BigBand Networks to Demonstrate Industry-Leading Switched Digital Video Solution at KCTA 2007.Switched video pioneer to demonstrate proven, cost-effective solutions for Korean digital TV and 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 JEJU, South Korea -- 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 of switched digital video See switched video. , today announced that it will demonstrate its industry-leading switched video solution and other video innovations June 13-15 in Booth A-3 at KCTA KCTA Kentucky Cable Telecommunications Association KCTA Korea Clean Toilet Association KCTA Kalamazoo County Taxpayers Association (Michigan) KCTA Kootenay Christmas Tree Association 2007, Korea's premier interactive digital cable television conference and exhibition. BigBand also announced the opening of a new office in Bundang, near Seoul, to support the Korean market. Switched digital video has captured the attention of the Korean cable industry as a cost-effective method to expand digital and HDTV programming in the wake of the South Korean government's announcement in May that the country plans to end analog television broadcasting, and only allow digital services, by 2012. BigBand's switched digital video solution creates capacity for new digital programming, including HDTV, by delivering existing programming only where it is requested by viewers, instead of delivering all programming to all subscribers at all times. BigBand's solution has been selected by three of the five largest cable operators in the U.S., and its commercial deployments pass more than six million homes. BigBand will demonstrate multiple technologies in addition to switched digital video at KCTA 2007, including: * Headend-in-a-Box. This demonstration will show how the BigBand 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])) functions as a complete "headend-in-a-box" solution to provide rateshaping, scrambling, RF modulation and other functionality that would otherwise require multiple products from other vendors. The BigBand BMR is also a key component of switched digital video deployments. * IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. over DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) A cable modem standard from the CableLabs research consortium (www.cablelabs.com), which provides equipment certification for interoperability. ([R]). This demonstration illustrates how cable operators can deliver IP-based video to either TVs or PCs leveraging their quadrature amplitude modulation See QAM. Quadrature Amplitude Modulation - (QAM) A method for encoding digital data in an analog signal in which each combination of phase and amplitude represents one of sixteen four bit patterns. This is required for fax transmission at 9600 bits per second. (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). ) and CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System) A computerized device that enables cable modems to send and receive packets over the Internet. It inserts IP packets from the Internet into MPEG frames and transmits them to the cable modems via an RF signal. equipment. The demonstration leverages BigBand's modular CMTS (M-CMTS M-CMTS Modular Cable Modem Termination System ) architecture and two key DOCSIS 3.0 features--downstream channel bonding and DOCSIS 3.0 Multicast forwarding--to deliver the IP video. For additional information about BigBand Networks' technologies, or to arrange a demonstration, please 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 of video, voice and data 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, interactive TV, Internet TV, video telephony, high-speed Internet and voice-over-IP. BigBand Networks' customers include more than 100 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. DOCSIS is a trademark of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined under the U.S. Federal Securities Laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 and is subject to the safe harbors created by such laws. Forward-looking statements may relate to, but are not limited to the features of BigBand Networks' products and the potential benefits to be derived from BigBand Networks' products. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations that involve a number of uncertainties and risks that may cause actual events or results to differ materially. Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially include, among others, the following: rapid technological change that can adversely affect the demand for BigBand's products, shifts in customer demand, shifts in strategic relationships, delays in BigBand's ability to deliver its products and services, or announcements by competitors. These and other risks may be detailed from time to time in BigBand's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which may be obtained from www.sec.gov. BigBand Networks is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Information contained in our website is not incorporated by reference in, or made part of this press release. |
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