Sierre Energie deploys Anevia Flamingo gateways to retransmit TV Channels as part of its IPTV Service

Released on = March 27, 2007, 1:51 am

Press Release Author = Anevia

Industry = Telecommunications

Press Release Summary = Anevia enables Swiss Operator Sierre Energie to deliver 90
channels as part of its Vario TV service with the Flamingo DVB to IP gateway.

Press Release Body = Paris - March 26, 2007 - Anevia, the French IPTV specialist for
Triple Play solutions has been selected by the Swiss Cable Operator Sierre Energie.

Sierre Energie just released its FTTH service under the brandname "Vario" providing
their customers with 90 worldwide TV channels (French, German, Italian, English &
others) through their IP set-top box.

"We chose the Anevia Flamingo gateway because of its professional design and
technical ability to retransmit a high number of channels as well as its excellent
reliability," said Arthur Clivaz, Sierre Energie CFO.

The Anevia Flamingo is the only 1RU appliance in the market able to receive multiple
TV channels and retransmit them over IP. Satellite, Terrestrial or Cable channels,
encrypted or free-to-air can be streamed. This DVB-to-IP gateway has already been
selected by other leading telecom operators for their IPTV service.

"We are very happy to be chosen by one of the most advanced FTTH operators in
Europe. This new customer strengthens Anevia's position as a key player in the IPTV
market," said Damien Lucas, CEO and co-founder of Anevia.

Sierre Energie is scheduling the launch of HDTV services for Summer 2007 and is
currently testing the Anevia Flamingo for DVB-S2 satellite reception and IP
streaming of HD channels.



About Sierre Energie

Sierre-Energie SA provides electricity and communications services to households and
small companies located in the canton of Valais (the Matterhorncanton) in the French
part of Switzerland. Sierre-Energie also operates the cable network of Télévision
Sierre SA and is now developing a FTTH network to provide advanced IPTV services to
its customers including services such as VoD and nPVR that are not available on
standard cable networks.

For more information visit: www.vario.tv


About Anevia

Anevia is a telecom equipment supplier, specialising in the video element of Triple
Play - Video on Demand, IPTV and digital recording.
Unlike traditional electronic solutions, the originality of Anevia's approach is in
its innovative software solution which combines broadband and broadcast television.
As a result, Anevia has developed the TOUCAN VOD/nPVR servers and the FLAMINGO
DVB-to-IP gateways which are compact, cost effective and fast to deploy.
Set up in 2003 by former members of the VideoLAN team that developed the VLC media
player, Anevia is a French company, whose main investor is CDC Enterprises
Innovation. Anevia's products have been selected by a large number of telecom, xDSL
and FTTH operators, broadcasters and system integrators worldwide.

For further details visit www.anevia.com




Web Site = http://www.anevia.com

Contact Details = PR contact for Anevia : Unnaka KEUK, marketing@anevia.com

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