By its pioneering commitment and expertise, 
                            ATEME is a world-leading provider 
                            of MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 video compression solutions.
                          ATEME’s renowned solutions power 
                            numerous high-end digital video applications: content 
                            creation, contribution, broadcast, mobile TV, IPTV, 
                            video security, consumer electronics... Software 
                            and embedded solutions allows ATEME’s customer 
                            benefiting from the highest quality video at the lowest 
                            possible bit rates while reducing industrial risk 
                            and lowering time-to-market.
                          ATEME’s MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 offer 
                            is declined for embedded and PC worlds: libraries 
                            for major silicon platforms, chipsets, encoding boards, 
                            professional software encoder and industrial production-ready 
                            designs. This portfolio is the key to win the challenges 
                            of the Digital TV (over IP, cable, satellite, terrestrial 
                            transmissions), the video security and the professional 
                            audio/video appliances.
                          Surrounding its expertise in MPEG-4 
                            professional video encoding, ATEME also offers additional 
                            solutions such as video pre- and post-processing, 
                            decoding, audio, video and streaming libraries (MPEG-2, 
                            VC1…). ATEME’s customers also benefit 
                            from a flexible engineering service related to customization 
                            of its hardware and software solutions.
                          ATEME SA, founded in 1991, is 
                            headquartered in Bièvres near Paris, France, 
                            and operates worldwide through its distribution network.
                            ATEME’s offices and subsidiaries are located 
                            in Canada (Montreal), Japan (Tokyo) and China (Hangzhou).
                           
                          
                          
                          2006
                            Opening of China 
                            office (Hangzhou).
                            Demonstration at NAB of the first MPEG-4 
                            AVC HD encoding chipset
                          2005
                            Closing of the 2nd round 
                            of financing with XAnge Private Equity and Ventech
                            Opening of Japan 
                            office (Tokyo).
                            Demonstration at NAB of the first FPGA-based 
                            MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 encoder
                            Demonstration at IBC of MPEG-4 
                            AVC encoding in a single FPGA
                            Launching of mixed DSP- and Power PC-based reference 
                            designs for Video 
                            Security applications.
                          2004
                            Release to market of the H.264 
                            decoder and the WM9 
                            codec on DSP
                            New subsidiary in Montreal (Canada): ATEME-Canada, 
                            Inc
                            Nero Digital ™: 
                            The first MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 encoder available on 
                            PC 
                          2003
                            Launching of application oriented products for the 
                            Video Security (VSIP) and the Professional 
                            Audio and Video (Kompressor) 
                            applications
                            Launching of the technological and commercial partnerships 
                            with Nero 
                            AG around Nero Digital™
                            Nero Digital™ 
                            is the world’s first complete MPEG-4 solution 
                            (audio, video and streaming) on PC
                          2002
                            ATEME publishes the MPEG-4 Guide
                            Two institutional investors
                            Creation of an export 
                            distribution network
                          2000
                            Start of the export activity.
                            ATEME becomes also ALTERA 
                            partner
                          1998
                            Development of the partnership with TEXAS 
                            INSTRUMENTS, materialized by new acquisition and 
                            recording products based on DSPs
                          1991
                            Creation of ATEME, independent company on the Vélizy-Villacoublay 
                            area (78)