Advanced Digital Broadcast

ADB

Industry	Television, Telecommunications, 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, , Home Automations
Number of employees	700+
Website	www.adbglobal.com

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 Pregny-Chambésy, 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. ADB has sold over 50 million devices worldwide to cable, satellite, IPTV and broadband operators including A1 Telekom Austria, Canal Digital, NC+, Swisscom, Telecom Italia, Telefónica, Telenet, and Vodafone.

ADB employs over 700 people, of which 70% are in engineering functions. ADB has had close technical research links with a number of universities and polytechnics including Warsaw University, University of Zielona Góra, Poznań University of Technology and Wroclaw University of Technology.