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BigBand Networks Selected by Keumkang Cable Networks to Provide Digital Media Center
Korean cable operator deploys BigBand BMR for advanced video processing
June 14, 2007
Jeju, South Korea, KCTA Conference, June 14, 2007—BigBand Networks, Inc., (NASDAQ: BBND), today announced that Korean cable operator Keumkang Cable Networks has deployed the Broadband Multimedia-Services Router (BMR®) to deliver digital television service. Keumkang purchased the equipment through BigBand’s Korean partner, Cudo Communications. Keumkang Cable is using the BigBand BMR as a “headend-in-a-box” to provide RateShaping®, scrambling, RF modulation and other functionality that would otherwise require multiple products from other vendors.
“We purchased and deployed the BigBand BMR based on the recommendations of other leading cable operators in Korea that have already experienced the benefits of integrating headend functionality in a single, compact unit,” said Mr. Ki-Sung, Heo, chief operating officer of Keumkang Cable. “We aren’t aware of another product that allows us to build a digital media center so easily and cost effectively.”
Keumkang Cable serves a large region southwest of Seoul, surrounding the Korean city of Iksan. The operator offers 110 channels of digital television, pay per view services and high-speed Internet.
“Partnering with BigBand Networks for the Keumkang Cable project offered Cudo Communications the best video solution to the demanding requirements of Keumkang Cable Networks,” said Mr. Jae-Hoon Shim, general manager of Cudo Communications in Korea. “For us, the BMR was a valuable video system solution from both a technology perspective, and long-term investment perspective, for the project.”
The Korean cable industry is one of the more advanced in the world; its operators offer a variety of digital video and IP services, and a wide range of content. The South Korean government recently announced the country’s plans to migrate to all-digital television services by 2012. The BMR’s versatility and wide range of supported solutions and services—including BigBand’s industry-leading switched digital video solution—can make it possible for Korean operators to expand digital and HDTV programming very cost-effectively.
“Keumkang’s network growth and rapid expansion of new services is a prime example of Korea’s advancements in cable technology,” said Rick Ford, vice president of the Asia Pacific region for BigBand. “The BigBand BMR is an excellent choice for Korean operators because it provides the rich set of video processing functionality needed today, and a migration path to more advanced services and industry-leading innovations, such as switched digital video.”
BigBand is demonstrating a range of technologies including its switched digital video solution—the most widely-deployed SDV solution in the world—in Booth A-3 at KCTA 2007. To arrange a demonstration, please email info@bigbandnet.com. For additional information about switched digital video, please visit http://www.bigbandnet.com/products/sol_switch_broadcast.php.
About BigBand Networks
BigBand Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of broadband multimedia infrastructure for video, voice and data. The company's solutions are designed to process, optimize, and deliver services such as broadband Internet, VoIP, digital broadcast television, HDTV, transport of high quality video, local advertising, VOD, interactive TV and IPTV through any network. Service providers use BigBand Networks' platforms in efforts to cost-effectively expand revenue-generating offerings of rich content and advanced interactive services. Customers include cable operators, U.S. telecommunications companies, as well as leading service providers in Asia, Europe and Latin America. Founded in 1998, BigBand Networks is based in Redwood City, Calif., with offices worldwide. For more information, please call 650-995-5000, email info@bigbandnet.com or visit www.bigbandnet.com.
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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 features available in, and the potential benefits to be derived from, BigBand Networks’ BMR product and market acceptance of such product. Such 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, shifts in customer demand, shifts in strategic relationships, delays in BigBand’s ability to deliver 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.