S3 to Demonstrate at CableLabs® Summer Conference

S3’s North American team will take their test and diagnostics solution, StormTestTM, to showcase to senior executives at the CableLabs Summer Conference in Colorado
CableLabs Summer Conference 2009

S3 will be demonstrating its StormTestTM product to over 200 senior executives in the North American cable industry at the upcoming CableLabs® Summer Conference in Colorado from August 9th-11th. StormTest is an intelligent, automated set-top box test and diagnostics solution which removes the need for time-consuming, expensive and error-prone manual testing and replaces it with a more accurate and cost-effective alternative. Current clients include BSkyB and Irdeto amongst others.

S3 has in-depth experience in delivering system integration management, design services and consultancy services to the Digital TV industry and will be showcasing its StormTest solution at the CableLabs summer conference. In addition to being able to provide all of the features you would expect to see in such a testing product, such as video analysis, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and motion detection, StormTest offers cable operators configurable, repeatable and reliable testing, a universal test infrastructure, support for black-box and white-box testing and a single platform that meets different test case needs from development right through to legacy set-top box maintenance and repair.

S3 is a multinational technology organization with a 15-year track record of providing leading products, services and IP to global cable, satellite and IPTV operators, set-top box manufacturers, middleware vendors, conditional access vendors and semiconductor companies. Through S3’s San Jose office the company services the needs of their multiple clients in the North American market.

“Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs®) is dedicated to pursuing new cable telecommunications technologies and to helping its cable operator members integrate those technical advancements into their business objectives and we are proud to be participating in their prestigious summer conference. StormTest is the first of a range of products and services which we are introducing to the North American cable market. We believe our long history and deep technical expertise in digital TV set-top box development and testing can help us to address some of the key challenges of the cable operators attending this conference.” said Paul Kavanagh, General Manager, North America, S3.

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About S3
S3 provides services, products and IP to the Digital TV industry. S3 has over 15 years experience working with global operators, Set-Top Box (STB) manufacturers, middleware vendors, conditional access vendors and semiconductor companies. S3 is recognized for providing complete solutions using its skilled engineering and project management resources specializing in Lead System Integration Services, Consultancy Services, Equipment Upgrade and Maintenance and TV Products. Founded in 1986, S3 has engineering development centers in San Jose in the USA, Ireland (Dublin and Cork), the Czech Republic, Poland and Portugal with sales offices and representatives globally. For further information please visit www.s3group.com/tv-technology

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Contacts

S3 (Silicon & Software Systems Ltd.)
Fiona D’Arcy
Tel: 408 236 7900
fiona.darcy {at} s3group(.)com