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.: NEOTION Overview

French public company established in January 2000 (listed since June 2006 on Alternext Euronext Paris).

Aiming at a Global Market gearing on a sustained evolution:

Analogue Switch off (ASO).
Horizontal Markets (DTT) & Convergence (Web 2.0 / IPTV).

In-house ” Silicon Chip design powering a truly unique range of Digital TV products.

Fabless - but complete mastery of Industrialisation (France & China).

Customers: Consumer Electronics and Operators (TV & Telcos).

.: Mission & Strategy

NEOTION’s mission is to be a fast growing and highly profitable company in providing customers with the most innovative and efficient solutions. The company strives to be one of the best innovators and leaders in technology on the global digital TV market.

NEOTION is a leading technology innovator for the digital TV market. The company’s strategy revolves around multiple main points:

Promote the concept of digital home convergence and have a technology leadership position by pioneering and developing innovative solutions for the digital TV market.
Develop and market our MPEG-4-enabled products to digital TV and Set-Top Box OEM, TV operators and content providers.
Develop and market our innovative platform of services to TV operators and digital receivers OEM.
Grow and expand on a global scale by creating subsidiaries in key locations and through strategic alliances.
Uniquely combining MPEG4 & Security on SoC Design.
Leveraging on blocking patent to address CI exploding Installed Base (iDTV in Europe, DCR in USA, CI mandate in India) While anticipating legal and standard framework (active lobbying).

.: Key Figures

Cumulated revenues since 5 years: +120 M$ / +50% export.
Over 1.8 million products sold
Over 30 patents pending
Headcount: 50 employees worldwide

.: Company History

.: 2008 :.

July	New location for NEOTION headquarters at Aubagne : NEOTION is moving on and growing... Its buildings too !

.: 2007 :.

January	NEOTION reveals plans on revolutionary MPEG-4 HD-module for Standard DVB television sets
April	SCOPUS and NEOTION Team To Provide Advanced H.264 Decoding Solution
	UAB Mikrovisatos TV selects the NEOTION Pocket MPEG-4 technology to deploy its Pay TV DTT offer in Lithuania
	PrimePBI and NEOTION sign a major cooperation Agreement. - April 18th 2007
	DTM and NEOTION team up to offer the highest grade of Innovation in a booming Mass-Market Digital TV space
May	NEOTION creates NTF, his subsidiary dedicated to DTT Pay TV distribution in France
September	NEOTION launches the NEOTION Processor 5, a MPEG-4 processor dedicated to Set-Top-box
	NEOTION is introducing the newer generation MPEG-4 decoder chip: the NP4+
	DIZIPIA adopts NEOTION Core Module MPEG-4 Technology to empower its new range of MPEG-2 & MPEG-4 digital receivers
	Irdeto Digital TV Solution Chosen by NTF for New French Digital Terrestrial Pay Television Service

.: 2006 :.

February	NEOTION launches an MPEG-4 decoder in a credit card format : the Neotion Pocket dTV
April	VIACCESS and NEOTION combine their expertise on MPEG4 solutions
	IRDETO and NEOTION team up to combine Conditional Access Technology with an MPEG-4 Codec
	GlobeCast and NEOTION build the Next-Generation satellite TV distribution turnkey platform using MPEG-4 AVC
May	TPS et SONY launch the first « PLUG&PLAY » offer of french pay DTT - First commercial application of the NEOTION digital Pocket TV
June	NEOTION successfully goes public on the ALTERNEXT
September	NEOTION releases the Core Module Technology
	NEOTION launches the NETION POCKET DUO, first TV MPEG4 and IP module
	NEOTION and TECHNISAT announce a strategic alliance
	NEOTION and WAT unveil a common platform
	NEOTION and CMM sign a major technology agreement on the PLC (Powerline Communication)
November	NEOTION, newer Distributor for French Pay TV Digital Terrestrial

.: 2005:.

January	Launch of the NEOTION Hub, the new co-processor dedicated to the CI slot
March	Technological partnership between NEOTION and SPiDCOM Technologies
April	NEOTION presents its new MPEG-4 Card range at NAB 2005
May	NEOTION successfully launches its new label "my NEOTIONbox" at Mediacast 2005
June	NEOTION and the Groupe AB team up to pioneer together the breakthrough “Pay Per Phone” service
September	NEOTION launches the NB601 T, the new evolutive DTT receiver
	RTN launches the first TV service broadcasted in MPEG-4 on satellite with NEOTION
December	NEOTION ads two new functionalities to the NB601 S range : SMS Record & InfoCast Games

.: 2004 :.

January	Release of the NEOTION Box 2000
February	NEOTION launches NEOTION SHL easy, a new control access based on pre-paid smart card
March	NEOTION becomes a leading technology provider in the MPEG-4 AVC video compression field by taking-over 100% of the XEOLE company shares
	NEOTION opens a subsidiary in Shanghai, China
April	Release of the NEOTION Box 1000s
June	NEOTION receives the "International Méditerranée" prize from the Economy Awards organized by France 3 TV and La Provence newspaper
August	NEOTION create the first scalable FTA satellite receiver with the NEOTION cartridges
October	Release of the NEOTION Box 501
December	NEOTION staff: 45

.: 2003 :.

January	Official Middle East launch of an "InfoCast Middle East" service in Arabic
April	NEOTION establishes itself on the access control market with NEOTION SHL, the first solution without a smart card
July	Two international television choose NEOTION SHL
September	ATSKY changes its name and visual identity to become NEOTION
	Release of the NEOTION Box 1000
October	TURENNE CAPITAL and ENTREPRENEUR VENTURE invest into the company
December	NEOTION staff: 31

.: 2002 :.

February	Update via the airwaves of the NEOTION Pilot installed range: added access control (with Eurocrypt base) and advanced recording functions
May	Expansion of the Pilot range with the arrival of NEOTION Pilot 2
September	Launch of a complete end-to-end access control solution
	Release of the first generation of digital television modulesfor the FREE-X TV channel (formerly No Zap)
October	Launch of the NEOTION Box digital television terminal and its PC software: NEOTION Video Link
December	NEOTION staff: 24

.: 2001 :.

January	Prototype of the satellite receiver for PC : NEOTION Pilot 1
February	TDF buys into the company
June	Release of the first NEOTION ASIC
	The Caisse d'Épargne bank buys into the company
November	Public launch of the InfoCast service in close partnership with the satellite operator SES ASTRA

.: 2000 :.

January	Creation of the company
April	Consolidation of staff teams
	TEAMLOG buys into the company

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