BigBand Networks to Deliver Presentations at Paul Kagan's The QAM Before The Storm(TM), SCTE Conference on Emerging Technologies.BigBand Executives Will Speak about the Future of Switched Digital Video See switched video. , Edge 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). Technology Developments and Managing Edge Resources REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- BigBand Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BBND), the pioneer and deployment leader in switched digital video (SDV (Switched Digital Video) See switched video. ), will present its latest findings on 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 expansion, personalized content and bandwidth management at industry conferences next week. John Holobinko, BigBand's vice president and general manager of cable edge, and Doug Jones, BigBand's chief cable architect, will present findings from BigBand's expanding commercial SDV and edge QAM deployments at Paul Kagan's The QAM Before The Storm[TM] event, on Monday, Jan. 14 at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles. The following day, at the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE SCTE Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers SCTE Society of Cable Television Engineers SCTE Serial Clock Transmit External ) Conference on Emerging Technologies, Doug Jones will join Charles Hasek, principal engineer, 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. to present findings from a paper they co-authored on managing edge resources as part of the panel, "Cable's Evolution to the Hyperconnected Network." The Jones and Hasek paper addresses approaches to managing edge resources for triple-play services as they grow to include more HD programming, long-tail content delivery using switched digital video, expanded on-demand products and advanced data and voice services. For a complete Paul Kagan conference schedule, visit: http://www.pkworldmedia.com/ikorb.php?page=conferences.shtml. For a complete SCTE Emerging Technologies conference schedule, visit: http://et.scte.org/content/sessions/index.cfm. For additional information about switched digital video or other BigBand innovations, email info@bigbandnet.com. About BigBand Networks BigBand Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBND) provides broadband service providers with innovative network solutions designed to make it easier to move, manage and monetize video. These solutions are based on BigBand's video-networking platforms that are built to enable efficient and reliable delivery across a wide range of services, including digital TV, high definition TV, addressable Reachable. When something is addressable, it can be identified and manipulated independently of its surroundings. For example, screen pixels and RAM memory are addressable. Each of the screen's picture elements can be individually turned on and off, and each of the memory's bytes can be advertising, video-on-demand and interactive TV. BigBand Networks' customers include more than 200 service providers -- including six of the ten largest service providers in the U.S. -- and leading cable and telco service providers in North America, Asia, Europe and Latin America. BigBand Networks is based in Redwood City, Calif., with offices worldwide. For additional information about the company, please call +1.650.995.5000, email info@bigbandnet.com or visit www.bigbandnet.com. BigBand Networks brand and product names are service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of BigBand Networks, Inc., in the United States and other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. |
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