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Complete interoperability testing to further advancement of on-demand video services in open-standards environments DENVER, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- SCTE -- Vertasent, a leading developer of advanced on-demand management systems, and ARRIS (NASDAQ:ARRS), a leading provider of technology in the global communications marketplace, will showcase an Open Standard Switched Digital Video solution at the SCTE conference in Denver. This demonstration can be experienced in the ARRIS booth #1662. The solution couples the Vertasent Switched Video System and the ARRIS Keystone(TM) D5(TM) Digital Multimedia Termination System (DMTS(TM)). The end-to-end solution makes use of a TV Guide client running on a standard Motorola set-top box. The Vertasent Switched Video Manager processes channel change messages in real-time delivered via the set-top. The Keystone D5, which provides 48 QAM channels in 2 RU, communicates with the Switched Video Manager to dynamically, in real-time, deliver the requested program(s) onto the appropriate node. The performance of the Switched Digital Video solution, as viewed by the subscriber, is comparable to today's broadcast experience but offers significant spectral bandwidth savings. The Keystone D5's unique architecture allows it to function equally well for Multicast Video, VOD, SDV, or M-CMTS. When used with the Vertasent Edge Resource Manager, which administers the bandwidth requests from the same subsystems, the D5 can deliver a range of services within one Universal Edge Device. Vertasent's products include resource management components for both VOD and Switched Digital Broadcast. "We are very pleased to have the opportunity to integrate our resource management system with the ARRIS Keystone D5," said Bruce Bradley, VP, Product and Market Management at Vertasent. "As operators deploy the Keystone D5, the Vertasent integration will offer them the flexibility to not only launch Switched Digital Video, but to share the D5 with VOD systems as well." "The emergence of switched digital video as an important initiative for cable operators highlights the ARRIS D5's flexibility and state-of-the-art technologies," said Stan Brovont, ARRIS VP Marketing & Broadband Business Development. "The ARRIS D5 is now in full production and offers operators a very dense, cost-efficient, and flexible platform that takes full advantage of next generation video network applications like the Vertasent Switched Video System and Edge Resource Manager." About Vertasent Vertasent is taking the lead in next-generation on-demand television. Vertasent's products make on-demand systems easier to deploy, maintain and operate by allowing truly interchangeable components. Vertasent's many years of experience developing first-generation end-to-end VOD systems and fault tolerant computers has uniquely positioned them to be the first to market with open resource management solutions. For more information visit http://www.vertasent.com/. About ARRIS ARRIS provides broadband local access networks with innovative, best-in-class video, high-speed data and telephony systems for the delivery of voice, video and data to the home and business. ARRIS complete solutions enhance the reliability and value of converged services from the network to the subscriber. Headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, USA, ARRIS has R&D centers in Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL and Cork, Ireland and support and sales offices throughout the world. Information about ARRIS products and services can be found at http://www.arrisi.com/. DATASOURCE: Vertasent CONTACT: Bruce Bradley of Vertasent, +1-215-997-9770, ext. 301, ; Alex Swan of ARRIS, +1-678-473-8327, Web site: http://www.vertasent.com/ http://www.arrisi.com/

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