Irvine, Calif. – August 19, 2010 –Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications today announced its revolutionary new FastRTV Channel Change Acceleration technology which improves television channel change speeds by up to five times.
FastRTV technology is now available in a wide range of Broadcom system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for digital cable set-top boxes (STBs) and universal digital transport adapters (uDTAs).
Comcast is the first service provider to deploy Broadcom’s FastRTV technology in its uDTA deployments to transition from analog to standard definition (SD) digital TV broadcasts.
Highlights:
· Broadcom’s FastRTV technology provides the following benefits:
o Enables providers to offer services with significantly accelerated channel change speeds by up to five times for digital cable STBs and uDTA deployments.
o Minimises delays or pauses as consumers surf through channels.
o Works with existing conditional access (CA) systems and does not require changes to broadcast streams, which in turn, makes it easier to deploy in both existing and new cable systems.
· The first Broadcom SoC solution to support FastRTV technology for digital cable TV deployments is the Broadcom BCM7002 cable uDTA SoC:
o FastRTV technology within the BCM7002 helps providers make the all-digital experience even better for consumers by providing near instantaneous channel changing.
- Broadcom’s FastRTV technology is now available in a wide range of cable SD and HD set-top box SoC solutions as follows:
- For Broadcom cable STB solutions, FastRTV is included in the BCM7400, BCM7405, BCM7420, BCM7410, BCM7119, BCM7125, BCM7019 and BCM7025.
- For Broadcom cable DTAs and uDTAs solutions, FastRTV is included in the BCM70xx SD DTA product family and the BCM75xx HD DTA product family.
Supporting Quotes:
Steve Reynolds, Senior Vice President, Customer Premise Equipment, Comcast
“Broadcom’s FastRTV technology is an innovative solution that improves the channel change times to nearly instant speeds. As we continue to transition our customers from analog to digital broadcast, this is a significant benefit in addition to the improved picture quality and increased capacity for advanced services that an all-digital platform offers.”
Dan Marotta, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Broadcom’s Broadband Communications Group
“Our new FastRTV technology greatly enhances the viewer’s TV experience, creating quick channel changes and near instant response time that in turn ends the frustration caused by slow channel surfing. Service providers will appreciate an easy deployment that creates a compelling and attractive feature for increasing customer loyalty and satisfaction.”
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About Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the industry’s broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support our core mission: Connecting everything®.
Broadcom, one of the world’s largest fabless communications semiconductor companies, with 2009 revenue of $4.49 billion, holds more than 4,300 U.S. and 1,800 foreign patents, and has more than 7,900 additional pending patent applications, and one of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both wired and wireless transmission of voice, video, data and multimedia.
A FORTUNE 500® company, Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom may be contacted at +1.949.926.5000 or at www.broadcom.com.
