Entropic (Nasdaq:ENTR), a world leader in semiconductor solutions
for the connected home, today announced its set-top box (STB)
system-on-a-chip (SoC) technology, the CX2448x, has been deployed
by India's leading cable multi-system operator (MSO), InCablenet.
By deploying Entropic's STB SoC, InCablenet can enable advanced
digital broadcast and broadband services to the 8.5 million
cable-connected TV homes they serve across India.
Fulfilling the Digitization Roadmap with
Entropic
Termed 'analog sunset,' India's Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting (I&B) publicly announced the complete switchover
from analog to digitized signals must occur countrywide by December
2014. Additionally, the mandate states that each TV set in the
home, rather than each home itself, must now have a digital
STB.
InCablenet turned to Entropic's CX2448x as an affordable STB SoC
solution to meet these digitization mandates. By deploying
Entropic-based Novabase STBs, InCablenet gains access to a
state-of-the-art solution with advanced features such as DVR
capability that will give them a competitive edge throughout the
digitization transition.
"India's cable TV market is poised for a broad network upgrade
to provide compelling, interactive and affordable digital services
to more than 130 million subscribers," said Mr. Ravi Mansukhani,
managing director, IMCL (IndusInd Media & Communications Ltd.),
which owns InCablenet. "This opportunity has led us to strategic
partners like Entropic, who have a reputable local presence with
Standard-Definition SoCs, can minimize new product time-to-market
with pre-established Conditional Access relationships, and can help
us increase revenue by enabling value-added digitization
services."
"Given the 'analog sunset' timeframe and the number of potential
set-top boxes to be deployed, we worked closely with Entropic to
customize a silicon solution for InCablenet's client devices," said
Michael Pauli, managing director of Novabase Digital TV. "Our
set-top boxes leverage Entropic's advanced silicon and software,
which allowed us to focus on delivering a product-to-market quickly
while ensuring flexibility, functionality, and cost optimization
all remained high priorities."
STB Features Reduce Overall
Time-to-Market, Costs and Customer Churn
The CX2448x offers high levels of performance in a format that
saves space, reduces the external component count, cuts design
time, and lowers overall cost – all of which were extremely
appealing to InCablenet, given the wide-scale deployment required
to meet the I&B's initiative.
Mr. Mansukhani stated, "Entropic proved to be the ideal STB SoC
technology partner for us, as the Company offers a proven solution
with international deployments by Tier-1 MSOs. They also understood
our need to stay ahead of the competition, by enabling new consumer
services to minimize subscriber churn."
The Entropic SoC had several security features including
advanced Conditional Access (CA) integration with Nagra for
unprecedented levels of protection against piracy; an advanced
one-time-programmable (OTP) memory technology to personalize
individual STBs with unique serial numbers and encryption keys; and
uses embedded cryptographic technology for secure authentication of
any STB system software loaded into the Flash memory.
"With India's cable TV market undergoing a massive digital
transformation, we are working with InCablenet to seamlessly
migrate their subscribers from analog to digital cable," said Mark
Samuel, senior vice president and general manager, Set-top Box
Group, Entropic. "We understand the market in India, and coupled
with our field-proven, cost-optimized set-top box system-on-a-chip
solution we are confident we can rapidly assist InCablenet in their
wide-scale network upgrade to satisfy the growing needs of its
subscriber base."
About Entropic's CX2448x
Family
Built around a 32-bit ARM®926 CPU, running at up to 300 MHz and
capable of delivering 330 MIPS, Entropic's Cx2448x includes a QAM
demodulator, a programmable transport stream processor, an MPEG-2
audio/video decoder, and an advanced graphics hardware accelerator,
among other features.
For more information about Entropic's STB SoC family of
solutions used at InCablenet, visit the CX2448x page on Entropic's
web site.
About Entropic
Entropic (Nasdaq:ENTR) is a world leader in semiconductor
solutions for the connected home. The Company transforms how
traditional HDTV broadcast and IP-based streaming video content is
seamlessly, reliably, and securely delivered, processed, and
distributed into and throughout the home. Entropic's
next-generation Set-top Box (STB) System-on-a-Chip (SoC) and
Connectivity solutions enable Pay-TV operators to offer consumers
more captivating whole-home entertainment experiences by
transforming the way digital entertainment is delivered, connected
and consumed – in the home and on the go. For more information,
visit Entropic at: www.entropic.com.
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Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release that are not strictly
historical in nature constitute "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements
regarding Entropic's STB SoC and Connectivity technology, its
related prospects and its role in the 'Analog Sunset.' Such
forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause Entropic's actual
results to be materially different from historical results or from
any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. These factors include, but are not limited to,
competition, risks associated with Entropic's dependence on a
limited number of customers and suppliers (included InCablenet and
Novabase respectively), technology risks, the risk that the
transition from analog to digital may be delayed, solutions may not
develop as Entropic anticipates and other factors discussed in the
"Risk Factors" section of Entropic's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the three months ended September 30, 2012. All forward-looking
statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary
statement. Entropic is providing this information as of the date of
this release and does not undertake any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise.
Copyright © 2013 Entropic. All rights reserved. All other
product or company names mentioned are used for identification
purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.
CONTACT: Investor Contact:
Debra Hart
+1 858.768.3852
debra.hart@entropic.com
Media/Industry Analyst Contact:
Chris Fallon
+ 1 858.768.3827
chris.fallon@entropic.com
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