Cable One to Deliver Customized Digital TV Programming With Cisco's Digital Video Management Solution.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2000 Statistical Re-multiplexing Solution for MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). 2 Allows Channel Customization Cable One, Inc. today announced that it will offer customized programming with a digital video statistical re-multiplexing solution from Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ), the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. A leading cable operator in 16 states in the West, mid-West and Southeast U.S., Cable One's systems pass more than one million homes. Cable One plans to use Cisco's RateMux digital video statistical re-multiplexer to deploy customized digital MPEG2 programming. The RateMux solution enables cable operators to "groom" a customized channel selection using programming content from a variety of sources. In addition, the RateMux allows the cable operator to provide more efficient use of scarce bandwidth. Digital video grooming allows cable operators to reconfigure programming as often as they like, and they can offer different program lineups at different times of the day. For example, on the weekends they can replace children's programming with more sports channels. In addition to digital video grooming, the RateMux enables digital ad insertion, video-on-demand and targeted programming. Currently, cable operators receive compressed program streams from a variety of digital programming sources, such as satellite feeds. These streams cannot be unbundled, which forces the cable operator to broadcast all channels or programs in a given stream. If a cable operator decides not to carry a channel, the bandwidth taken by that channel cannot be reused. "Cable One now has more flexibility in designing our programming," said Tommy Hill
Today's announcement follows Cisco's acquisition last year of V-Bits, Inc., a leading provider of standards-based digital video processing Video processing techniques are used in video codecs, video players and other devices. For example—commonly only design and video processing is different in TV sets of different manufactures. systems for cable operators. With the acquisition, the RateMux became an integral part of Cisco's end-to-end cable infrastructure, which includes products and solutions for headend cable modem termination systems (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. ) and digital video transmission; optical transmission and core multi-terabit routing and switching; Voice over IP (VoIP) gateways and MPEG2 management; and retail-enabling provisioning and activation solutions. Eventually Cisco will integrate the RateMux into its industry-leading digital CMTS headend product, the Universal Broadband Router A device that provides access to the Internet for multiple computers. It typically includes a network switch with four or more Ethernet ports for wired connections to desktop and laptop computers. "Wireless" broadband routers include an 802.11g access point. (uBR) 7200 series, which will allow cable operators to provide data, voice and video services over a single integrated system. "Because Cable One already uses Cisco's headend equipment, the RateMux allows us to prepare for the future," said Hill. "An integrated system for data, voice and video means that we can eventually scale our service offering to include cost-effective data, voice and video services such as VoIP and video on demand over a single, streamlined broadband network." "Cable One's deployment of Cisco's RateMux solution shows its dedication to providing its customers with targeted, cost-effective programming choices," said Paul Bosco, vice president and general manager of Cisco's Cable Business Unit. "Cisco is committed to providing leading-edge service providers like Cable One with scaleable, cost-effective digital cable solutions for information, communications and entertainment, including digital video and interactive television." About Cable One Cable One, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Washington Post Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :WPO WPO Women Presidents' Organization (New York, NY) WPO World Packaging Organization WPO World Powerlifting Organization WPO Werkplek Onderzoek (Netherlands) ), with corporate offices in Phoenix, Ariz. Cable One offers cable television services and high-speed Internet See broadband. access in 16 states throughout the West, mid-West and Southeast U.S. |
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