Eagle Broadband Announces New PVR Functionality for Existing IP5000 Standard and High-Definition IP Set-Top Boxes
September 27 2005 - 10:15AM
Business Wire
New PVR Functionality Enables Telcos and Broadband Service
Providers to Deliver Exceptional Video Quality with
Subscriber-Controlled Viewing Flexibility for High-End Residential
IPTV Market Eagle Broadband, Inc. (AMEX:EAG), a leading provider of
broadband, Internet protocol (IP) and communications technology and
services, announced today that it has added advanced, full-featured
personal video recorder (PVR) functionality to the company's
advanced, MediaPro IP5000 set-top boxes that deliver dual tuner,
dual streaming PVR in standard and high-definition formats for the
residential IPTV market. Eagle's MediaPro IP5000 has been proven as
a high-end hospitality IP set-top box platform capable of
delivering standard and high-definition formats with the advanced
processing needed for internet browsing, gaming, video on demand,
and other interactive services in the hospitality industry. The
IP5000HD has been deployed at a new luxury casino in Las Vegas, the
largest IP-based high definition deployment in the industry to
date. By adding PVR functionality to the IP5000, Eagle now offers
service providers a complete family of IP set-top box solutions
that provide a better way to compete with cable and satellite
service providers on cost, as well as advanced functionality. "With
the availability of our new IP3000 and IP5000 with PVR
functionality, IPTV service providers now have a powerful
combination of advanced features and functionality at the lowest
possible cost enabling them to offer a full range of highly
competitive video services to their subscribers," said David Micek,
president and CEO of Eagle Broadband. "Eagle is focused on
delivering turnkey IPTV solutions and these additional set-top box
offerings enable us to provide service providers with the
industry's only, end-to-end IPTV solution set with content,
infrastructure and transport all the way to the set-top box in the
subscriber's home." Capable of supporting a variety of leading
middleware and video-on-demand systems, the IP5000 platform
delivers advanced content system security and digital rights
management (DRM) needed by a wide variety of industries, such as
telco, hospitality, enterprise, and government markets. Available
in MPEG2 format, the IP5000 also supports the new MPEG-4 AVC
(H.264) video compression standard. Eagle is enhancing the IP5000
platform with dual-tuner and dual stream PVR services in a standard
or high-definition format for the residential IPTV market. The
added PVR capability provides the functionality currently available
with cable and satellite PVR or digital video recorder (DVR)
systems, but in an IP-based format. These features include: record,
playback, fast-forward and rewind of live and scheduled
programming; live broadcast pause, instant rewind and playback with
slow motion; and the capability to use all of these features while
recording another broadcast. The MediaPro IP5000 platform features
advanced Intel-architecture graphics and memory controller with a
highly integrated graphics accelerator. The architecture consists
of dedicated multi-media engines executing in parallel to deliver
high performance 2D, 3D and motion compensation video capabilities.
The IP5000 supports a VESA DDC2B compliant display interface and a
digital video out port to provide NTSC and PAL broadcast standards.
The proprietary hardware security features of MediaPro IP5000HD
facilitate content protection throughout the system when combined
with HDCP. The PVR recording storage capacity is dependent upon the
size of hard-disk which is configurable based upon service provider
requirements. For additional information regarding MediaPro IP
set-top boxes or to schedule a demonstration, please call
800-628-3910 or 281-538-6000 or send an email to
mediaproinfo@eaglebroadband.com. About Eagle Broadband Eagle
Broadband is a leading provider of broadband, Internet Protocol
(IP) and communications technology and services that create new
revenue opportunities for broadband providers and enhance
communications for government, military and enterprise customers.
Eagle leverages years of proven experience delivering advanced,
IP-based broadband bundled services to provide service provider
partners with a way to deliver next generation entertainment,
communications and security services to their subscribers. The
company's product offerings include IPTVComplete(TM), the fastest,
lowest cost way for broadband providers to deliver the most
competitive IP video services; the MediaPro line of HDTV-ready IP
set-top boxes that enable broadband providers and hotel operators
to maximize revenues by delivering state-of-the-art, interactive
entertainment services; and the SatMAX(TM) satellite communications
system that provides government, military, homeland security and
enterprise customers with reliable non-line-of-sight voice and data
communications from any location on Earth. The company is
headquartered in Houston, Texas. For more information, please visit
www.eaglebroadband.com or call 281-538-6000. (EAGG) Forward-looking
statements in this release regarding Eagle Broadband, Inc. are made
pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties,
including, without limitation, continued acceptance of the
company's products, increased levels of competition, new products
and technological changes, the company's dependence upon
third-party suppliers, intellectual property rights, and other
risks detailed from time to time in the company's periodic reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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