Ziggo Selects Motorola Video Server to Power HD Video-on-Demand Service
BASINGSTOKE, England/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT)
today announced that Ziggo, the Netherlands' largest cable service
provider, has selected Motorola's on-demand platform to deliver Ziggo's
High Definition (HD) and Standard Definition (SD) video-on-demand
service. The service launched commercially in the former Casema network
in the second quarter of 2008, and services will be expanded into the
wider Ziggo network before the end of the year.
The Motorola B-1(TM) Video Server and Stream Commander(TM)
management software enable Ziggo's customers touch-button access to
thousands of programs, such as movies, children's programs,
documentaries and music clips, and support the planned rollout of HD
content. Motorola's on-demand solution has now been selected by
European operators that pass more than eight million homes.
"Consumers are becoming far more demanding in the way they watch
television; they want the option and ability to access their content in
their own time," said Joe Cozzolino, corporate vice president and
general manager, Motorola Home & Networks Mobility, EMEA. "Through
Motorola's leadership in video, we are enabling Ziggo to accelerate the
delivery of personal media experiences to its customers. High
definition is also a compelling proposition that can help Ziggo to
reduce churn and increase revenue."
The market-proven Motorola video solution represents the critical
on- demand element, enabling enhanced services and the ability to
rapidly adapt to changing consumer demand. By separating storage from
streaming, the Motorola B-1 video servers allow Ziggo to independently
scale content libraries and streaming resources at a fraction of the
operational costs of legacy servers. The solid-state Motorola server
provides an extremely high-performance, scalable and reliable solution
for video on-demand and an open platform for advanced, on-demand
services such as Time-Shifted TV, nDVR and on-demand ad insertion.
For more information on Motorola's on-demand video solutions, go to http://broadband.motorola.com/business/ondemand/index.html
A portion of revenue associated with this deployment was recognized in the second quarter of 2008.
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