ATEME Expands US Operations

October 20, 2008 - Los Angeles

ATEME SA, a world leader in H.264 video compression technology, today announced the expansion of its US operations with Yasser Syed, PhD joining the North American applications engineering team.

Dr. Syed joins ATEME from Hewlett Packard where he worked as a digital video workflow architect and was the lead contributor to the Applied Content R&D team for the Digital Entertainment Services group.

Prior to Hewlett Packard, Dr Syed spent several years at CableLabs where he represented the cable industry and participated in the coordination of licensing terms for the H.264 video standard. As a member of the Society of Cable Television Engineers (SCTE), Dr. Syed has played an instrumental role in the standardization of H.264 for broadcast video applications.

Dr. Syed earned his Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington.

"I am very excited to be joining the ATEME team," said Yasser Syed, "I look forward to helping content owners, broadcasters and operators leverage the benefits of H.264 for implementing new services such as VOD, HDTV and online video applications."

"We are very pleased to have Yasser on board our regional applications engineering team", said Howard Barouxis, Vice President Americas, "His wealth of knowledge and hands-on expertise will be instrumental in enabling us to meet and exceed the objectives of our North American customers and meet the unique needs of operators in the region."