Zoran Powers Xoceco's New Family of China Cable Set-Top Boxes


SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 27 // -- Zoran Corporation (NASDAQ:ZRAN) announced that its SupraTV(R) processor powers new families of China cable set-top boxes from Xoceco, now shipping in China.

Zoran is demonstrating the Xoceco DM518 set-top box products along with its newest digital television products and platforms for consumer electronics manufacturers in Hall 1B, Booth B163 at China Cable Broadcasting Network 2007 conference (CCBN) held this week in Beijing.

"Zoran's SupraTV(R) processor has proven an excellent choice for developing our China Cable set-top boxes, which Xoceco is now shipping in Xiamen Cable. Working with Zoran allows us to deliver high quality, cost- effective set-top boxes at affordable consumer price points. We expect our partnership to continue to deliver new products for the growing China Cable set-top box market," said Mike Zheng, vice president R&D and general manager at Xoceco.

"Zoran, as a leading developer of new technology for the digital set-top box market, is pleased to support Xoceco's established sales channels and its reputation as a high quality supplier of large volume consumer products. These new products are a result of our previously announced joint lab collaboration including digital television products based on Zoran's processors. All indications point to strong growth in the cable and terrestrial markets served by Xoceco's products using Zoran's SupraTV(R) and SupraHD(R) processors," said Andrew Gane, senior director, digital television product line at Zoran Corporation.

Xoceco's Zoran-based cable set-top boxes feature: Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) -- cable and MPEG2-compliant audio and video decoding; a seven day Electronic Programming Guide (EPG), multi-language On Screen Display (OSD), cable channel autoscan, DVB-subtitles, OSD Teletext decoding, software updates via over-air-download and serial port. They also support composite + s-video outputs, stereo audio and audio output via S/PDIF, infra-red remote, RF input and loop-through. Xoceco's China cable set-top boxes also support the most popular conditional access and data browser software.

About Xoceco

Xiamen Overseas Chinese Electronic Co., Ltd. (Xoceco), was founded in 1985. With more than 5,000 skilled employees and state-of-the-art equipments, Xoceco manufactures a wide variety of quality electronics products, PDP TV, LCD TV, HDTV, LCD Monitor, Color TV, FAX Machine, STB, other telecommunication products and electronic components. Xoceco has grown to become one of the leading electronic manufacturers in China with annual sales exceeding $980 million for the year 2004. Xoceco became a publicly traded company in 1995, listed on the Shanghai Securities and Exchange House. Xoceco has 6 major overseas and 120 major domestic subsidiaries. The products are distributed to more than 100 countries and regions. XOCECO's overseas brand name "PRIMA" is fast becoming one of the worlds premiere brands.

About Zoran Corporation

Zoran Corporation, based in Sunnyvale, California, is a leading provider of digital solutions in the growing digital entertainment and digital imaging markets. With two decades of expertise developing and delivering digital signal processing technologies, Zoran has pioneered high-performance digital audio and video, imaging applications and Connect Share Entertain technologies for the digital home. Zoran's proficiency in integration delivers major benefits for OEM customers, including greater capabilities within each product generation, reduced system costs, and shorter time to market. Zoran-based DVD, digital camera, DTV, multimedia mobile phone, and multifunction printer products have received recognition for excellence and are now in hundreds of millions of homes and offices worldwide. With headquarters in the U.S. and operations in Canada, China, England, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, Zoran may be contacted on the World Wide Web at www.zoran.com/ or at 408-523-6500.

NOTE: Zoran, the Zoran Logo, SupraHD and SupraTV are trademarks or registered trademarks of Zoran Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in the United States or other countries. All other names and brands may be claimed as property of others.

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CONTACT: Betty Watkins of Zoran Corporation, +1-408-523-4373, or betty.watkins@zoran.com

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