[02.06.2006]

QUBITSTAR SYSTEMS starts selling a STB solution for the full HD-capable IPTV, the first of its kind in Japan. The product supports 1080i and 1080p for full specification Hi-Vision broadcasting as well as analogue streaming and video on demand of standard broadcasting.

QUBITSTAR SYSTEMS starts selling a STB solution for the full HD-capable IPTV, the first of its kind in Japan. The product supports 1080i and 1080p for full specification Hi-Vision broadcasting as well as analogue streaming and video on demand of standard broadcasting.

QUBITSTAR SYSTEMS Inc. (Head Office: 3-15-6 Shibaura, Minato ward, Tokyo, President and CEO: Nobuhiko Seki, Capital: ￥125,000,000-, hereunder called "QUBITSTAR"), a provider of platforms for Ubiquitous Computing, starts selling a STB solution for the full specification Hi-Vision-capable IPTV, the first of its kind in Japan.

STB-Q1080 for the new IPTV has been developed based on Linux which is QUBITSTAR's specialty and supports video streaming and video on demand by conventional standard broadcasting formats as well as the full Hi-Vision device of 1920 x 1080i or 1080p.

As TV broadcasts are scheduled to be digitalized completely in 2011 in Japan, the market of displays for Hi-Vision such as a plasma TV and a liquid crystal television is expanding rapidly. Also, thanks to the smooth progress of the e-Japan strategy, the world's fastest yet inexpensive broadband environment has been already in place in Japan while the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' plan is to provide the broadband environment for all Japanese people by 2010. Through such improvement of the communication environment, it is considered that the provision of the high-definition IPTV services integrating broadband and television services will be accelerated in the future.

In the world market, the forecast is that the number of digital set top box used in 2009 will increase to more than 90 million, the number of family watching HDTV will be more than 87 million in 2010 and the market returns will reach to the tune of 34 billion US dollars. The STB-Q1080 has been developed for IPTV against the background of these global circumstances.

The STB-Q1080 for IPTV that QUBITSTAR has announced this time supports various formats including MPEG-1 Layer I and II, MP3, LPCM, ADPCM, HDCD audio, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AAC-LC 2.0, WMA9@L3 2.0, WMA9 Lossless 2.0 for audio formats, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, VOB, DIVX, AVI, XVID, ASF, WMV9 for video formats, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP for image formats, and ISMA (Internet Streaming Media Alliance) MPEG-4 MPEG2 TS over IP for streaming media, and the wide range of applications is expected. As the STB-Q1080 for IPTV is sold as a system solution, the product can be customized according to the format of the existing server.

QUBITSTAR plans to sell 50,000 sets of STB-Q1080 for IPTV in the first year.


The STB-Q1080 for IPTV will be supplied on the system solution base. One set of STB-Q1080 is to be sold for about ￥30,000 in the IPTV service of 50,000 sets. The server system can be supplied for from about 1.5 billion yen.

Inquiries

QUBITSTAR SYSTEMS Inc. Business Cordination Center.
5th floor, Shimakuratamachi building
3-15-6 Shibaura, Minato ward, Tokyo 108-0023, Japan
TEL:03-5484-6655