Licensing at DivX. "These devices power the seamless transfer of video content, enabling consumers to enjoy their DivX video collections, as well as premium Hollywood content."

Products that bear the DivX Certified logo have undergone a rigorous testing program to ensure a high-quality DivX media experience, including reliable video creation and playback, interoperability with other DivX Certified devices and the visual quality users expect from DivX.

For more information about Advanced Digital Broadcast visit www.adbglobal.com.

For more information about DivX, visit www.divx.com.

About DivX

DivX, Inc. is a leading digital media company that enables consumers to enjoy a high-quality video experience across any kind of device. DivX creates, distributes and licenses digital video technologies that span the "three screens" comprising today's consumer media environment--the PC, the television and mobile devices. Over 250 million DivX devices have shipped into the market from leading consumer electronics manufacturers. DivX also offers content providers and publishers a complete solution for the distribution of secure, high-quality digital video content. Driven by a globally recognized brand and a passionate community of hundreds of millions of consumers, DivX is simplifying the video experience to enable the digital home.

About Advanced Digital Broadcast

Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) provides set-top solutions to the worldwide digital television industry. We supply advanced customer premise equipment across all transmission platforms including cable, IPTV, satellite, and terrestrial. We strive to bring to market innovative solutions that help our customers deliver the best consumer TV experience. A leader in hybrid set-top devices with deep software expertise, ADB enables the PC/TV content convergence, letting operators provide innovative services such as push video-on-demand, multi-room DVR, interactive TV, over-the-top applications and more. We fine-tune our set-top devices for each operator's specific infrastructure to deliver peak performance. With over 14 million digital set-top boxes sold to a global customer base, our products have been recognized for being among the industry's most advanced and reliable.

About Telekom Austria Group

Telekom Austria Group is Austria's leading provider of telecommunications services. It was listed on the Vienna stock exchange in November 2000. The Group has two main business areas: the fixed net segment encompasses fixed line telephony, data, Internet, security and multimedia services and the mobile communications segment covers mobile communications. The Telekom Austria Group has international operations in Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Liechtenstein, the Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Serbia and Slovenia.

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Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical in nature constitute "forward-looking statements." Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding DivX's visibility within the investment community. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause DivX's actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to: the risk that customer use of DivX technology may not grow as anticipated; the risk that anticipated market opportunities may not materialize at expected levels, or at all; the risk that the Company's activities may not result in the growth of profitable revenue; risks and uncertainties related to the maintenance and strength of the DivX brand; risks associated with DivX's ability to penetrate existing and new markets; risks regarding the effects of competition; the risk of DivX's dependence on its licensees and partners; risks related to the effect of intellectual property rights claims; and other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of DivX's most recent report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. DivX is providing this information as of the date of this release and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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