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Nokia delivers its millionth d-box
March 31, 1999
- Nokia Multimedia Terminals today announced that it has delivered its millionth digital d-box to the German KirchGroup. More than 800.000 subscribers to digital service providers such as DF1, Premiere and Deutsche Telekom use the d-boxTM today. It is also frequently used for Business TV purposes in numerous companies throughout Germany. During a ceremony at Nokia Multimedia Terminals' headquarters in Düsseldorf on March 15, Heikki Koskinen, President of Nokia Multimedia Terminals, handed over a golden d-boxTM to Gabor Toth, Managing Director of BetaResearch, the research & development company of the KirchGroup.
Nokia and BetaResearch have worked in close cooperation since 1993 to develop digital receivers/decoders. The cooperation was an important contribution to the development of the common European Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard. The official contract for delivery of one million d-boxes was signed in August 1995, and so far this is the biggest single order in the 75 year old history of the entertainment industry.
The d-boxTM is a DVB compliant digital multimedia terminal used for reception of digital pay-TV and free-to-air services as well as for a wide array of interactive services such as games, interactive advertising, home shopping , home banking or internet access. The d-boxTM includes the software platform "betanova" as well as the conditional access system "betacrypt", both developed by BetaResearch.
Nokia is the world's leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile and fixed telecom networks including related customer services. Nokia also supplies solutions and products for fixed and wireless datacom, as well as multimedia terminals and computer monitors. In 1998, net sales totalled FIM 79.2 billion (USD 15.7 billion, EUR 13.3 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on five European Stock Exchanges and on the New York Stock Exchange (NOK.A), has sales in over 130 countries and employs more than 44,000 people worldwide.
BetaResearch, the technology company of the KirchGroup based in Munich / Germany, develops and markets digital broadcasting solutions. The product portfolio includes conditional access, smart card technology, decoder software, interactive applications, subscriber management and playout scheduling systems. BetaResearch's d-boxTM has been adopted by all German digital pay-TV providers. BetaResearch can be reached on the World Wide Web at http://www.betaresearch.de.
Contact information:
Hartmut Voss
Regional Manager Central Europe
Nokia Multimedia Terminals
+49 211 908 95 507
+49 172 201 21 95
hartmut.voss@mnt.nokia.com
Pekka Kuusela
Vice President Sales
Nokia Multimedia Terminals
+49 211 908 95 99
+49 172 205 10 20
pekka.kuusela@mnt.nokia.com
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