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BigBand Networks Brings Switched Digital Video To Digeo's Moxi HD-DVR Platform
Expanded HD and niche program lineups can be accessed quickly and intuitively
August 19, 2008
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., August 19, 2008—BigBand Networks, Inc., a leading innovator in video networking and Digeo, a pioneer in high definition cable products, today announced that Digeo’s Moxi High Definition Digital Video Recorder (HD-DVR) will be integrated with BigBand’s switched digital video (SDV) solution. This interoperability should enable consumers to conveniently enjoy more HDTV and niche programming than ever before.
“We’re pleased to add BigBand’s outstanding SDV solution to our MOXI HD platform” said Greg Gudorf, chief executive officer for Digeo. “This will dramatically increase the amount of HD content that can be delivered to cable subscribers while enabling them to discover, experience and share high def entertainment”.
BigBand’s SDV solution will be deployed in conjunction with Digeo’s latest Moxi HD-DVR cable box. The Moxi HD-DVR is the newest product to feature the award-winning Moxi user interface which can now offer cable subscribers nearly twice the storage capacity of previous units.
”We’re delighted to integrate our SDV solution with Digeo’s award-winning Moxi platform,” said David Heard, BigBand’s chief operating officer. “This partnership is another way for service providers to meet consumers’ insatiable demand for more HD content.”
BigBand Networks has integrated, or is in the process of integrating, its switched digital video solution in Motorola, Cisco, and DVB conditional access systems, the only vendor, the company believes, that has demonstrated such versatility. BigBand switched digital video is interoperable with five electronic programming guides.
Visit http://www.digeo.com/tech.aspx to learn more about Digeo’s Moxi platform. Go to sol_switch_dv.html for more information on BigBand Networks’ switched digital video solutions or email us at info@bigbandnet.com.
About Digeo
Digeo, Inc. creates state-of-the-art home entertainment technologies, including digital media recorder (DMR) platforms and services. The company's mission is to enable the best consumer experience in high-definition entertainment for the connected home. Diegeo's flagship product - the two-time Emmy® Award-winning Moxi Media Center - serves as a hub for the whole-home distribution of digital entertainment and more than 400,000 units have been shipped to more than 100 markets by eight cable operators nationwide. The company also licenses its technology to third-party companies as the user interface, application or customer connection portal to drive their products or services. Backed primarily by Paul Allen's Vulcan, Inc., Digeo is based in Kirkland, Wash. For more information, please visit www.digeo.com. For a virtual demo of the Moxi Menu, pleae visit www.moxi.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 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.
