Fluendo announces Elisa Media …

   Fluendo announces Elisa Media
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   Fluendo announces cross-platform media center solution for GNU/Linux and Windows
                          Monday July 24th, 2006 - Barcelona, Spain

     Fluendo, leader in GNU/Linux and Unix multimedia solutions, is expanding its offerings with the
     Elisa Media Center solution. Elisa will be a full-featured Media Center solution targeted at both
     desktop and embedded systems.

     As home multimedia grows in popularity, many people are looking for solutions that tie their home
     entertainment systems together. The Elisa Media Center is such a solution, incorporating functionality
     such as music and video playback, support for playing DVDs, Internet radio stations, and DVB (Digital
     Video Broadcast), viewing photos, video recording, and home networking using protocols such as
     UPnP and DAAP.

     Targeted to be used on Home Theater PC machines and set-top boxes, Elisa provides a visually
     appealing and user-friendly solution. Elisa's extensive support for theming means that it can be
     easily adjusted to provide branding for embedded system vendors and network operators. Due to
     its portable design, Elisa runs both on Unix systems and Windows and can easily be ported to run on
     other operating systems.

     "Looking at the marketplace we found that the solutions available for set-top boxes were either too
     limited in functionality or too hardware specific. With Elisa we aim to provide hardware integrators
     the tools they need to excel with their products. The media center will be at the center of tomorrow's
     living room and Elisa will be the engine that drives it all.", Fluendo co-founder Pascal Pegaz.

     "With Elisa we are trying both to give consumers the power and flexibility they crave, and at the same
     time ensure that hardware vendors get the branding and component based structure they need to build
     their products. We want to make sure that when consumers power on their set-top boxes and media
     center solutions they get an instant feeling of quality, power and ease of use.", Elisa Project Manager
     Lionel Martin.

     Set-top box makers and system integrators interested in setting their products apart should contact
     Fluendo to discuss collaboration and partnering opportunities.


Fluendo S.A.
     Fluendo is a company specialized in delivering products and consulting services focusing on UNIX
     and GNU/Linux multimedia. Fluendo employs several of the central developers of the GStreamer
     multimedia framework, which is quickly establishing itself as the de-facto standard multimedia
     framework for GNU/Linux and UNIX systems.


Elisa Media Center
     Elisa is a comprehensive solution for creating set-top boxes and media center solutions. Due to its
     modular design, system manufacturers can pick the components they need, or quickly add vendor-
     specific features. Elisa also comes packaged as a ready-to-go solution to be installed onto media
     center computers.


For more information
     For more information on Fluendo, visit the website at http://www.fluendo.com/ or mail
     

     For more information on Elisa, see http://www.fluendo.com/elisa