Hauppauge Bundles Orb With WinTV-PVR Retail Products In Europe Bringing Consumers Television To Mobile Devices In Time For World
Hauppauge, NY and Emeryville, Calif. – June 5, 2006 – Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc., the industry leader in providing personal computer-based TV receivers, and Orb Networks, the pioneering software developer that gives consumers instant access to their content anywhere, announced today that Orb technology will be bundled with WinTV-PVR products now available at retail stores and online throughout Europe. Combining Hauppauge’s WinTV-PVR products and Orb's software to any Windows XP PC, consumers will enjoy live or prerecorded TV streaming from their home PC on mobile phones and PDAs from anywhere in the world. WinTV & Orb hits shelves in time for summer sporting events, most importantly, FIFA World Cup™ soccer.
"Hauppauge WinTV users can now watch TV streamed from their home anywhere in the world on virtually any Web-enabled mobile device," said Ken Plotkin, CEO of Hauppauge. "Our customers will have an unparalleled amount of freedom and control to watch their favorite shows or sporting events wherever they may be. Everyone knows soccer is one of Europe's greatest passions and now fans don't have to miss a moment of the action."
WinTV-PVR with Orb software will be available at major consumer electronics retail outlets in Europe including: Dixons Store Group in the United Kingdom, Media Market/Saturn in Germany and FNAC in France. Win-TV PVR with Orb is also available for existing customers to download at www.hauppauge.com/orb.
"When it comes to watching TV, consumers now have control of both the place and the time to enjoy their favorite shows " it's really quite exciting," said Jim Behrens, CEO of Orb Networks. Behrens offered some examples. "If you are an avid soccer fan like I am, you can watch all 64 World Cup matches live or recorded on your Web-enabled mobile device, whether you are in the office, on a lunch break or taking the train home from work.
"Or imagine being on holiday in Rimini and watching your favorite local soccer team play a match while you are sitting on the beach," Behrens said. "That match is being streamed directly from your home PC to your mobile device. That's the kind of freedom that WinTV PVR and Orb brings you."
Right from the native Web browser and streaming media player of their mobile phone or PDA, consumers can watch live TV, enjoy previously recorded shows, and schedule future recordings. No special mobile software from Orb is required.
The free Orb software on the user's home PC streams TV to any mobile device with a streaming Windows Media® Player, RealPlayer®, or 3gp player, ensuring a truly global reach to the Orb solution for TV everywhere.
Orb is available now for free download at www.orb.com or thru Hauppauge at www.hauppauge.com/orb.
About Hauppauge Digital, Inc.
Hauppauge Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ : HAUP) is a leading developer and manufacturer of digital TV and data broadcast receiver products for personal computers. Through its Hauppauge Computer Works Inc. and Hauppauge Digital Europe subsidiaries, the Company designs and develops digital video boards for a TV-in-a-window, digital video editing and video conferencing. The Company is headquartered in Hauppauge, New York, with administrative offices in New York, Singapore, Taiwan, Ireland and Luxembourg and sales offices in Germany, London, Paris, the Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Singapore, and California. The Company's Internet web site can be found at http://www.hauppauge.com.
About Orb Networks, Inc.
Orb Networks is the pioneering developer of software and services that give people secure, free, and instant access to all their digital media. The award-winning Orb software makes it easy for consumers to enjoy their home and Internet TV, music, videos, photos, podcasts, and other digital content from mobile phones, PDAs, and laptops everywhere. Orb is a privately held company in Emeryville, California. For more information about Orb, visit www.orb.com.
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