BigBand Networks Passes Milestone of 3 Million Digital Cable Subscribers Served By BigBand BMR.Business Editors ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2002 Company Doubles Number in Four Months, Surpassing 10% of All Digital Cable Subscribers, Including More Than 500,000 Connected via 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. 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 routing systems for broadcast television and advanced services, today announced that the number of digital cable subscribers served by its 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)) in live installations has passed 3,000,000, representing more than ten percent of all digital cable subscribers. The company has achieved this milestone four months after reporting that it had passed 1,500,000 digital cable subscribers. BigBand Networks' customers include five 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, including 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. and Rogers Cable, as well as the most recent additions of Comcast and Mediacom Communications. "We have passed three million digital cable subscribers served by the BMR, including half a million connected to Gigabit Ethernet transport, due to the cable industry's commitment to cost effectively expand revenue-generating offerings," said Jamie Howard, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of BigBand Networks. "These milestones signify the impact of the BMR platform on facilitating growth of services and media provided by digital cable networks. BigBand Networks removes the technological, time-to-market and financial limitations our customers face as they launch and scale services. This proposition, realized through capabilities such as Gigabit Ethernet transport, network intelligence, and intensive media processing of 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 and 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. , is validated by our rapid growth to serve a significant portion of the digital cable subscriber base in live installations." BigBand Networks entered the market with BigBand Grooming on the BigBand BMR for enhanced operator control over more efficient standard definition television (SDTV) broadcasting. The company has secured additional deployments based on this service and has achieved growth based on other offerings provided on the BigBand BMR's modular NativeMedia(TM) operating system, which leverages the platform's intelligent high speed switching and high performance media processing. Other capabilities deployed by leading cable operators on the BMR include BigBand HDTV, BigBand Transport Gateway, and 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. "Our success demonstrates the impact of the BMR's networking approach to digital cable services," 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. "We are raising the standards for a complete digital broadcast solution, including enabling the full HDTV experience over cable, making the network self-healing, and enhancing digital ad insertion with geographic zoning. The increasing prominence of Gigabit Ethernet transport, in particular, is testament to the cable industry's commitment to enhance network sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. as more high quality content and services are deployed and scaled. The BMR is an important element of these trends, and its flexibility and scalability serve as driving forces as we continue expanding the platform's value for a broadening array of advanced and interactive services." The BigBand BMR is a field-upgradeable platform, on which selected services can be deployed at any capacity, with scaling and addition of more services over time, usually by software upgrade. Most customer sites have upgraded functionality and capacity after their initial installations. BMR platform benefits include high port density, ease of configuration and use, powerful management tools, reliable architecture with no single points of failure, and real time control over utilization of bandwidth and resources. Services currently deployed on the BigBand BMR by leading cable operators include: BigBand Grooming BigBand Grooming achieves a new approach to digital broadcasting within a networked, multi-service environment. By bringing together GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. software, high port density, and integrated switching from any input to any output without re-cabling, cable operators gain significantly better control over programming. The BMR's high performance media processing further enhances bandwidth efficiency through selective application of BigBand Networks' RateShaping(TM) video bit rate adaptation to some or all 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. BigBand Networks' RateShaping algorithm allows cable operators to maximize the number of HDTV signals carried per channel, while maintaining quality. Dynamic switching by broadcasters between SDTV and HDTV feeds is supported. The BMR's NativeMedia architecture is uniquely capable of intelligently combining high quality HDTV video content with associated 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 over the same digital cable plant resources. BigBand Transport Gateway BigBand Transport Gateway can be configured to support various system architectures with optimized economic efficiency in providing broadcast or advanced services. Standard protocols such as Gigabit Ethernet are used 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 Gateway The BigBand Ad Splicing Gateway enables digital ad insertion according to emerging SCTE SCTE Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers SCTE Society of Cable Television Engineers SCTE Serial Clock Transmit External standards. RateShaping conforms bit rates of inserted ads to available capacity with maximum bandwidth efficiency and video quality. The BigBand BMR's high-capacity integrated switching and support for Gigabit Ethernet transport enable cable operators to achieve lucrative zoning of ads based on subscriber demography or geography. ABOUT BIGBAND NETWORKS BigBand Networks, Inc. designs, manufactures, sells and supports Broadband Multimedia-Service Routers (BMR). The BigBand BMR is a new class of router built on the company's NativeMedia(TM) technology that uniquely routes and processes video, audio and data in their native formats. The field-upgradeable architecture combines advanced hardware and software technologies, for high performance media processing and switching, 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 BMR include digital broadcast television, HDTV, transport of high quality video, ad insertion, VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand and iTV. The company's customers include Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, Mediacom Communications and Rogers Cable. BigBand Networks is based in Redwood City, CA. For more information on BigBand Networks, please visit www.bigbandnet.com. |
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