BigBand Networks Drives Programming to More Than Six Million Digital Cable Subscribers.Business Editors Cable-Tec Expo 2003 PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2003 Count Doubles in Five Months to Surpass 25% of All Digital Cable Subscribers, Including Milestones for HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates , Digital Ad Insertion and Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. Transport BigBand Networks BigBand Networks (known as BigBand ; NASDAQ: BBND) is a multinational corporation headquartered in Redwood City, California, United States. BigBand manufactures and sells digital video and data processing platforms and solutions in areas ranging from digital video to CMTS. , Inc., a leading provider of broadband multimedia platform solutions for broadcast television and on-demand services, today announced that the number of digital cable subscribers served by its platform solutions in live installations has passed six million, representing more than 25 percent of all digital cable subscribers. The company has achieved this milestone five months after reporting that it had passed three million digital cable subscribers. BigBand Networks' customers include seven of the top ten North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. cable operators: Comcast, Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. , Mediacom Communications and Rogers Cable Rogers Cable Inc., a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc., is Canada's largest cable television service provider with about 2.25 million television customers, and over 930,000 Internet subscribers, in Southern Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador. , as well as the most recent additions of Adelphia Communications and Bright House Networks. Cable operators complete customized deployments of BigBand Networks' modular Broadband Multimedia-Service Router (BMR BMR basal metabolic rate. BMR abbr. basal metabolic rate BMR, n See basal metabolic rate. BMR basal metabolic rate. (R)) to meet particular multimedia service needs, and then leverage the platform's scalability and flexibility to expand capacity and upgrade functionality in the field as offerings are modified over time. Six million digital cable subscribers are provided standard definition television (SDTV (Standard Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards with 480 lines of resolution. All SDTV formats are interlaced, and SDTV pictures are not as sharp as progressive scan EDTV or HDTV (Enhanced Definition or High Definition). SDTV Vs. ) programming by the BMR. In addition, more than four million of them are on networks in which the BMR also provides HDTV programming; more than one million are on networks using the BMR for Gigabit Ethernet transport of high quality video; and more than one million are on networks in which the BMR splices local digital advertising. BigBand Networks also provides Switched Broadcast and VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand Edge functionality on the BMR. "Close collaboration with the most important operators drives the ongoing innovation on BigBand Networks' platform solutions, which in turn drives deployments in those operators' most strategic sites," said Amir Bassan-Eskenazi, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BigBand Networks. "BigBand Networks provides the foundation for services used by a significant portion of the digital cable subscriber base, because we remove technology, time-to-market and capital expense limitations operators face in launching and scaling services. We are proud of our distinctive leadership in enabling cable operators to cost-effectively grow revenues through our impact on areas such as Gigabit Ethernet, HDTV and Switched Broadcast." The BigBand BMR is built on a high speed Gigabit Ethernet switching and routing backplane with availability of intensive and programmable media processing at every port. The platform's high performance NativeMedia(TM) architecture allows modular deployment of the precise functionality and capacity required, with programmability and scalability for ongoing enhancement. "Cable operators are rapidly depleting their network capacity as they deploy new services, so they must find ways to use existing bandwidth more efficiently without pursuing expensive network upgrades," said Aditya Kishore, analyst for the Yankee Group. "As operators aggressively deploy VOD and HDTV, new network solutions such as BigBand's Switched Broadcast will be required to deliver additional bandwidth without forcing subscriber migration to digital tiers. Emerging infrastructure platforms position cable for improved bandwidth management and better competitiveness versus alternative media distribution networks." Services on the BigBand BMR include: BigBand Grooming BigBand Grooming achieves a new approach to digital broadcasting within a networked, multi-service environment. Cable operators gain significantly better control over programming with no re-cabling. Bandwidth efficiency is enhanced through selective application of BigBand Networks' RateShaping(TM) video bit rate adaptation to any programs. BigBand HDTV BigBand HDTV extends the best-of-breed BigBand Grooming capabilities to seamlessly include HDTV and SDTV feeds multiplexed within the same channels, with RateShaping available to any program of either format. Dynamic switching by broadcasters between SDTV and HDTV feeds, and Program and System Information Protocol The Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) is the protocol used in the ATSC digital television standard for carrying metadata about each channel in the broadcast transport stream of a TV station. (PSIP PSIP Program and System Information Protocol (Digital TV data standard) PSIP Police Schools Involvement Program (Australia) PSIP Profit Sharing Investment Plan PSIP Pollen Signalling Protein ) data are supported. BigBand Transport Gateway BigBand Transport Gateway uses standard protocols such as Gigabit Ethernet and IP to efficiently route and transport high-quality digital video programming between facilities. BigBand Transport Gateway enhances cable network reliability and maximizes service availability, by allowing an alternative headend to immediately restore digital video to subscribers whose primary headend fails or loses a source. BigBand Ad Splicing splicing /splic·ing/ (spli´sing) 1. the attachment of individual DNA molecules to each other, as in the production of chimeric genes. 2. RNA s. Gateway BigBand Ad Splicing Gateway enables digital ad insertion according to SCTE SCTE Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers SCTE Society of Cable Television Engineers SCTE Serial Clock Transmit External standards. Integrated high-capacity switching and support for Gigabit Ethernet transport enable cable operators to achieve lucrative zoning of ads based on subscriber demography or geography. BigBand VOD Edge BigBand VOD Edge performs high density QAM (1) (Quality Assessment Measurement) A system used to measure and analyze voice transmission. (2) (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) A modulation technique that employs both phase modulation (PM) and amplitude modulation (AM). modulation and RF upconversion with flexible support across VOD deployment architectures, transport protocols and legacy QAMs and other resources. It provides a vital component to rapidly, easily and cost effectively launch and scale VOD services, with reliability and capabilities to modify offerings over time. BigBand Switched Broadcast BigBand Switched Broadcast enables virtually unlimited programming received at headend, with dynamic switching only to the service areas with subscribers watching. This also provides a low-cost means of alleviating bandwidth efficiency pressures brought on by emerging digital cable services such as HDTV and VOD. About BigBand Networks BigBand Networks, Inc. designs, manufactures, sells and supports platforms for broadband, multimedia services. These platforms are built on the company's NativeMedia(TM) technology uniquely capable of communicating and processing video, audio and data in their native formats. The field-upgradeable architecture combines advanced hardware and software technologies, for high performance with agility to optimize for each service supported. This enables network operators to cost-effectively expand revenue-generating offerings of broadcast-quality content and advanced, interactive services. Services supported by the BigBand Networks' platforms include digital broadcast television, HDTV, transport of high quality video, ad insertion, VOD and iTV. The company's customers include Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, Adelphia Communications, Mediacom Communications and Rogers Cable. BigBand Networks is based in Redwood City, CA. For more information on the company, please visit www.bigbandnet.com. |
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