Paris — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software had announced that Zintec Holding is developing next-generation digital broadcast information software which relies on MontaVista Linux Professional Edition as the set-top box platform. The new set-box software, called Open TV EN-2, will be delivered in Q1 of 2003. The software will be used on the ZDX 7200 (full-featured Open TV set-top box) and on the ZDX 720 (budget Open TV set-top box), which are manufactured and shipped by Zinwell, a major customer of Zintec. Zintec will also use MontaVista Linux for its PVR (Personal Video Recorder) and IP TV line of products. Zintec software products run on TMS320AV7200, a fully integrated set-top box solution from Texas Instruments.

“After an in-depth search, we concluded that MontaVista Linux was the only convincing product, if one were looking for a real-time Linux OS,” said Gerard Meijer, vice president, market development, Zintec.

MontaVista Linux Professional Edition has been widely used by scores of consumer electronics companies worldwide to build, develop and deploy a wide range of products. Based on impetus from the market, MontaVista Software has been focusing its recent efforts on enhancing Linux for advanced consumer electronics applications.

Zintec focuses its expertise on the research, design and development of embedded systems software products for digital signal processing in broadcast and information devices, especially television set-top boxes.

 
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