Advanced Digital Broadcast
Encyclopedia
Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) designs, manufactures and deploys solutions to distribute pay-TV and multimedia
services to the connected home
, for all types of networks. The company has its global headquarters in Geneva
, Switzerland
and regional headquarters in Denver, USA and Taipei
, Taiwan
. ADB has established local offices in several European countries, Asia
, India
and Latin America
. The company's main Research & Development facilities are in Poland
, Italy
and Ukraine
. It is a member of ADB Group, which is publicly listed on the Swiss stock exchange (SIX:ADBN).
Founded in 1995, ADB initially focused on developing and marketing software for digital TV processors and expanded its business to the design and manufacture of digital TV equipment in 1997. The company sold its first set-top box
in 1997 and today makes more than 30 models of set-top boxes, and Gateway
devices, together with advanced software platforms. According to ADB press releases, it has sold over 30 million devices worldwide.
The Company employs over 700 people, of which 70% are in engineering functions. ADB has close technical research links with a number of European universities and polytechnics including Warsaw University
.
In 1997 the business was expanded into the design and manufacture of digital TV equipment. ADB designed its first commercial set-to box, and established its dedicated R&D facility in Poland and corporate headquarters in Taiwan.
Between 1998 and 2000 offices were opened in Australia, and Spain, and ADB sold its one millionth set-top box.
In 2001 ADB announced the development of an open standard set-top box middleware solution based on the Multimedia Home Platform
(MHP) specification and established its worldwide headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The company sold its two millionth set-top box.
In 2002 the company opened its Americas headquarters in Chicago
(since moved to Denver). ADB was invited to supply digital TV technology for Poland's first MHP
broadcast trial and became the world's first set-top box provider to launch an MHP digital receiver, the i-CAN 3000, in Finland.
In 2003 ADB delivered set-top boxes for the launch of digital terrestrial TV services in Italy, announced the world's first hybrid MHP Internet set-top box with terrestrial reception and became the first company to supply the television industry with MHP-compliant set-top boxes. The company received a German-Polish Innovation award and a Cable & Satellite International Product of the Year award for its i-CAN 3000 set-top box.
In 2004 ADB deployed its i-CAN 2000T digital TV set-top box in the Italian market and won two Cable and Satellite International Product of the Year awards for the ADB 3100TW hybrid IPTV/DVB-T set-top box.
In 2005, ADB Group was floated on the Swiss Stock Exchange (SWX)
and ADB secured its first major IPTV contract to supply set-top boxes to Telefónica
in Spain. The company unveiled its first single-chip MPEG-4 AVC
based set-top box, the ADB-7800TW.
In 2006 ADB introduced European-based manufacturing and shipped its eight millionth set-top box. The company secured its first contract in Germany for the supply of digital IPTV set-top boxes to Hansenet. ADB partnered with UK broadcasters the BBC
, Channel 4
, Five and ITV
in the first HDTV field trial on the UK's digital terrestrial network. ADB participated in a pilot with Italian broadcaster
RAI
for the world's first HDTV transmission using MPEG-4 AVC video compression during coverage of the Winter Olympics from Turin, Italy
.
In 2007 ADB was selected by YES, a satellite TV provider in Israel
, to supply set-top boxes for the launch of HDTV services. Set-top boxes were supplied to Telefónica Chile for the launch of IPTV services and to Multimedia Polska for the introduction of HDTV on digital cable. The Company also signed a distribution agreement with Border States Electric Supply headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota for the supply of IPTV set-top boxes to Independent Operating Companies in the United States.
In 2008 ADB deployed its 12 millionth set-top box and introduced tru2way
certified set-top boxes for the interactive
cable TV market. ADB announced new deals for the supply of set-top boxes to HelloHD in Hungary, the expansion of its distribution network in North America through a partnership with Graybar, the supply of IPTV set-top boxes to Telekom Austria
, and the introduction of high-definition Digital Video Recorder
s at Télégèneve - naxoo. The company partnered with Grundig
to enable the launch of the first Norwegian Push Video on Demand
(P-VOD) offering by RIKSTV
. During 2008 ADB won the Cable & Satellite International Product of the Year Award for Best Customer Premises
Technology and won a second IPTV World Series Award for Best IPTV Customer Premise Equipment technology.
