BigBand Networks' SDV solution selected by Charter Communications

Nov 20, 2007 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) -- CHTR | charts | news | PowerRating -- BigBand Networks Inc (Nadaq:BBND), a provider of switched digital video (SDV), announced on Monday (19 November) that Charter Communications Inc (Nasdaq:CHTR), a cable operator in the US, has selected the company's SDV solution to expand digital TV services in its Los Angeles-area system in California, US, including Malibu, Burbank and Glendale, California.

Charter reportedly also plans to use BigBand's solution to expand HDTV and other programming options.

Charter has selected BigBand's universal edge QAM, the BEQ6000, to deliver switched programming. The BEQ6000's RF performance and reliability are reportedly designed to make it well suited for advanced applications such as SDV.

Charter is also using BigBand's switched video analysis (SVA) viewer ship and performance analysis application to determine when and where to roll out new switched programming to improve bandwidth savings and viewer satisfaction.

Financial details were not disclosed.

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