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AXAR Media develops AXAR 1000 household wide wireless HD video product (16/2/2009)

The only household wide wireless HD video product was launched at the Consumer Electrics Show in Las Vegas today.

AXAR Media, backed by NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology & the Arts) has developed the AXAR 1000 which enables HD video to be transmitted wirelessly across the home from HD set-top boxes, DVRs or Blu-ray players, over Wi-Fi.

HD content can then be received by HDTVs, Wi-Fi enabled PCs, notebooks and mobile devices without the need of wires. To date solutions for wireless HD video have been limited in range to a single room. Ensuring the robustness of the picture through multiple walls and floors is AXAR's top priority.

"The AXAR 1000 has the best range and penetration of any wireless consumer device delivering live HD video yet it has been designed to be easily set up by the user at home," commented AXAR Media's VP of business development, Ian Walsh.

The HDTV market is expected to grow from 44 million households in 2008 to 179 million by 2012. Consumers will be looking for easy ways to view HD content on the TVs, PCs and laptops they use around the home, and a wireless solution is the obvious choice for those used to Wi-Fi internet and other wireless technologies.

David Hunter, Managing Director of NESTA Investments said: "It is very exciting to see this kind of cutting-edge technology being produced in the UK. It is testament to the kind of talent and skills that exist within AXAR Media and NESTA are proud to have played a part in supporting them".

AXAR Media is a division of ProVision Communications, the wireless video company based in Bristol, UK . The company, set up in 2001, received vital seed funding from NESTA.

AXAR Media also demonstrated its new technology as part of the UKTI's CES Unveiled event as one of a select group of companies chosen by UKTI to highlight British innovation at CES.

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