GENEVA -- ADB, a leading provider of solutions and services for media convergence, has today announced a strategic relationship with MStar Semiconductor Inc., which integrates MStar’s 4K Hybrid Set-Top-Box chipset solution with the new graphyne2 next-generation personal TV software platform.

The pre-integration means that MStar’s dual 4k HEVC/VP9 STB chipset platform with the latest advanced security engine is fully optimised to run the new graphyne2 platform, providing original device manufacturers (ODMs) and pay-TV operators with enhanced performance and features including Multiscreen UX, with improved time to market.

Consumers are demanding that the next generation of video-capable playback devices - including STBs and media streaming appliances - are able to deliver content of the highest quality along with a consistent set of features. Operators meanwhile are keen to reduce the costs and complexity of managing a diverse set of customer premise equipment (CPE) while still providing a common platform to enable the rapid delivery of new services, with the ability to evolve technology to meet new consumer drivers such as 4K.

MStar is a leader of FTA (Free-To-Air) and pay-TV STB controller system-on-chip (SoC) solutions including standard definition (SD), high definition (HD) and 4K broadcast and broadband content resolution, and IPTV, Video on Demand (VOD) and Personal video recorder (PVR).

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