Founded in 2000 by Jean-Yves Le Roux and Laurent Jabiol , NEOTION develops and markets innovative technologies related to the digital television environment, and more particularly decoder chips.

Thanks to its active technological innovation strategy, NEOTION has quickly established itself as the leader for solutions enabling consumer electronics, typically TV makers, to integrate MPEG-4 technology into all products related to digital television.

Since it was first founded, NEOTION has developed strategic partnerships and opened up its capital, and successfully completed the acquisition of XEOLE, a major player in MPEG-4 AVC video compression.

NEOTION is present in the European, Middle East (since January 2003) and Asian markets. The company makes more than 50% of its sales overseas.
In April 2004, the company also opened an office in China ( Shanghai ), in order to ensure better control of its production lines and be closer to the soon booming local digital TV market.

NEOTION employs more than 70 people throughout the world, 40% of whom are involved in Research and Development. Since it was formed, NEOTION has dedicated an accrued a 7.5 M€ budget to R&D. It has registered more than 30 patents which it owns itself. Its innovative policy of technological contributions enabled it in 2006 to successfully launch the "Neotion Pocket" , the only credit card sized digital MPEG4 decoder in the world.

In the last 5 years, NEOTION has achieved accrued earnings of 83M€ of which 14.4 M€ in 2005.

The company is considering a direct listing on the Euronext Paris Alternext* market.

* Subject to the approval of the supervisory authorities.