pay tv broadband founder andrew rybicki janusz c. szajna krzysztof kolbuszewski mariusz walkowiak key people peter balchin ceo products set top boxes digital video recorders interactive television compact television head ends residential gateways home networking tr 069 remote management femtocells home automations number of employees 700 website adb adb is a company which provides and integrates software system and service solutions to service providers and pay tv operator delivering connected services for connected lives . adb offers services for connected homes and connected lives touching on all aspects of enterprise and consumer solutions . this unique triple s combination of broadcast and broadband expertise drives convergence towards a multi service approach that covers networking video hybrid and managed platforms on associated devices . adb s global headquarters are located in geneva switzerland ; they have research and development facilities in poland and in italy and an operations division in taipei taiwan . adb has a local representation in several countries in europe the united states latin americas and asia . founded in 1995 adb initially focused on developing and marketing software for digital tv processors and expanded its business to the design and manufacture of digital tv equipment in 1997 . the company sold its first set top box in 1997 and since then has been delivering a number of set top boxes and gateway devices together with advanced software platforms . 1 adb has sold over 50 million devices worldwide 2 to cable satellite iptv and broadband operators including a1 telekom austria canal digital nc swisscom telecom italia telef nica telenet and vodafone . adb employs over 700 people of which 70 % are in engineering functions . 3 adb has had close technical research links with a number of universities and polytechnics including warsaw university 4 university of zielona g ra pozna university of technology and wroclaw university of technology . contents 1 history 2 products 3 customers 4 references history edit in 1995 adb was founded by andrew rybicki with an initial focus on developing and marketing software for advanced digital tv processors . in 1997 the business was expanded into the design and manufacture of digital tv equipment . adb designed its first commercial set to box and established its dedicated r & d facility in poland and corporate headquarters in taiwan . between 1998 and 2000 offices were opened in australia and spain and adb sold its one millionth set top box . in 2001 adb announced the development of an open standard set top box middleware solution based on the multimedia home platform mhp specification and established its worldwide headquarters in geneva switzerland . the company sold its two millionth set top box . in 2002 the company opened its americas headquarters in chicago since moved to denver . adb was invited to supply digital tv technology for poland s first mhp broadcast trial 5 and became the world s first set top box provider to launch an mhp digital receiver the i can 3000 in finland . 6 in 2003 adb delivered set top boxes for the launch of digital terrestrial tv services in italy 7 announced the world s first hybrid mhp internet set top box with terrestrial reception 8 and became the first company to supply the television industry with mhp compliant set top boxes . 9 the company received a german polish innovation award and a cable & satellite international product of the year award for its i can 3000 set top box . 10 in 2004 adb deployed its i can 2000t digital tv set top box in the italian market 11 12 and won two cable and satellite international product of the year awards for the adb 3100tw hybrid iptv dvb t set top box . 13 in 2005 adb group was floated on the swiss stock exchange swx 14 and adb secured its first major iptv contract to supply set top boxes to telef nica in spain . 15 the company unveiled its first single chip mpeg 4 avc based set top box the adb 7800tw . in 2006 adb introduced european based manufacturing and shipped its eight millionth set top box . 14 the company secured its first contract in germany for the supply of digital iptv set top boxes to hansenet . 16 adb partnered with uk broadcasters the bbc channel 4 five and itv in the first hdtv field trial on the uk s digital terrestrial network . 17 adb participated in a pilot with italian broadcaster rai for the world s first hdtv transmission using mpeg 4 avc video compression during coverage of the winter olympics from turin italy . 18 19 in 2007 adb was selected by yes a satellite tv provider in israel to supply set top boxes for the launch of hdtv services . 20 set top boxes were supplied to telef nica chile for the launch of iptv services 21 22 and to multimedia polska for the introduction of hdtv on digital cable . 23 the company also signed a distribution agreement with border states electric supply headquartered in fargo north dakota for the supply of iptv set top boxes to independent operating companies in the united states . 24 25 in 2008 adb deployed its 12 millionth set top box 14 and introduced tru2way certified set top boxes for the interactive cable tv market . 26 adb announced new deals for the supply of set top boxes to hellohd in hungary 27 28 29 the expansion of its distribution network in north america through a partnership with graybar 30 the supply of iptv set top boxes to telekom austria 31 32 and the introduction of high definition digital video recorders at t l g neve naxoo . 33 the company partnered with grundig to enable the launch of the first norwegian push video on demand p vod offering by rikstv . 34 35 36 during 2008 adb won the cable & satellite international product of the year award for best customer premises technology 3 and won a second iptv world series award for best iptv customer premises equipment technology . 