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BigBand Co-Wins Emmy Award
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awards highest honor to Time Warner Cable, BigBand Networks and other co-winners for network-based time shifting service
January 10, 2007
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 10, 2007 – BigBand Networks, Inc., a leading provider of broadband multimedia infrastructure for video, voice and data, today announced that it was named co-winner of an Emmy award with Time Warner Cable and several other companies as part of the National Television Academy’s Technology and Engineering Awards. BigBand Networks, Time Warner and their co-winners received the award for technology contributions to Time Warner Cable’s ‘Start Over’ digital television feature in the category of “Outstanding Innovation and Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for the Best Use of On-Demand Technology Over Private Networks.”
Start Over is designed to allow Time Warner Cable customers to jump to the beginning of a program in progress without any pre-planning or in-home recording devices. The Time Warner Cable service leverages network-based, time-shifting functionality enabled by the BigBand Broadband Multimedia-Service Router (BMR®) and other technologies to extend “on-demand” capability to live programming.
BigBand’s switched broadcast technology was also nominated for an Emmy in “Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for the Creation of Non-Traditional Programs or Platforms.” Switched broadcast allows operators to significantly increase the number of television channels available to subscribers. National cable operators have deployed the technology to expand HDTV channels and add customized programming for specific demographic groups.
"BigBand’s technology is enabling the delivery of more personalized content and HDTV programming, and helping operators allow consumers to watch TV programming on their own schedules,” said Amir Bassan-Eskenazi, CEO of BigBand Networks. “We would like to congratulate Time Warner for this achievement—we’re honored to be part of it.”
The winners of the 2006 Technology and Engineering Emmy were announced at the opening night event for the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on January 8, 2007 in Las Vegas. For more information on The National Television Academy and the Emmy awards, visit www.emmyonline.org.
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.