The agreement will allow Iwedia to enhance its product portfolio with home networking features. An IP-enabled set-top box operated by Iwedia DVB middleware Comedia will thus integrate smoothly within a UPnP/DLNA-compliant home network to deliver Digital Media Adapter (DMA) functions to its user.

In return, AwoX will benefit from the agreement by integrating digital TV reception features in its middleware and solutions. A UPnP/DLNA-compliant media server operated by AwoX middleware will thus be able to record live digital TV and serve a recorded or live digital TV event to a client device connected to the home network.

Patrick Desproges, CEO, Iwedia, says, "The main trend today is for set-top boxes to deliver an enhanced experience to the user by being integrated within the home network. This agreement with AwoX will allow us to enhance our value proposal by fulfilling this market requirement very efficiently."

Alain Molinié, CEO, AwoX, adds, "We have entered the era of pervasive TV, making the introduction of digital TV reception features into connected audiovisual devices a must! Thanks to the integration of Iwedia's solution we will further increase functional coverage and with this, our product distribution, reinforcing our position as market leaders."

About Iwedia
Iwedia publishes software for connected audiovisual digital terminals and supplies engineering services across the entire image chain, building on over ten years' worth of expertise in the field of digital television. Iwedia is headquartered in Rennes, where it is a pro-active member of Brittany's Images & Networks world-class competitiveness cluster. An independent company, Iwedia is backed by four equity partners active in the field of digital media: venture capitalists CDC-ENTREPRISES Innovation, I-Source, iXCore and Thales Corporate Ventures.

More information available at http://www.iwedia.com