Sigma Designs Showcases New MPEG-4 Solutions at NAB2002.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NAB 2002 Booth #S6958 MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 2002 At NAB2002, Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM), a leader in IP video streaming See streaming video and video stream. solutions, (Sands Expo The Sands Expo and Convention Center, at 1.2 million square feet (110,000 m²), is the second largest convention center in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. It opened in 1990 across the street from the original Sands Hotel. Center booth #S6958) will showcase a broad sampling of MPEG-4 based appliances and servers that are sweeping across the digital video industry. Highlighting their appearance will be the first public demonstrations of: -- New Video Endpoints, stand-alone systems that provide IP video streaming of MPEG-4 or MPEG-2 content based on Sigma's EM8470 series MPEG-4 decoders. -- MPEG-4 interoperability demonstrations, including an ISMA video server from Sun Microsystems streaming to multiple set-top appliances based on Sigma's EM8470 series MPEG-4 decoders. -- Sigma's REALmagic Xcard(TM), the first PC home theatre solution to include MPEG-4 capability that includes support for DivXNetworks technology. Additionally, the company will be hosting private meetings to discuss further details of the new eBOX company, a seven-member joint venture offering a new level of entertainment services based on MPEG-4 technology for the cable industry. Sigma Design's Booth Sigma's products and technologies will be featured at Sigma's Sands Expo Center booth, #S6958 and throughout the show floor. Sigma's representatives will be available for interviews with the press. For more information please contact Stephanie Porter, Edelman PR Worldwide at stephanie.porter@edelman.com or 650-968-4033. For other information about NAB2002, please visit the NAB2002 web site at: www.nab.org/. About NAB2002 Located at the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. , the Sands Expo Center, the Las Vegas Hilton The Las Vegas Hilton is a hotel, casino, and convention center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a joint venture between Colony Capital, which owns 60 percent, and New York City-based REIT Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds, which owns the remaining 40 percent. and The Venetian in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Nev., NAB2002, exhibits held April 8-11, is the world's leading conference and exhibition for the converging electronic media communications industries. Produced annually in April by the National Associations of Broadcasters, the NAB Show delivers the most comprehensive showcase of digital communications Transmitting text, voice and video in binary form. See communications. technologies including every element of television and radio broadcasting The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , film/video production and post production, audio production, multimedia, the Internet, satellite and telecommunications. About Sigma Designs, Inc. Sigma Designs specializes in silicon-based 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). decoding for streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. , progressive DVD playback and advanced digital set-top boxes. The company's award-winning REALmagic(R) Video Streaming Technology is used in both commercial and consumer applications providing highly integrated solutions for high-quality decoding of MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4. Headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., the company also has sales offices in China, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. For more information, please visit the company's web site at www.sigmadesigns.com/. Note to Editors: REALmagic(R) is a registered trademark of Sigma Designs, Inc. Other product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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