Bitstream's CCTV Font Set to Provide Closed Captioning Display for Moxi Media Center Platform; Digeo renews license of high-quality fonts.CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Bitstream 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 : BITS) announced a new agreement to supply its CCTV CCTV abbr. closed-circuit television CCTV closed-circuit television Font Set to Digeo, Inc. for use with its Moxi(TM) Media Center. Enabling the display of FCC-standard closed captioning, the CCTV Font set helps bring the Moxi Media Center experience to life for the more than 28 million Americans with hearing or vision impairments. "The Moxi Media Center has dramatically changed and improved the TV viewing experience," said David Billmaier, Senior Director, Product Marketing for Digeo, Inc. "Our agreement to license Bitstream's leading-edge font technologies ensures we're delivering that experience to as many consumers as possible." Utilizing leading technologies, such as the Bitstream CCTV Font Set, the Moxi Media Center service provides easier access to existing cable programming, more control over all forms of media, and exciting new services. From On Demand, digital video recording (DVR (1) (Digital Video Recorder) A device that records video onto a hard disk from one or more ceiling mounted video cameras. Part of a security system, the DVR typically supports 4, 8 or 16 separate camera channels. ), and telephony services to a new range of entertainment options such as Moxi Games, Moxi Photos and Moxi Jukebox, the Moxi Media Center is transforming the way people watch television. With more than 20 years of experience in font technology, Bitstream provides the most advanced font solutions on the market today. The crisp, legible typeface designs maximize the digital output on both interlaced Refers to a display system or image that uses interlacing and does not render contiguous lines one after the other. See interlace and interlaced GIF. and progressive-scan TVs. "As the leader in font standards for digital television, Bitstream has been at the forefront of making text very legible on TVs. This includes our work with the Royal National Institute for the Blind and such leading digital TV standards' organizations as ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) An international digital television (DTV) standard adopted by the U.S., Canada, South Korea, Taiwan and Argentina. , DTG DTG Date-Time Group DTG Digital Television Group (UK trade association) DTG Distance To Go DTG Days To Go DTG Digital Transmission Group DTG Direct Trunk Group DTG Digital Trunk Group DTG Dance Theatre of the Gospel , DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) An international digital television (DTV) standard that is the European and Far Eastern counterpart of the North American ATSC standard. , MHP MHP Multimedia Home Platform (consumer electronics) MHP Milliyetci Hareket Partisi (Turkish: National People's Party) MHP Mobile Home Park (district) MHP Maximum Human Performance , and OCAP OCAP Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (Canada) OCAP Open Cable Application Platform (middleware software specification) OCAP Out of Control Action Plan ," said Anna Chagnon, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bitstream. "Manufacturers and application developers need high-quality text to meet the FCC's requirements. We are pleased that our software has been chosen as the closed-captioning solution for the innovative Moxi Media Center." About the CCTV Font Set Bitstream's CCTV Font Set supports the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. (FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. ) requirements for closed captioning display on digital and analog TVs. Bitstream carefully selected the fonts to be very readable on the TV screen and implemented in all the FCC-required styles. Bitstream created a high-quality CCTV Font Set that supports these FCC requirements for the following font styles: --Monospaced with serifs --Proportionally spaced with serifs --Monospaced without serifs --Proportionally spaced without serifs --Casual font type --Cursive font type --Small capitals The CCTV Font Set includes the Tiresias Screenfont, developed specifically for closed captioning by the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB RNIB Royal National Institute of Blind People (UK) ). The Tiresias Screenfont is the standard font endorsed by the DTG (Digital Terrestrial Group) and by the DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) organization for the MHP (Multimedia Home Platform). Closed captioning involves displaying the "audio" portion of a TV broadcast as text, which is superimposed su·per·im·pose tr.v. su·per·im·posed, su·per·im·pos·ing, su·per·im·pos·es 1. To lay or place (something) on or over something else. 2. over the video portion. Most importantly, it allows viewers who are hearing impaired to access TV broadcasts. To display closed-captioned text, the viewers must have a set-top box decoder or a TV receiver that includes this decoding capability. The FCC has updated its closed captioning requirements for digital TVs and as of July 1, 2002, manufacturers must include FCC-mandated decoder circuitry for closed captioning in their digital TV devices. About Bitstream Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) enables customers worldwide to render high-quality text, browse the Web on wireless devices, select from the largest collection of fonts online, and customize documents over the Internet. Its core competencies include font technology, browsing technology, e-commerce technology, and publishing technology. For more information, visit Bitstream at www.bitstream.com. About Digeo Digeo, Inc. enables cable providers to deliver Emmy(R) award-winning Moxi(TM) Media Center software and services to customers nationwide. Moxi opens the door for cable providers to develop new revenue streams while delivering on the promise to consumers of a fully digital home entertainment and communications experience. The new generation of cable-provided Media Center products empower subscribers with enhanced entertainment capabilities including: digital video recording (DVR), high-definition (HD) programming; telephony services; digital media management of photography and music with Moxi Photos and Moxi Music; live, interactive news feeds with Moxi Ticker; Moxi Games and more. Customers of Moxi Media Center's revenue-generating and customer-retaining applications include Comcast, Charter, Adelphia, Sunflower Broadband, and BendBroadband. Digeo is primarily backed by Paul Allen's Vulcan Inc. The company was founded in 1999 and has offices in Kirkland, Wash., Palo Alto, Calif. and Longmont, Colo. For more information, please visit www.digeo.com. Bitstream is a registered trademark and the Bitstream logo is a trademark of Bitstream Inc. Digeo and Moxi Media Center are trademarks of Digeo, Inc. Other technologies and brand names are used for information only and remain trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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