2006 CES Panel on TV & Interactivity to Be Moderated by Broadbus Founder and President Jeff Binder; Panel to Highlight Seismic Changes in Video On-Demand Business Models That Have Emerged in Recent Months.BOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Broadbus Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of next-generation video on-demand (VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand ) server technology, today announced that its president and founder, Jeff Binder, will be moderating the panel entitled, "TV & Interactivity: Evolving Content & Business Models--Content, Commerce and Branded Entertainment," at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The panel will take place from 1:30-2:30 on Friday, January 6th as a part of the Digital Hollywood sessions. Binder will explore the near overnight change in video on-demand business models that has occurred with the announcement of licensing deals by Apple Computer (Nasdaq:AAPL AAPL Apple Computer, Inc. (stock symbol) AAPL American Association of Professional Landmen AAPL American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law AAPL Advance Audiovisual Presentation Limited AAPL Advocates for Arkansas Public Libraries ), Comcast (Nasdaq:CMCSA), and the most recent and seismic announcement by Time Warner's AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. unit (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TWX (TeletypeWriter eXchange Service) A U.S. and Canadian dial-up communications service that became part of Telex. In 1971, the Bell System sold TWX to Western Union. TWX transmitted 5-bit Murray code or 7-bit ASCII code at up to 150 bps. See Telex. ). The panel consists of industry experts from AOL, NBC Universal, and Charter Communications, and will discuss topics ranging from the impact of the Internet on television distribution to advanced video on-demand applications that will be arriving in the near future. "The changes we are seeing in television rights and licensing are quite likely the most significant since the advent of cable television," said Binder. "This paradigm shift A dramatic change in methodology or practice. It often refers to a major change in thinking and planning, which ultimately changes the way projects are implemented. For example, accessing applications and data from the Web instead of from local servers is a paradigm shift. See paradigm. in the way Americans will get their television will be addressed by a panel of some of the very brightest in our industry." Broadbus is leading the world of on-demand with its industry-changing Television On-Demand (TOD(R)) technology platforms, including the award-winning B-1 Video Server(TM) and Content Commander(TM) live television acquisition system. With most of the world's leading video on-demand providers using Broadbus systems, the company expects to be at the forefront of the coming revolution in the delivery of television. Since its inception in 1999 Broadbus has been a leader in providing key technology to support the migration to a rights-driven TOD environment. About Broadbus Broadbus develops fully scalable, next-generation video on-demand server systems designed to solve streaming scale, space, power consumption and live ingest issues for cable operators deploying advanced video services such as VOD, Subscription VOD, full-scale Television On-Demand. Broadbus offers a migration path to the emerging TOD(R) environment, while fully exploiting existing upgraded broadband networks. The company's revolutionary server architecture and software are based on the intelligent configuration and management of massive amounts of random-access memory (storage) random-access memory - (RAM) (Previously "direct-access memory"). A data storage device for which the order of access to different locations does not affect the speed of access. , enabling operators to offer their subscribers unparalleled convenience, choice, and control over their home entertainment. Broadbus was recently selected by Red Herring Red Herring A preliminary registration statement that must be filed with the SEC describing a new issue of stock (IPO) and the prospects of the issuing company. Notes: for inclusion into its annual List of Top 100 Private Companies, named to CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) An earlier videodisc technology from RCA that was released in 1981 and abandoned five years later. Like phonograph records, the analog disc contained grooves that a stylus rode over. Magazine's Top 50 companies leading the broadband revolution, awarded Product of the Year by the Massachusetts Network Communication Council and listed as a finalist for Best Innovation in two categories for the first annual On-Demandies(TM) awards hosted by Digital Hollywood. For more information, please visit www.broadbus.com. Broadbus(R), TOD(R) and B-1(TM) are trademarks of Broadbus Technologies, Inc. |
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