In 2009 ADB completed 1.5 million IPTV set-top box deployments and announced set-top box deals with TFN Media
in Taiwan and Altibox
in Norway and Denmark. At the 2009 TV Innovation Awards, ADB was named ‘TV Innovator of the Year’ and received the award for best set-top box technology for its ADB-4820C set-back box. The company demonstrated DivX
compressed video and Internet applications
including YouTube
and FaceBook
on television using a set-top box.
(HDTV) set-top box
es and residential gateway
devices to cable
, satellite
, IP
, terrestrial television operators, and broadband
service provider
s. According to ADB press releases, it has sold more than 30 million consumer premise devices worldwide.
The company's solutions portfolio includes pay-TV set-top devices with the award-winning Carbo user interface; software for advanced pay-TV services, such as video on demand
, multi-room video recording, interactive TV and internet
applications; ready-to-deploy pay-TV solutions, including consumer devices, middleware
, applications, services and scaleable head end
s; broadband
access gateway
s and home networking devices; remote management software; and life-cycle and integration services.
ADB designs and manufactures over 30 models of set-top box for digital TV service providers in Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. These products are designed for multiple purposes and include Standard-definition devices (e.g. ADB-2500W), High-definition devices (e.g. ADB-3810C), Digital Video Recorder (e.g. ADB-5810SX advanced high definition DVR), Digital Video Recorder with push VOD and home network
ing (e.g. ADB-5720CDX HD DVR), and set-top box with Internet/TV convergence (e.g. ADB-3810TW) .
The majority of ADB set-top boxes can be used to receive television services from different types of transmission networks simultaneously. Set-top boxes with this capability are known in the television industry as hybrid set-top boxes.
Set-top-box models support the specific physical reception and return-channel messaging requirements of the television transmission infrastructure where they will be deployed, such as cable, satellite, IPTV or digital terrestrial TV. Cable set-top boxes include a choice of return path such as V.92 modem for low-level two-way interactivity or, for high-speed two-way communications, an Ethernet
interface or fully integrated DOCSIS
modem. Set-top boxes designed for U.S. cable operators are CableLabs
certified. A selection of ADB's set-top boxes include home networking capabilities using DLNA
(Digital Living Network Alliance) and UPnP
(Universal Plug and Play) standards.
. In countries with PayTV offers available in retail, such as Italy, and the UK, ADB supplies set-top boxes under its i-CAN brand, or under the distributor's brands.
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
services to the connected home
Home network
A home network or home area network is a residential local area network . It is used for communication between digital devices typically deployed in the home, usually a small number of personal computers and accessories, such as printers and mobile computing devices...
, for all types of networks. The company has its global headquarters in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and regional headquarters in Denver, USA and Taipei
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. ADB has established local offices in several European countries, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. The company's main Research & Development facilities are in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. It is a member of ADB Group, which is publicly listed on the Swiss stock exchange (SIX:ADBN).
Founded in 1995, ADB initially focused on developing and marketing software for digital TV processors and expanded its business to the design and manufacture of digital TV equipment in 1997. The company sold its first set-top box
Set-top box
A set-top box or set-top unit is an information appliance device that generally contains a tuner and connects to a television set and an external source of signal, turning the signal into content which is then displayed on the television screen or other display device.-History:Before the...
in 1997 and today makes more than 30 models of set-top boxes, and Gateway
Residential gateway
A residential gateway is a home networking device, used as a gateway to connect devices in the home to the Internet or other WAN.It is an umbrella term, used to cover multi-function networking computer appliances used in homes, which may combine a DSL or cable modem, a firewall, a consumer-grade...
devices, together with advanced software platforms. According to ADB press releases, it has sold over 30 million devices worldwide.
The Company employs over 700 people, of which 70% are in engineering functions. ADB has close technical research links with a number of European universities and polytechnics including Warsaw University
University of Warsaw
The University of Warsaw is the largest university in Poland and one of the most prestigious, ranked as best Polish university in 2010 and 2011...
