BigBand to Deliver Presentations at Paul Kagan's "The QAM Before the Storm, SCTE Conference on Emerging Technologies

BigBand executives will speak about the future of switched digital video, edge QAM technology developments and managing edge resources

January 10, 2008

Redwood City, Calif., Jan. 10, 2008—BigBand Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBND), the pioneer and deployment leader in switched digital video (SDV), will present its latest findings on HDTV expansion, personalized content and bandwidth management at industry conferences next week. John Holobinko, BigBand’s vice president and general manager of cable edge, and Doug Jones, BigBand’s chief cable architect, will present findings from BigBand’s expanding commercial SDV and edge QAM deployments at Paul Kagan’s The QAM Before The Storm™ event, on Monday, Jan. 14 at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles.

The following day, at the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) Conference on Emerging Technologies, Doug Jones will join Charles Hasek, principal engineer, Time Warner Cable to present findings from a paper they co-authored on managing edge resources as part of the panel, “Cable's Evolution to the Hyperconnected Network.” The Jones and Hasek paper addresses approaches to managing edge resources for triple-play services as they grow to include more HD programming, long-tail content delivery using switched digital video, expanded on-demand products and advanced data and voice services. 

For a complete Paul Kagan conference schedule, visit: http://www.pkworldmedia.com/ikorb.php?page=conferences.shtml. For a complete SCTE Emerging Technologies conference schedule, visit:  http://et.scte.org/content/sessions/index.cfm. For additional information about switched digital video or other BigBand innovations, email info@bigbandnet.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 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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