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)