.
History
In 1995 Advanced Digital Broadcast was founded by Andrew Rybicki with an initial focus on developing and marketing software for advanced digital TV processors.In 1997 the business was expanded into the design and manufacture of digital TV equipment. ADB designed its first commercial set-to box, and established its dedicated R&D facility in Poland and corporate headquarters in Taiwan.
Between 1998 and 2000 offices were opened in Australia, and Spain, and ADB sold its one millionth set-top box.
In 2001 ADB announced the development of an open standard set-top box middleware solution based on the Multimedia Home Platform
Multimedia Home Platform
Multimedia Home Platform is an open middleware system standard designed by the DVB project for interactive digital television. The MHP enables the reception and execution of interactive, Java-based applications on a TV-set. Interactive TV applications can be delivered over the broadcast channel,...
(MHP) specification and established its worldwide headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The company sold its two millionth set-top box.
In 2002 the company opened its Americas headquarters in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
(since moved to Denver). ADB was invited to supply digital TV technology for Poland's first MHP
Multimedia Home Platform
Multimedia Home Platform is an open middleware system standard designed by the DVB project for interactive digital television. The MHP enables the reception and execution of interactive, Java-based applications on a TV-set. Interactive TV applications can be delivered over the broadcast channel,...
broadcast trial and became the world's first set-top box provider to launch an MHP digital receiver, the i-CAN 3000, in Finland.
In 2003 ADB delivered set-top boxes for the launch of digital terrestrial TV services in Italy, announced the world's first hybrid MHP Internet set-top box with terrestrial reception and became the first company to supply the television industry with MHP-compliant set-top boxes. The company received a German-Polish Innovation award and a Cable & Satellite International Product of the Year award for its i-CAN 3000 set-top box.
In 2004 ADB deployed its i-CAN 2000T digital TV set-top box in the Italian market and won two Cable and Satellite International Product of the Year awards for the ADB 3100TW hybrid IPTV/DVB-T set-top box.
In 2005, ADB Group was floated on the Swiss Stock Exchange (SWX)
and ADB secured its first major IPTV contract to supply set-top boxes to Telefónica
Telefónica
Telefónica, S.A. is a Spanish broadband and telecommunications provider in Europe and Latin America. Operating globally, it is the third largest provider in the world...
in Spain. The company unveiled its first single-chip MPEG-4 AVC
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10 or AVC is a standard for video compression, and is currently one of the most commonly used formats for the recording, compression, and distribution of high definition video...
based set-top box, the ADB-7800TW.
In 2006 ADB introduced European-based manufacturing and shipped its eight millionth set-top box. The company secured its first contract in Germany for the supply of digital IPTV set-top boxes to Hansenet. ADB partnered with UK broadcasters the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
, Five and ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
in the first HDTV field trial on the UK's digital terrestrial network. ADB participated in a pilot with Italian broadcaster
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
RAI
RAI
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...
for the world's first HDTV transmission using MPEG-4 AVC video compression during coverage of the Winter Olympics from Turin, Italy
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...
.
In 2007 ADB was selected by YES, a satellite TV provider in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, to supply set-top boxes for the launch of HDTV services. Set-top boxes were supplied to Telefónica Chile for the launch of IPTV services and to Multimedia Polska for the introduction of HDTV on digital cable. The Company also signed a distribution agreement with Border States Electric Supply headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota for the supply of IPTV set-top boxes to Independent Operating Companies in the United States.
In 2008 ADB deployed its 12 millionth set-top box and introduced tru2way
Tru2Way
Tru2way is a brand name for interactive digital cable services delivered over the cable video network, for example interactive program guides, interactive ads, games, chat, web browsing, and t-commerce. The brand also appears as “'” and is used to market cable services, applications, and devices...
certified set-top boxes for the interactive
Interactive television
Interactive television describes a number of techniques that allow viewers to interact with television content as they view it.- Definitions :...
cable TV market. ADB announced new deals for the supply of set-top boxes to HelloHD in Hungary, the expansion of its distribution network in North America through a partnership with Graybar, the supply of IPTV set-top boxes to Telekom Austria
Telekom Austria
Telekom Austria is a provider of a range of fixed line, mobile, data, and Internet communications services. The company has a 100 per cent share in telecommunications provider A1 Telekom Austria....
