Advanced Digital Broadcast is a company which provides software, system and service solutions to pay-TV and telecommunication operators, content distributors and property owners around the world. The company specializes also in the development of digital connectivity devices such as set-top boxes and residential gateways. ADB's global headquarters is located in Bellevue, Switzerland. The company has research and development facilities in Poland and Italy and an Operations division in Taipei, Taiwan. ADB has local offices in several countries in Europe and the United States. Founded in 1995, ADB initially focused on developing and marketing software for digital TVprocessors 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 residential gateways, together with advanced software platforms. ADB has sold over 62 million devices worldwide to cable, satellite, IPTV and broadband operators. ADB employs over 450 people, of which 70% are in engineering functions.
History
In 1995, ADB was founded by Andrew Rybicki with an initial focus on developing and marketing software for advanced digital TV processors. In 1997, ADB started designing and manufacturing 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 2002, the company opened its Americas headquarters in Chicago. and became the world's first set-top box provider to launch an MHP digital receiver, the i-CAN 3000, in Finland. In 2005, ADB Group was floated on the Swiss Stock Exchange and ADB secured its first major IPTV contract to supply set-top boxes to Telefónica in Spain. 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. The company partnered with UK broadcasters the BBC, Channel 4, Five and ITV.in for the first HDTV field trial on the UK's digital terrestrial network. This year ADB participated also 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. In 2015, ADB rebranded and changed the company logo.
Products
ADB is a global supplier of set-top boxes and residential gateways to cable, satellite, IP, terrestrial television operators, and broadband service providers. The company sells software for advanced pay-TV services, such as catch-up, start-over, multi-room video recording, VOD, interactive TV and internet applications, consumer devices, middleware, applications, head ends; broadband access gateways and home networking devices; remote management software; and life-cycle and integration services.
