Sigma Designs MPEG Silicon Selected By DTVRo For New Interactive Set-Top Box Designs; Featuring VOD, Streaming Video, and DVD Playback

Business Wire, Jan 9, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2001

Sigma Designs, Inc., (Nasdaq:SIGM), a recognized leader in digital video decoder solutions, today announced that its REALmagic MPEG decoder silicon (EM8400) has been incorporated into DTVRo, Inc.'s, latest Set-Top Box (STB) designs, featuring Video-On-Demand (VOD), Video Streaming and DVD playback, all which will be shown at the 2001 International CES show in DTVRo's booth number 4847X, in the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Sigma's technology will be incorporated into both the "Personal TV" Set-Top Box and the advanced "Streaming" Set-Top box. The "Personal TV" STB allows consumers to enjoy various services such as Internet web surfing, email, listening to audio CD, watching DVD movies, home shopping, trading stock, and other related capabilities. The more advanced Set-Top Box, the "Streaming STB," is also capable of streaming video from a broadband connection.

"We are excited to work with DTVRo on product designs for interactive television," said Ken Lowe, vice president of Marketing, Sigma Designs. "The combination of interactive TV and the Internet provides exciting new opportunities for interactive entertainment and is a unique fit for our MPEG technology spanning streaming video, VOD, and DVD playback."

"We are pleased to select Sigma Designs' MPEG-2 decoder chip as a key part of our products. Sigma's silicon delivers the best streaming playback features and quality," said Tae Geun Kim, CEO of DTVRo.

About Sigma Designs, Inc.

Sigma Designs is a leader in the digital video market. Sigma specializes in digital video decoding for DVD playback applications, as well as for streaming video over corporate intranets and extranets, and for the emerging interactive digital Set-Top Box Internet information appliance market. Sigma's products are designed to advance digital video technology in high-speed, high-bandwidth transmission for business, home, and education markets. Sigma Designs' products, marketed under the REALmagic trade name, are sold worldwide through a direct sales force, distributors, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). For additional information, visit the Company's web site at http://www.sigmadesigns.com.

About DTVRo, Inc.

Headquartered in Seoul, Korea, DTVRo Inc. was founded by a group of experienced professionals in the field of Interactive TV and multimedia. DTVRo specializes in providing Linux based Information Appliances, Interactive TV, Personal Video Recorder software and High Performance multimedia server. For additional information, visit the Company's web site at http://www.dtvro.com.

Note to Editors: REALmagic and Sigma Designs are registered trademarks of Sigma Designs. All other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.