ViXS(R) and iPanel(R) Collaborate on the next Generation China Digital TV Platform to provide Leading Edge Multi-Screen Streaming in the Home

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ViXS(R) and iPanel(R) Collaborate on the next Generation China Digital TV Platform to provide Leading Edge Multi-Screen Streaming in the Home

ViXS XCode(®) 4210  and iPanel's Leading Digital TV Software Platform provide a new
dimension to consumer TV experience in China - the world's fastest
growing Digital TV market

TORONTO, Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - ViXS Systems Inc. and iPanel have teamed
up to provide the first Multi-screen, know as n-Screen, multimedia
platform for commercial deployment in China.

iPanel focuses on the value-added business for digital TV, IPTV, and the
internet TV industry and is the largest and most competitive software
platform for service providers in China. With over 70% of the digital
TV middleware market share and over 84 million DVB subscribers in China
as well as 30% of the IPTV middleware global market share, iPanel is
the clear leader in innovative software solutions for this market.

"As a leader in network media processing ViXS is pleased to provide
platforms to support the best software solutions", said Sally Daub,
ViXS president and CEO. "iPanel is taking full advantage of the
powerful functionality of the ViXS XCode 4210 to build products adding
new streaming and connected home technologies to an already impressive
list of applications".

"iPanel and ViXS are working together to provide the next generation
media experience to our customer base", said Jiahong Xu, iPanel
president and CEO.  "The ViXS XCode 4210 network media processor SoC
was a logical choice to port the latest iPanel 3.0 middleware and to
expand the capabilities of the platform to address the needs and
requirement of consumers to manage, stream and display content on
multiple media devices in their homes".

With over 3,500 DMIPS available for hosting and network processing the
iPanel 3.0 middleware the XCode 4210 is the ideal hardware digital TV
platform to deliver multiple HD steams to multiple devices in the
home. In addition, the XCode 4210 offers HD video encoding, dual HD
decoding for picture in picture and dual HD transcoding up to
1080p60/50 resolution. With an advanced full HD OpenGL-ES2.0 3D graphic
processor, dedicated networking processor and a wide range of protocols
supported including PCIe, USB, SATA, Gigabit Ethernet and DDR3, the
XCode 4210 offers an extensive suite of media processing capabilities
for today's demanding media requirements.

About ViXS Systems Inc.

ViXS is a multimedia solutions innovator providing technologies for
processing, managing, securing and distributing high quality video and
audio allowing seamless control, conversion, and connectivity between
many classes and sizes of digital entertainment devices.

ViXS supplies advanced System-on-Chip semiconductors, software solutions
and hardware reference designs for the world's top manufacturers of
Digital TVs, DVDs, Set-top boxes, Personal Video Recorders, PCs,
Network-Attached Storage devices, Residential/Home Gateways, Blu-ray
players/recorders, as well as Broadcast and Professional Equipment
OEMs.

ViXS is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with global operations and
offices in Europe, Asia and North America. ViXS has filed more than 334
patents worldwide with over 103 patents being issued to date. Listed
for four years running as one of Deloitte's fastest growing North
American companies, ViXS is setting new standards in the way digital
entertainment is viewed and transmitted across an endless array of
multimedia products.

For more information on ViXS, please visit our website: www.vixs.com.

ViXS, the ViXS(®) logo, XCode(®), XConnex(TM) and Xtensiv(TM) are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of
ViXS. Other registered and unregistered trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.

About iPanel

Headquartered in Shenzhen, iPanel is the largest and most competitive
technical service provider in China focusing on TV value-added
business. Established in 2000, iPanel now has more than 1000 employees,
among whom 80% are R&D staffs.

iPanel provides embedded application service platform based on terminal
hardware platform and head-end data broadcasting system/application
system to serve for operators and content providers.

iPanel has filed  about 60 patents, more than 170 software copyrights
and product registrations. iPanel software has become a leading
value-added business platform for television operators in China. Over
the years, iPanel has won honors including

        --  Key Software Enterprise of Chinese National Programs , National
            Hi-Tech Enterprise
        --  2009 Forbes Greatest Potential SMEs
        --  2008 & 2009 China Top 50 Companies with the Best Investment
            Value
        --  2008 & 2009 China Top 50 high growth tech Companies

For more information on iPanel, please visit our website: www.ipanel.tv

The iPanel(®) logo is trademark and/or registered trademark of iPanel.

SOURCE  ViXS Systems Inc.

ViXS Systems Inc.

CONTACT:  David Jones, Tel: (416) 646 2000
E-mail: djones@vixs.com Maggie Chou, Tel: (755) 8237 4495 Email: zhouzhou@ipanel.cn or JiLi Chen, Tel: (755) 8237 8307 Email: chenjl@ipanel.cn

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