PARIS -- Technicolor (EURONEXT PARIS: TCH) today announced that it has been awarded two contracts from Hathway, India's leading cable broadband service provider, for MediaAccess gateways and MediaPlay set-top boxes.

The selected solution will enhance Hathway's digital cable offering by enabling the delivery of HD video content and ultra-high speed broadband services to end users. MediaAccess TCM471 features multiple channels aggregation (channel bonding) to maximize the performance over newly deployed cable infrastructure on DOCSIS 3.0, while remaining backward compatible with older networks. Thanks to its innovative tuner management, it combines efficiently video over cable, video over IP and high-speed broadband services.

MediaPlay DCI804 is a high-end DVR decoder delivering HD MPEG-4 video. Hathway leverages Technicolor's field-proven maturity with this platform to deliver robust HD video, DVR and Time-shifting services to its consumers.

Technicolor SA