3 37 in 2009 adb completed 1.5 million iptv set top box deployments 3 and announced set top box deals with tfn media 38 in taiwan and altibox in norway and denmark . 39 at the 2009 tv innovation awards adb was named tv innovator of the year and received the award for best set top box technology for its adb 4820c set back box . 40 the company demonstrated divx compressed video and internet applications including youtube and facebook on television using a set top box . 41 in late 2010 adb group acquired pirelli broadband solutions 42 and thus secured a foothold in all content delivery channels . in 2010 adb was selected as a solution supplier by canal digital first media 43 and slovak telekom . 44 in 2010 adb collected two awards for its three way hybrid platform adb 5720sx best interactive tv service application 45 at the iptv world series awards 2010 46 and best customer premises technology at the cable & satellite international product of the year awards 2010 . the adb carbo high definition user interface won in the category best interactive tv technology or application at product of the year awards . adb s satellite receiver collected the top prize in the category of best platform receiver or ca cf tuner . 47 in 2011 the adb solution multi room launched by polish satellite operator won the competition organized by satkrak magazine in the category best product of the year . 48 in this year the adb 2850st 49 hybrid digital set top box pre integrated with its award winning carbo 50 user interface was delivered to business telecom kft btel . teo lt the largest provider of integrated telecommunication it and tv services in lithuania launched a new product in the adb portfolio epicentro software platform . in 2012 adb won new customers belgian cable pay tv operator voo and telecommunications operator tattelekom in russia . this second operator introduced the epicentro software platform winner 51 of the broadband world forum infovision award 2012 in broadband home category . in this year adb expanded its presence in north america 52 by signing a distribution contract with adams cable equipment ace 53 of lenexa kansas to supply the adb p.dga4001n wifi adsl2 gateway . in 2013 adb introduced innovative cloud based adb test tool and gpon ont socket expanded its portfolio of gateway solutions 54 for small and medium businesses smb with the launch of sb6450 and cloudhds 55 a new cloud based multi screen system . three new deployments took place canal digital kabel introduced 8 tuner wideband 56 hybrid cable dvr nc platform launched adb multi screen software suite 57 with the new platform mediabox and imtv has selected adb s 58 software and services to support bigtv a premium direct to home dth satellite service . adb products were awarded winners in two prestigious competitions csi award 59 best satellite contribution distribution transmission solution at ibc2013 for adb mediabox platform 60 and satkurier magazine award the best dedicated pay tv stb for adb mediabox and the adb multi screen with innovation of the year title . in 2014 adb is the first company to market mpeg dash 61 streaming standard implementation . it is also a start of a successful the first user experience graphyne 62 which treats all media types equally and its family of products with graphyneott 63 and graphynetv light . 64 new triple s strategy software systems & services marks an important change in company s policy of development emphasizing software solutions over hardware . during the year a 50 millionth device 2 is sold and a number of implementations follow next generation broadband services for 013 netvision in israel 65 new platform for nc in poland 66 multi screen deployment for canal digital kabel in norway 67 software and services for 02 in czech republic 68 cvs first solutions for healthcare industry 69 time warner cable business class the usa ukraine s volia taps 70 adb for ott and hybrid ott cable products and finally new triple play service and broadband solutions for cyta hellas 71 in greece and cyprus . in 2014 adb launched three new products during the international fair in amsterdam ibc s2c sky to cable 72 smart home suit shs and solutions for small and medium business smb . meanwhile graphynetv has been shortlisted at csi award for best content on demand and adb s wideband tuner for the ungrammatically named best customer premise sic technology award . products edit adb is a volume supplier of high definition television hdtv set top boxes and residential gateway devices to cable satellite ip terrestrial television operators and broadband service providers . according to adb press releases it has sold more than 50 million consumer premises devices worldwide . 2 the company s solutions portfolio includes pay tv set top devices with the award winning carbo user interface ; software for advanced pay tv services such as video on demand multi room video recording interactive tv and internet applications ; ready to deploy pay tv solutions including consumer devices middleware applications services and scalable head ends ; broadband access gateways and home networking devices ; remote management software ; and life cycle and integration services . adb designs and manufactures over 30 models of set top box for digital tv service providers in europe middle east and africa asia pacific and the americas . these products are designed for multiple purposes and include standard definition devices e.g. adb 2500w high definition devices e.g. adb 3810c digital video recorder e.g. adb 5810sx advanced high definition dvr digital video recorder with push vod and home networking e.g. adb 5720cdx hd dvr and set top box with internet tv convergence e.g. adb 3810tw . 20 21 31 38 73 the majority of adb set