, and the introduction of high-definition Digital Video Recorder
Digital video recorder
A digital video recorder , sometimes referred to by the merchandising term personal video recorder , is a consumer electronics device or application software that records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB flash drive, SD memory card or other local or networked mass storage device...
s at Télégèneve - naxoo. The company partnered with Grundig
Grundig
Grundig AG is a German manufacturer of consumer electronics for home entertainment which transferred to Turkish control in 2004-2007. Established in 1945 in Nuremberg by Max Grundig, the company changed hands several times before becoming part of the Turkish Koç Holding group...
to enable the launch of the first Norwegian Push Video on Demand
Video on demand
Video on Demand or Audio and Video On Demand are systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content on demand...
(P-VOD) offering by RIKSTV
RiksTV
RiksTV is the distributor of pay television in the Norwegian digital terrestrial television network. It is owned by Norges televisjon as, a consortium owned by Norsk rikskringkasting, the TV 2 Group and Telenor....
. During 2008 ADB won the Cable & Satellite International Product of the Year Award for Best Customer Premises
Customer-premises equipment
Customer-premises equipment or customer-provided equipment is any terminal and associated equipment located at a subscriber's premises and connected with a carrier's telecommunication channel at the demarcation point...
Technology and won a second IPTV World Series Award for Best IPTV Customer Premise Equipment technology.
In 2009 ADB completed 1.5 million IPTV set-top box deployments and announced set-top box deals with TFN Media
in Taiwan and Altibox
Altibox
Altibox is a unified brand for internet, IPTV and VoIP service distributed over 35 local Norwegian and 6 Danish FTTH networks. Altibox was set up by Southwestern Norwegian multi-utility firm Lyse Energi in 2002 under the name Lyse Tele. They later changed the name to Altibox in 2009...
in Norway and Denmark. At the 2009 TV Innovation Awards, ADB was named ‘TV Innovator of the Year’ and received the award for best set-top box technology for its ADB-4820C set-back box. The company demonstrated DivX
DivX
DivX is a brand name of products created by DivX, Inc. , including the DivX Codec which has become popular due to its ability to compress lengthy video segments into small sizes while maintaining relatively high visual quality.There are two DivX codecs; the regular MPEG-4 Part 2 DivX codec and the...
compressed video and Internet applications
Web application
A web application is an application that is accessed over a network such as the Internet or an intranet. The term may also mean a computer software application that is coded in a browser-supported language and reliant on a common web browser to render the application executable.Web applications are...
including YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
and FaceBook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
on television using a set-top box.
Products
ADB is a volume supplier of High-definition televisionHigh-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
(HDTV) set-top box
Set-top box
A set-top box or set-top unit is an information appliance device that generally contains a tuner and connects to a television set and an external source of signal, turning the signal into content which is then displayed on the television screen or other display device.-History:Before the...
es and residential gateway
Residential gateway
A residential gateway is a home networking device, used as a gateway to connect devices in the home to the Internet or other WAN.It is an umbrella term, used to cover multi-function networking computer appliances used in homes, which may combine a DSL or cable modem, a firewall, a consumer-grade...
devices to cable
Cable
A cable is two or more wires running side by side and bonded, twisted or braided together to form a single assembly. In mechanics cables, otherwise known as wire ropes, are used for lifting, hauling and towing or conveying force through tension. In electrical engineering cables are used to carry...
, satellite
Satellite
In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavour. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
, IP
Internet Protocol
The Internet Protocol is the principal communications protocol used for relaying datagrams across an internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite...
, terrestrial television operators, and broadband
Broadband
The term broadband refers to a telecommunications signal or device of greater bandwidth, in some sense, than another standard or usual signal or device . Different criteria for "broad" have been applied in different contexts and at different times...
service provider
Service provider
A service provider is an entity that provides services to other entities. Usually, this refers to a business that provides subscription or web service to other businesses or individuals. Examples of these services include Internet access, Mobile phone operators, and web application hosting...
s. According to ADB press releases, it has sold more than 30 million consumer premise devices worldwide.
