Universal
Electronics and Niveus Media Team to Offer the Ultimate in Digital Media
Entertainment for the Home
UEI’s
NevoSL to Provide Seamless Compatibility with Niveus Media Centers
CYPRESS,
CA. March 30, 2006 — Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI)
(NASDAQ:UEIC) and Niveus Media, Inc. today announced plans to collaborate
on the development and future release of software that will enable UEI’s
highly-acclaimed NevoSLTM universal controller to extend its unique
digital media access and control capabilities to the award-winning Niveus
Media Center line of products.
Engineers from Niveus
Media, Inc., manufacturer of premium media entertainment devices for
the high-end audio/video market, such as the Niveus Media Center –
Denali Edition, will work closely with UEI developers to ensure that
NevoSL users can fully appreciate the high definition content stored
on their devices. Once released, NevoSL owners will be able to access
and control their digital entertainment, such as pictures, music, movies,
and even recorded television programs, stored on any Niveus Media Center,
from anywhere in the home using the new software. In addition, detailed
content information, or metadata, will be able to bedisplayed and selected
directly from NevoSL’s color touchscreen interface.
Niveus Media Centers
have won widespread acclaim for their combination of power, vast storage
capabilities and superior performance with unique fanless cases and
up to four TV tuners. Leveraging the emerging Universal Plug-and-Play
(UPnP) standard, UEI’s NevoSL will enable easy access and identification
of content stored on Niveus Media Centers throughout the home network.
Once enabled with the new software, Niveus Media Centers will be able
to serve up valuable content directly to the NevoSL handheld controller,
such as album, artist and track information, and even allow for distinguishing
between similar content by displaying title information, so users can
identify which episode of “Lost” to play, by simply looking
up the show’s title on their NevoSL.
“The Niveus
Media Centers are known for offering discerning consumers the ultimate
in digital media enjoyment,” said Ramzi Ammari, vice president
of product development at UEI. “We are very proud of the collaboration
in innovation to deliver the ultimate digital media experience to the
consumer.”
“NevoSL is
not only a study in design excellence, but is also a leading handheld
controller on the market that can control both audio/video and digital
media content via Wi-Fi,” said Tim Cutting, founder & chief
executive officer of Niveus Media. “Bi-directional IP-based control
of Windows Media Center continues to be a focus for Niveus Media and
we are very excited about the advances the UEI team has made with NevoSL
and are looking forward to this collaboration to bring the best in entertainment
solutions to market."
UEI and Niveus Media
will offer demonstrations of some of their preliminary collaboration
efforts at UEI’s booth #328 and the Niveus Demo Alley room #203A
at the Electronic House Expo in Orlando, Florida on March 30-April 1.
NevoSL and Niveus Media Centers are currently available through the
custom electronics professional channel and distributed through AVAD.
About
Universal Electronics
Universal Electronics Inc., based in Southern California, develops firmware
and turnkey solutions as well as software designed to enable consumers
to wirelessly connect, control and interact with an increasingly complex
home environment. The company’s primary markets include original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in consumer electronics and personal
computing, as well as multiple system operators in the cable and satellite
subscription broadcasting markets. Over the past 16 years, the company
has developed a broad portfolio of patented technologies and the industry’s
leading database of home connectivity software that it licenses to its
customers, including many leading Fortune 500 companies. In addition,
UEI sells its universal wireless control products and other audio/visual
accessories through its European headquarters in the Netherlands, and
to distributors and retailers in Europe, Asia, Latin America, South
Africa and Australia/New Zealand under the One For All® brand name.
More information about UEI can be obtained at http://www.uei.com.
About
Niveus Media, Inc.
Founded in 2002, Niveus Media, Inc. is a Santa Clara, California OEM
manufacturer, specializing in media entertainment devices for the consumer
electronics market. Niveus Media is dedicated to delivering innovative,
integrated consumer electronics devices for the networked home. Additional
information can be found at: www.niveusmedia.com.
Niveus
Media PR Contact
UEI: Stephanie Trussell strussell@blancandotus.com
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