Cambridge, UK, December 6, 2007: Amino, the world leading IPTV platform supplier, today announced that Panama’s CTV Telecom has selected the AmiNET125 multi-codec Set-Top-Box (STB) for Central America’s first IPTV service. The AmiNET125 platform is specifically designed to help operators in emerging markets to introduce IPTV services with a flexible and cost effective approach. The AmiNET125 can also be used in European and North American markets for standard definition TV sets.

CTV has a purpose built high-speed 100% fiber optic network in the capital, Panama City, exclusively to deliver the new IPTV service. CTV offers subscribers pure IPTV services including telephone, broadband internet and television, with a choice of over 100 broadcast, music and on demand channels. An initial order for a substantial volume of AmiNET125 STBs has been placed. Further orders are expected as the delivery area extends to the rest of the country.

The AmiNET125 combines proven hardware and software architectures with the latest processor and peripheral components, to achieve the best combination of reliability, performance and cost. It combines the best features from Amino's previous standard definition products but adds USB 2.0 and a programmable multi-codec DSP capable of MPEG-2, H.264 and WMV9. Utilizing a new System-On-Chip (SOC) solution, the AmiNET125 also combines a powerful CPU and advanced, programmable DSP in a cost effective single package, which can be field-upgraded to support the addition of new services and codecs, helping increase average revenue per user (ARPU).

The AmiNET125 recently won the prestigious CSI Product of the Year Award in the category “Best IPTV technology”, ahead of the Microsoft® Xbox360® solution for IPTV. The CSI award was the third international accolade given to Amino’s multi-codec range of STBs in the last 2 years.

About Amino Communications
Amino Communications (www.aminocom.com ) supplies the AmiNET™ series of set-top boxes (STBs), renowned for their low-cost and reliability. The AmiNET range materially reduces service operators’ capital expenditure, whilst offering the full range of specification required; MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 encoding standards, standard and high definition TV, personal video recording and home networking. The high performance coupled with the innovative design of Amino’s set-top boxes, has brought the series industry accolades and the company a leading position within the IPTV market.