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Scientific Atlanta's New-Generation IP Statistical Multiplexing to Simplify Creation of New and Expanded Programming Bouquets
Scientific Atlanta @NAB, Booth #SU9613, Las Vegas, April 16-19
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LAS VEGAS, NV and ATLANTA, GA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- April 17, 2007 -- Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco
(NASDAQ : CSCO ) company, today announced a new-generation IP-based
statistical multiplexing (stat mux) technology at NAB 2007 in Las Vegas.
This innovative Internet Protocol (IP)-based technology has been designed
to support high-quality, low-bit-rate, bandwidth-saving video delivery and
provide breakthrough performance for creating or expanding channel
bouquets.
Designed for a variety of applications, including digital terrestrial,
cable headends, satellite direct to home and satellite distribution, the
Scientific Atlanta® IP (Internet Protocol) stat mux solution will use
software and IP interfaces to help control the video encoders. This
capability, combined with the multiplexing and video processing power of
Scientific Atlanta's sophisticated Digital Content Manager, will
significantly enhance flexibility as operators introduce new channels and
package these into new or expanded bouquets.
Control of multiple program bouquets from one location can help operators
and content owners easily reconfigure local and remote encoders to rapidly
add content in response to customer demands for more varied channel
offerings. The capability to reconfigure remotely located encoders within
the same statistical multiplexing pool helps eliminate the need for a
dedicated contribution link.
The versatile Scientific Atlanta innovation can support mixed stat muxes
that include both MPEG-2 standard definition (SD) and MPEG-4 high
definition (HD) signals or programming bouquets that include both MPEG-4 SD
and MEGP-4 HD signals. This mixed stat mux technology helps support a
smooth transition from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 encoding, as well as the migration
to increased HD programming availability.
"This new-generation statistical multiplexing technology can offer
operators a flexible platform that can support a greatly expanded number of
encoders within multiple virtual pools, all managed from a single
controller," said Dean Rockwell, vice president Digital Media Networks at
Scientific Atlanta. "This performance significantly outpaces existing stat
mux technology and helps continue the industry-wide migration toward
IP-based network solutions being championed by Cisco and Scientific
Atlanta."
The Scientific Atlanta solution is designed to provide outstanding
scalability supporting more than 60 encoders within up to 20 different
statistical multiplexing pools from just one controller. The controller can
be integrated within the DCM as a software option or run independently on
the encoders depending on the encoder type and configuration.
The exceptional IP stat mux technology will be demonstrated at NAB 2007 in
Las Vegas, April 16-19.
Notes for Editors:
About Scientific Atlanta
Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, is a leading supplier of digital
content contribution and distribution systems, transmission networks for
broadband access to the home, digital interactive set-tops and subscriber
systems designed for video, high-speed Internet and
voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) networks, and worldwide customer
service and support. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Cisco Systems, Inc. More information about Scientific Atlanta is
available at:
Scientific-Atlanta Europe NV http://www.saeurope.com and Scientific-Atlanta
Corporate
http://www.scientificatlanta.com.
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