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XTV Software Support Becomes Standard On All Broadcom Cable, Satellite and
SDTV/HDTV Chips
LAS VEGAS, Consumer Electronics Show, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadcom Corporation, (Nasdaq: BRCM), a leading provider of silicon solutions enabling broadband communications, today announced that the company's cable and digital broadcast satellite (DBS) set-top box chips have been certified to support XTV™ personal TV technology and NDS Core™ middleware from NDS Group plc (Nasdaq: NNDS; Euronext Brussels), a News Corporation company.
XTV is an advanced personal video recording (PVR) software technology that enables subscribers to watch what they want when they want, with advanced television control features provided by cable and satellite operators. XTV is one of the leading PVR platforms for service providers, with deployments around the world.
NDS Core middleware offers a high-performance, low-cost solution for two-way cable, satellite and terrestrial networks that opens up new revenue generating services such as PVR, VOD/NVOD, interactive applications, TV program guides and TV commerce services.
By adding specific XTV circuits to its set-top box product line and developing all the necessary integrated software drivers to support XTV, Broadcom is broadening its technology offering to set-top box manufacturers, enabling them to support the rapid adoption of XTV by service providers. Broadcom currently has incorporated XTV specific circuits and software drivers into the BCM7110, BCM7111, BCM7112, BCM7115 cable set-top box chips and the BCM7315, BCM7316, BCM7319, BCM7320 satellite set-top box chips, which are all currently in production. In addition, Broadcom plans to incorporate XTV support into all future-generation cable, satellite and SDTV/HDTV chips.
Broadcom's software drivers for XTV include support for Random Access Scrambled Stream Protocol (RASP) technology. NDS RASP technology enables PVRs to handle tasks such as fast-forward, pause and rewind on encrypted content. RASP also enables the efficient retrieval of encrypted content off a hard disk in the set-top box. XTV offers greater control over the TV-viewing experience by enabling viewers to pause a live TV program, instantly replay a program being watched, or skip ahead in a recorded program to a favorite scene.
"NDS and Broadcom have had co-operation in digital TV for several years," said Rich Nelson, Vice President of Marketing for Broadcom's Broadband Communications Group. "Our support for XTV and NDS Core further extends this co-operation with NDS and broadens our offering to cable and satellite set-top box manufacturers, allowing them to deliver systems to service providers that support the latest advancements in PVR technologies."
"We are extremely pleased that Broadcom's chip technology is certified to support our XTV personal TV technology," said Dr. Jas Saini, Vice President of Consumer Devices of NDS Group. "Broadcom's position in cable and satellite set-top boxes coupled with their engineering and hardware support puts them in an ideal position to help us proliferate the wide spread deployment of XTV and NDS Core."
About Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a leading provider of highly integrated silicon solutions that enable broadband communications and networking of voice, video and data services. Using proprietary technologies and advanced design methodologies, Broadcom designs, develops and supplies complete system-on-a-chip solutions and related hardware and software applications for every major broadband communications market. Our diverse product portfolio includes solutions for digital cable and satellite set-top boxes; cable and DSL modems and residential gateways; high-speed transmission and switching for local, metropolitan, wide area and storage networking; home and wireless networking; cellular and terrestrial wireless communications; Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gateway and telephony systems; broadband network processors; and SystemI/O™ server solutions. These technologies and products support our core mission: Connecting everything®.
Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and may be contacted at 1-949-450-8700 or at www.broadcom.com.
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