Bluestreak's MachBlue Media Platform to use STMicroelectronics' Digital TV Decoder Chips

MONTREAL, Canada — Bluestreak Technology, Inc., the developer of the MachBlue™ platform for mobile phones and digital television, announced today that, together with STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), the world leader in Set-Top Box chips, the MachBlue platform will be using its STi710X family of decoder chips.

The MachBlue rich media platform enables enhanced UI and access to Web services including Flash® video found on the Internet directly from the Set-Top Box. MachBlue also enables the creation in Flash® of all these rich media services and takes advantage of the STi710x’s computation power and graphic capabilities.

This will bring a new level of interactivity and enhanced visual appeal to TV viewers. Bluestreak CEO Paul Forostowsky commented; “Bluestreak is already recognized as the leader in bringing rich-media content and services to Set-Top Boxes. The world leader in Set Top Box chips will demonstrate to operators, OEM’s and developers the full capabilities of our platform, paving the way to a better TV viewing experience.”

According to Stefano Groppetti, Director of Cable & IP Business Unit, Home Video Division, STMicroelectronics; “The integration of MachBlue into our industry-leading STi710X single-chip HDTV decoder will demonstrate the possibilities to leading consumer manufacturers of offering viewers increased levels of web content via Set Top Boxes, and a richer TV experience through the use of enhanced user interfaces.”

MachBlue offers a large subset of the Flash® functionalities augmented with TV centric extensions Flash® is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.