The company's solutions portfolio includes pay-TV set-top devices with the award-winning Carbo user interface; software for advanced pay-TV services, such as video on demand
Video on demand
Video on Demand or Audio and Video On Demand are systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content on demand...
, multi-room video recording, interactive TV and internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
applications; ready-to-deploy pay-TV solutions, including consumer devices, middleware
Middleware
Middleware is computer software that connects software components or people and their applications. The software consists of a set of services that allows multiple processes running on one or more machines to interact...
, applications, services and scaleable head end
Cable television headend
A cable television headend is a master facility for receiving television signals for processing and distribution over a cable television system. The headend facility is normally unstaffed and surrounded by some type of security fencing and is typically a building or large shed housing electronic...
s; broadband
Broadband
The term broadband refers to a telecommunications signal or device of greater bandwidth, in some sense, than another standard or usual signal or device . Different criteria for "broad" have been applied in different contexts and at different times...
access gateway
Gateway (telecommunications)
In telecommunications, the term gateway has the following meaning:*In a communications network, a network node equipped for interfacing with another network that uses different protocols....
s and home networking devices; remote management software; and life-cycle and integration services.
ADB designs and manufactures over 30 models of set-top box for digital TV service providers in Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. These products are designed for multiple purposes and include Standard-definition devices (e.g. ADB-2500W), High-definition devices (e.g. ADB-3810C), Digital Video Recorder (e.g. ADB-5810SX advanced high definition DVR), Digital Video Recorder with push VOD and home network
Home network
A home network or home area network is a residential local area network . It is used for communication between digital devices typically deployed in the home, usually a small number of personal computers and accessories, such as printers and mobile computing devices...
ing (e.g. ADB-5720CDX HD DVR), and set-top box with Internet/TV convergence (e.g. ADB-3810TW) .
The majority of ADB set-top boxes can be used to receive television services from different types of transmission networks simultaneously. Set-top boxes with this capability are known in the television industry as hybrid set-top boxes.
Set-top-box models support the specific physical reception and return-channel messaging requirements of the television transmission infrastructure where they will be deployed, such as cable, satellite, IPTV or digital terrestrial TV. Cable set-top boxes include a choice of return path such as V.92 modem for low-level two-way interactivity or, for high-speed two-way communications, an Ethernet
Ethernet
Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks commercially introduced in 1980. Standardized in IEEE 802.3, Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies....
interface or fully integrated DOCSIS
DOCSIS
Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification is an international telecommunications standard that permits the addition of high-speed data transfer to an existing cable TV system...
modem. Set-top boxes designed for U.S. cable operators are CableLabs
CableLabs
Founded in 1988 by cable television operating companies, Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. is a not-for-profit research and development consortium that has cable operators as its members. System operators from around the world are eligible to be members. Members dues are based on revenue...
certified. A selection of ADB's set-top boxes include home networking capabilities using DLNA
Digital Living Network Alliance
The Digital Living Network Alliance is a non-profit collaborative trade organization established by Sony in June 2003, and has more than 250 member companies in the mobile, consumer electronics, PC, and service provider industries...
(Digital Living Network Alliance) and UPnP
Universal Plug and Play
Universal Plug and Play is a set of networking protocols for primarily residential networks without enterprise class devices that permits networked devices, such as personal computers, printers, Internet gateways, Wi-Fi access points and mobile devices to seamlessly discover each other's presence...
(Universal Plug and Play) standards.
Customers
Service provider customers include Eurocom, HOT, ITI ("n"), Multimedia Polska, Telefonica, and TelenetTelenet (Belgium)
Telenet Group is the largest provider of broadband cable services in Belgium. Its business comprises the provision of analog and digital cable television, high speed internet and fixed and mobile telephony services, primarily to residential customers in Flanders and Brussels...
. In countries with PayTV offers available in retail, such as Italy, and the UK, ADB supplies set-top boxes under its i-CAN brand, or under the distributor's brands.