ViXS™ Systems Recognized as One of Canada's Top Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Companies in the 2013 Edition of the Branham 300

ViXS Systems is Recognized and Listed as one on the Top 250 Canadian ICT Companies and one of the Top 25 Canadian ICT Hardware and Infrastructure Companies 

TORONTO, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - ViXS Systems Inc. today announced that it has been ranked 68^th  in the Branham listing of the Top 250 Canadian ICT companies and 20^th in the Top 25 Canadian ICT Hardware and Infrastructure Companies in the 2013 Edition of the Branham 300 published today.  Branham Group Inc., a leading global ICT Industry Analyst and Strategic Marketing company, publishes the Branham 300 each year as the definitive listing of Canada's top publicly traded and privately held Information and Communication Technology (ICT) companies.

For 20 years now, the Branham 300 has highlighted the top Canadian and Multinational ICT companies operating in Canada, as ranked by revenues. It illustrates the depth and breadth of innovative technologies developed in Canada and is widely considered to be a leading source of intelligence on Canada's ICT industry.

"While revenue in Canada's ICT sector advanced only slightly in 2012, it did achieve a milestone in setting a new record of $83B for the Top 250." said Wayne Gudbranson, President and CEO of Branham Group.

"We are delighted to have been selected once more as one of Canada's premiere information and communications technology companies," said Sally Daub, President and CEO of ViXS Systems Inc.  "This reward recognizes the outstanding achievements of Canadian engineering and the talented work force and unique and differentiated technology we have built up over the last decade."

About Branham Group Inc.

Branham Group Inc. is a leading industry analyst and strategic marketing company servicing the global Information and Communication Technology (ICT) marketplace. Branham Group assists ICT Technology companies and related institutions in achieving market success through its custom consulting services (Planning, Marketing and Partnering), and through its multi-client research subscription programs (Digital Health, Green IT and Cloud). Branham also produces an annual listing of the top ICT companies in Canada (www.branham300.com) and monitors over 450 Digital Health vendors (www.branhamgroup.com/digitalhealth).

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Andrew Bisson

Vice President, Consulting Services

Branham Group

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About ViXS Systems Inc.


ViXS is the semiconductor pioneer in designing and developing high-performance media solutions for the consumer electronics and video service provider industries.  With over 390 patents issued and pending worldwide, ViXS has been recognized with a number of industry awards for innovation. ViXS is the world leader in transcoder deployments with over 40 million shipments to date, and still growing.

ViXS has a comprehensive portfolio of products to meet the diverse needs of the global media industry.  Portfolio highlights include the most advanced dense transcoder available for cloud-based solutions, as well as SoC's for home devices capable of doing the most simultaneous number of HD streams in the industry.  Moreover, ViXS is the only company to have integrated transcoding and Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) technologies to create the lowest-cost media gateway capable of delivering premium content to consumer IP devices, such as the iPad, inside and outside of the home.

ViXS has three primary product lines: XCode, XCodePro and XConnex.  The XCode family of media processors range from stand-alone transcoding chips to full SoC solutions, each capable of handling from one to four simultaneous HD-to-HD transcodes.  XCodePro products address the professional enterprise market and are being deployed today for cloud-based media streaming services.  The XConnex product line is for communications devices, including MoCA 1.1 and 2.0 solutions.   Additionally, ViXS customers are provided with a robust software development kit known as Xtensiv. 

ViXS is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with global operations and offices in Europe, Asia and North America.  For more information on ViXS, visit our website: www.vixs.com.

VIXS^™, the ViXS^® logo, XCode^®, XCodePro™, XConnex™ and Xtensiv™ are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ViXS. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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