BigBand Pumps Up Its Media Router

By Thomas Umstead -- Multichannel News, 3/22/2010 12:45:19 PM

Redwood City, Calif. — Big- Band Networks released a software upgrade for its Broadband Multimedia Routers that allows each to process the more than 100 high-definition video streams and insert ads in more than 150 HD programs simultaneously.

The company’s Broadcast Video Services Software 3.0 upgrade increases the BMR’s HD stream capacity by 140% and HD ad splicing capacity by 150%, according to BigBand.

More than 200 service providers worldwide use the BMR, including nine of the top 10 cable operators in the U.S. and about 60 customers in China, including Gehua and Jiangsu Cable, according to BigBand. The BMR, which provides splicing, clamping and rate shaping functions, is deployed in more than 4,000 installations worldwide.