Access Devices, Inc. - a leading developer of digital television equipment (DVB and IPTV) - announced that to date over 300,000 units of its 2nd-generation Digital Television set-top box have been shipped. The majority of these shipments have been into United Kingdom retail distribution channels. In addition, since April 2005, the Company has commenced shipping units into a number of continental European territories.

Supplying leading brands and leading retailers

The quality and high performance of this latest design has generated significant sales success. It is being supplied to and marketed by some of the U.K. and Europe's leading consumer electronics brands and retailers.

"We began 2nd-generation mass production last September," says Anthony S. Walton, Chief Executive Officer at Access Devices, "and we are now very pleased to be selling into some of Britain's most important retailers, including the Dixons Group, the largest electrical retailer in the United Kingdom. The demand for digital television throughout Europe is very strong and increasing month-by-month. With this growth and the success of our current and planned product introductions we are confident of more than doubling this number of units shipped by the end of 2005."

About Access Devices Inc.

Access Devices Inc.'s principal operating subsidiary - Access Devices Digital - designs, controls manufacture, and sells Digital TV (DVB) access equipment and Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) equipment, generically referred to as set-top boxes (STBs). The company has a range of designs, including:

Digital Video Broadcast

-- Digital Terrestrial TV decoder (DVB-T) products for the U.K. Freeview service and variants for European TV services.

-- Digital Terrestrial TV decoder (DVB-T) products with conditional access (CA) for access to premium TV content, such as that broadcast by TopUpTV in the U.K. and various developing premium services in Europe.

-- DVB-T Personal Video Recorders - with and without conditional access - for U.K. and European markets that are expected to follow the U.S. example and show rapid and substantial growth.

Internet Protocol TV

-- IPTV (Internet protocol TV) products providing video-on-demand over DSL.

-- Combination DVB-T decoder with an IP delivery/return path.

-- Access Devices Digital's IPTV products enable 'on-demand,' 'time shifted' services and true real-time interactivity. The company's products can seamlessly combine the TV broadcast and IP delivered content to enable broadcasters to develop new services across entertainment and commerce.