BigBand Networks Reaches Switched Digital Video Milestone in Motorola Set-Top Box Environments

BigBand deploying across Motorola systems that pass more than 1 million households

February 21, 2008

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 21, 2008 – BigBand Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBND), the pioneer and deployment leader in switched digital video (SDV), today announced that it has reached a milestone for SDV deployment in Motorola set-top box environments. The company is in the process of deploying across three Motorola cable systems with two different cable operators that collectively pass more than 1 million households.

“Operators are actively deploying our SDV solution in Motorola systems,” said Biren Sood, BigBand’s vice president and general manager of cable video. “SDV continues to be the most cost-efficient way to expand HDTV in any set-top environment; approximately one-fourth the cost of an immediate all-digital migration according to our calculations.”

BigBand’s Motorola deployments build upon the company’s expanding SDV deployment experience in more than 20 cable systems across North America. BigBand is currently deploying its fifth-generation SDV solution, is deploying SDV across four electronic programming guide environments and has achieved significantly more commercial SDV deployments than any other vendor.

”Our deployment experience and interoperability work with a wide range of set-top boxes, electronic programming guides and conditional access systems has allowed us to harden our solution to address nuances associated with deploying in various operating environments,” continued Sood. “We’re optimistic that more Motorola set-top systems will soon begin to see the significant HDTV growth that our field-hardened SDV solution can deliver.”

BigBand’s switched digital video solutions are being commercially deployed by six operators across more than 20 cable systems that pass more than 12.5 million households. For additional information about BigBand Networks’ switched digital video solutions, please visit: sol_switch_dv.html.

 

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 across a wide range of services, including digital TV, high definition TV, addressable advertising, video-on-demand and interactive TV. BigBand Networks’ customers include more than 200 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.

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