BigBand Accelerates IP Video Convergence with Key Partners

BigBand Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBND), a leader in digital video networking, today announced it has expanded its set of IP video partners to advance convergence and open standards-based delivery. The company’s IP solution, which includes vIP Pass™ and CVEx™ Converged Video Exchange, has been integrated with a number of additional IP video products to provide an end-to-end IP video solution. The combined solution includes an IP media hub from Entone Inc., network-based program guides from Orca Interactive, digital TV security systems from Verimatrix and IPTV solutions from Western Mediabridge Inc. that will help streamline and secure IP video delivery across networks and consumer devices.

Previously, BigBand announced its IP video delivery product suite had been integrated with several DOCSIS® 3.0 cable modems and gateway technologies, including Hitron Technologies, Mplus Technology Co. and NETGEAR along with DOCSIS 3.0 chipset integrations with Texas Instruments and other major chipset manufacturers.

“A converged video approach is about delivering cost-effective and high quality video streams to IP-enabled devices without the need for redundant infrastructure and systems,” said Paul Crann, Vice President, Product Line Management, BigBand Networks. “Siloed approaches are not an effective means of incorporating IP video services. By integrating with leading technology companies in the IP video ecosystem, we can leverage existing network capacity, tools, DRM and IPTV customer premise equipment and help foster open standards in architecting a single approach to video delivery.”

BigBand’s IP video delivery solution helps operators advance video convergence strategies by using an open standards-based approach and includes the company’s vIP PASS and CVEx products. BigBand’s vIP PASS solution enables IP video delivery to multiple devices using existing infrastructure while saving valuable CMTS bandwidth for voice and data by "wrapping" video in DOCSIS®. vIP PASS is further enhanced by CVEx, a software-based video control plane that provides convergence between different video applications, RF and IP transports, and end-user screens.

About BigBand Networks

BigBand Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBND) provides broadband service providers with innovative digital video networking solutions designed to make it easier to move, manage and monetize video. These solutions are based on BigBand's video-networking platforms that are built to enable efficient and reliable delivery across a wide range of services, including digital TV, high definition TV, advanced advertising, video-on-demand and interactive TV. BigBand Networks' has done business with more than 200 customers -- including seven of the ten largest service providers in the U.S. -- and leading cable and telco service providers in North America, Asia and Europe. BigBand Networks is based in Redwood City, Calif., with offices worldwide. For additional information about the company, please call +1.650.995.5000, email info@bigbandnet.com or visit www.bigbandnet.com.

CVEx, vIP PASS and other BigBand Networks’ brand and product names are service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of BigBand Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined under the U.S. Federal Securities Laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is subject to the safe harbors created by such laws. Forward-looking statements may relate to, but are not limited to the functionality, programming potential and other potential benefits to be derived by our customers from the use of BigBand’s vIP PASS or CVEx solution, forward-looking statements are based on current expectations that involve a number of uncertainties and risks that may cause actual events or results to differ materially. Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially include, among others, the following: rapid technological change that can adversely affect the demand for BigBand’s products, design flaws in BigBand’s vIP PASS or CVEx, shifts in customer demand, shifts in strategic relationships, delays in BigBand’s ability to deliver or decisions to discontinue its products and services, or announcements by competitors. These and other risks may be detailed from time to time in BigBand’s periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which may be obtained from www.sec.gov. BigBand Networks is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Information contained in our website is not incorporated by reference in, or made part of this press release.

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