ADTEC is the world leader in the development of embedded MPEG 2 players, providing cable, broadcast, entertainment and educational solutions. Adtec was founded in 1985 by three graduates from Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee and remains a privately held corporation.

For five years in a row ADTEC was honored as a recipient of the Music City Future 50 Award which recognizes businesses in the Nashville area for their rapid growth and achievements. Upon receiving the award for the fifth time, ADTEC was inducted into the Music City Future 50 Hall of Fame. This prestigious honor was given to the company in recognition for its growth and stability in the Nashville business community. ADTEC has also been a recipient of the Blue Chip Enterprise Initiative Award sponsored by Nation's Business Magazine and the US Chamber of Commerce. It recognized ADTEC as the most innovative small businesses in the state of Tennessee and one of the top 200 small businesses in America. ADTEC has a customer base in every state in the United States and on every continent in the world.

A small sampling of ADTEC's customers include the US Army, Navy, Air Force, Industrial Light & Magic, Lucas Films Ltd., Hard Rock Cafe, Turner Broadcasting, Johnson Controls, The Newborn Channel, John Deere, EG&G Mound Applied Technologies, Hewlett Packard, Marriott Hotels, Echostar (Dish TV), ATT, Viacom, Time Warner Cable Communications, Inc., Cable One, Northland Cable, GCI, and many other cable MSO's, Columbia Health Systems, Proctor & Gamble, Pillsbury, Duracell, Disney, Universal Studios, and hundreds of hospitals, colleges, universities, retail stores and high schools. ADTEC has over 6000 MPEG 2 players at work world wide.

ADTEC maintains offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Jacksonville, Florida. All general administration, management, sales, marketing, and customer services activities are performed in the Nashville office. All manufacturing, engineering, shipping and receiving functions are performed in the Jacksonville office.