Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that TV Azteca, the second largest broadcaster in Mexico, has deployed Harmonic's IP-based video processing solutions to facilitate satellite distribution of its expanded HDTV service to hundreds of retransmission sites throughout Mexico and Central America. The new DVB-S2-based distribution system relies on Harmonic's multifunction compression and stream processing solutions to reduce the cost of satellite uplink and transmission through more efficient use of the satellite bandwidth.
* Uncompressed 1080p transmitted wirelessly to eliminate cable clutter and potential costly repairs to flat panels."Harmonic's compression and stream processing solutions provide the bandwidth efficiency, video quality, reliability, and versatility required to meet our needs, while enabling us to expand our HD service," said Ing. Román Gomez Mendez, department director, engineering and advanced technology development at TV Azteca. "The new distribution system allows us to securely transmit HD MPEG-4 AVC content over satellite and transcode to multiple formats for retransmission over terrestrial broadcast networks, while providing excellent video quality."“It is an honor to be selected once again by Beijing Gehua Cable TV Network for its latest VOD QAM project offering. Gehua has proven itself to be an innovator and a leader in its market,” said Amir Bassan-Eskenazi, CEO, President and Co-founder of BigBand Networks. ”Meeting the bandwidth demands for more video applications and services helps operators, like Gehua, stay ahead of the competition, while opening up a large market opportunity for BigBand. Digital video service providers around the world can benefit from our industry-leading Edge QAM platforms."This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined under the U.S. Federal Securities Laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is subject to the safe harbors created by such laws. Forward-looking statements may relate to, but are not limited to the functionality, programming potential and other potential benefits to be derived by Gehua Cable and our other customers from the use of the BigBand’s BEQ edge QAM and BMR platforms. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations that involve a number of uncertainties and risks that may cause actual events or results to differ materially. Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially include, among others, the following: rapid technological change that can adversely affect the demand for BigBand’s products, design flaws in BigBand’s edge QAMs and BMR, shifts in customer demand, shifts in strategic relationships, delays in BigBand’s ability to deliver or decisions to discontinue its products and services, or announcements by competitors. These and other risks may be detailed from time to time in BigBand’s periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which may be obtained from www.sec.gov. BigBand Networks is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Information contained in our website is not incorporated by reference in, or made part of this press release.BEQ, BMR and BigBand Networks’ brand and product names are service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of BigBand Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners."Cost-effective transmission of high-quality content is among the primary business challenges facing broadcasters today," said Richard Phelps, vice president of sales for Latin America at Harmonic Inc. "Harmonic's complete offering for high-quality HD encoding, DVB-S2 distribution and dense transcoding enables operators such as TV Azteca to significantly reduce bandwidth usage costs associated with distribution to terrestrial transmitters and increase the range and quality of the services they provide."This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27(A) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21(E) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements related to: providing bandwidth efficiency, excellent video quality, reliability, and versatility required to meet customers' needs; and significantly reducing bandwidth usage costs associated with distribution to terrestrial transmitters and increasing the range and quality of services.REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- BigBand Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBND), today announced that long-time customer Beijing Gehua Cable TV Network (“Gehua Cable”) has chosen BigBand’s industry-leading BEQTM Edge QAM platform to deliver Video on Demand (VOD) to its customers. This new project follows the 2010 selection of BigBand's BEQ platform for Gehua's interactive HDTV and broadband Internet services. Adding high-quality VOD services is designed to satisfy subscribers' growing demand for content and add value to the overall cable offering, helping to reduce subscriber churn and generate greater average revenue per user (ARPU).
CONTACTS: Paulien Ruijssenaars Director of Public Relations for Harmonic 1.408.490.7021 paulien.ruijssenaars@harmonicinc.com Michael Newman StreetConnect Investor Relations for Harmonic 1.408.542.2760 hlit@stct.com
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