nCUBE to Power VOD in Iowa with MP&W; Muscatine to Deploy nCUBE's Server and Software Management Platform for On-Demand Services.Business Editors PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2003 nCUBE Corporation today announced that Muscatine Power and Water, MP&W, a municipal utility provider, has selected the company's video-on-demand (VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand ) server and software management platform for its VOD launch in Muscatine, Iowa Muscatine is a city in Muscatine County, Iowa, United States. The population was 22,697 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Muscatine CountyGR6. Muscatine is also the only town in the world with that name. and throughout Muscatine County. MP&W will use nCUBE's nABLE interactive management software and n4x video server to power the VOD service, which is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2003. Video-on-demand offers digital cable subscribers access to movies and other programming content whenever they choose, providing them with the ability to pause, rewind, fast-forward and play using their remote control. "Video-on-demand provides cable television viewers the ability to take control of their own entertainment viewing experiences," said Michael Pohl, president and chief executive officer, nCUBE Corporation. "In this competitive environment we understand that success comes from satisfying those customers and running efficient businesses and we look forward to working with Muscatine in bringing on-demand services to their subscribers. nCUBE is committed to delivering the technology necessary to effectively manage and customize VOD offerings that exceed our customers' requirements." Muscatine Power and Water is a customer-driven, municipal electric, water and communications utility located in Muscatine, Iowa with a strong heritage dating back to 1900. MP&W established its communications utility in 1997, at the request of the citizens of Muscatine in order to improve the level and quality of communications products and services in Muscatine. "As a customer-driven organization, we are always looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to improve and expand our service offerings to better meet our customers' needs," said Sal LoBianco, director, generation and telecommunications. "nCUBE's proven experience and technology is foremost in the industry and one we know we can rely on as our subscriber base grows. It is not enough to just deploy VOD, but the ability to manage our on-demand services provides us greater opportunities to better serve our customer base." nABLE On-Demand Management System provides network operators with a complete set of VOD business management and technical operations tools, including real-time and historical intelligence reports. nCUBE's n4x video server provides cable operators unmatched storage and delivery capability, storing more than 200,000 hours of unique video content. The n4x can support communities as small as 5,000 to more than 500,000 homes with a single piece of content. About nCUBE nCUBE Corporation is a leading provider of on-demand media and digital advertising solutions for cable operators and telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. providers worldwide. nCUBE simplifies the deployment of on-demand content and digital ad insertion systems with the most powerful, comprehensive set of on-demand management and technical business tools. The company offers the only server architecture in the market with the scalability to deliver up to 53,000 simultaneous streams from a single site, meeting the demands of VOD today and on-demand's future content needs of everything-on-demand (EOD EOD abbreviation for every other day; used in medical records. ). For more information on nCUBE go to www.ncube.com About MPW MPW Macintosh Programmer's Workshop (Mac OS Software Development Environment) MPW Multi Product Wafer MPW Maine Photographic Workshops (Rockport, Maine) MPW Multiple Plane Wave MPW Multi-Purpose Workstation Cable Muscatine Power and Water's Communication Utility provides state-of-the-art communications services through a hybrid fiber coax (networking) Hybrid Fiber Coax - (HFC) A kind of physical connection used in networks for audio, video, and data. DVB (Digital Video Broadcast) is used in Europe and DOCSIS is used in N America. (HFC 1. (networking) HFC - Hybrid Fiber Coax. 2. (hardware) HFC - hydrofluorocarbon. ) system that serves as the backbone infrastructure for the Communications Utility. The HFC system includes fiber optic loops throughout Muscatine and coaxial cable connections to individual homes and businesses. The Communications Utility products include MPW Cable TV, MachLink, high speed Internet service (featuring cable modem cable modem Modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt over cable television lines, especially for connecting to the Internet. , dial-up, DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary and wireless access,) and municipal area network (MAN) services. |
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