IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 3, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Quartics, the premier provider of video processing solutions to enable streaming media over wireless and wired networks, today announced that it has been named a finalist for the Red Herring 100 Global award. The CEOs of the winning 100 companies will present their innovative ideas and technologies to an audience of leading entrepreneurs, financiers and corporate strategists at the Red Herring Global 2007 event in Seattle, WA, on Dec. 3-5.
The Red Herring editorial team used a very competitive process to whittle down a pool of 1800 eligible companies (comprised of Red Herring winners and finalists of the last three years) to the 200 finalists for this first-time award. Both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, innovation, management, global strategy, and ecosystem integration, were evaluated.
"Quartics is honored to be recognized as one of the most promising private technology ventures for our breakthrough technologies," said Safi Qureshey, chairman and CEO of Quartics. "With our PC2TV technology and future developments, we remain dedicated to changing the way consumers view content on their TV, PC and mobile displays."
"The 200 finalists are all excellent contenders," said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. "They are exceptional companies with smart and innovative platforms."
Quartics' media extension and processing solutions enable consumers to view content on the displays of their choice, regardless of media format or file:
-- Quartics' PC2TV family of wireless solutions enables consumers to
select any video content in any format, from the Internet or
stored on PCs, to watch on a display of their choice including
HDTVs, LCD monitors, and digital projectors. With PC2TV, consumers
can watch their favorite shows, sports, DVDs, presentations, and
home videos on their TVs via remote control even when their PC is
in a different room.
-- Quartics' Blink Media Browser makes it easy to find and stream
media and photos by providing categorized thumbnail views of
Internet or PC-based content eliminating the need to repeatedly
search and navigate the web. It allows viewing of TV shows,
sports, movies and more at the click of a remote control.
-- Quartics-enabled wireless projectors deliver beautiful quality,
pixel-exact, high-resolution graphics.
About Red Herring
Red Herring is a global media company uniting the world's best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine; an online daily technology news service; technology research, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider's access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. For more information, visit www.redherring.com.
About Quartics
Quartics enables open content mobility across PC, TV and mobile device screens. With PC-to-TV technology, you can "screen-shift" from the Internet or your PC on to your TV, projector or display in HD or any format (e.g., Flash, QuickTime, MPEGx, WMx, DivX, RM, AVI, and HTML). You can also access content wirelessly and manage it via remote control with Quartics' PC2TV technology and Blink media browser Quartics semiconductors and software solutions enable the flawless transmission and media processing of video for devices including PC-to-TV, wireless monitors, PC tuner cards, docking stations, wireless projectors, HD-networked PVRs, and video conferencing. The company provides OEMs and ODMs with complete, low-cost, easy-to-use system solutions that they can quickly take to market-including systems on chips (SOCs), software, modules, and reference designs. Quartics has been recognized as a Red Herring 100 Global Finalist and an Innovation All-Star by the California Innovation Corridor for its breakthrough technologies. Please visit www.quartics.com for more information.
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