Major suppliers for digital cable and set-top boxes

Cable World, Nov 19, 2001

BROADCOM

ADDRESS: 16215 Alton Pkwy., Irvine, CA 92619-7013

TEL: 949-450-8700 FAX: 949-450-8710

WEB: www.broadcom.com

CEO: Henry Nicholas

PRODUCTS/SERVICES: Integrated silicon solutions that enable broadband communications and networking of voice, video and data services. Using proprietary technologies, Broadcom produces complete system-on-a-chip solutions and related applications for digital cable set-top boxes and cable modems; high-speed local, metropolitan- and wide-area and optical networks; home networking; voice-over Internet Protocol; carrier access; residential broadband gateways; direct broadcast satellite and terrestrial digital broadcast; digital subscriber lines; wireless communications; SystemI/O server solutions; and network processing.

RECENT ACTIVITIES: Acquired ServerWorks.

SELECTED PARTNERS: 3Com, Cisco Systems, Motorola, Nortel, Scientific-Atlanta (S-A)

CISCO SYSTEMS

ADDRESS: 170 W. Tasman Dr., San Jose, CA 95134

TEL: 408-526-4000 FAX: 408-526-4100

WEB: www.cisco.com

CEO: John Chambers

PRODUCTS/SERVICES: The Cisco 6920 RateMUX, a statistical remultiplexing system for cable networks, is the first in a series of Cisco products designed to assist cable operators and digital video service providers in maximizing the bandwidth efficiency and distribution of digital video. It extends the life of an existing cable plant and set-top equipment, providing a smooth migration between legacy systems and standards-based New World solutions. The Cisco 6920 RateMUX allows operators to customize channel lineups with flexible transport stream remultiplexing, optimize HFC bandwidth through innovative DSP-based rate reduction and statistical multiplexing and generate new revenue streams with standards-based digital ad insertion.

RECENT ACTIVITIES: Axelero partnered with Cisco for a new cable broadband network.

CONEXANT SYSTEMS

ADDRESS: 4311 Jamboree Rd., Newport Beach, CA 92660

TEL: 949-483-4600 FAX: 949-483-4078

WEB: www.conexant.com

CEO: Dwight Decker

PRODUCTS/SERVICES: Conexant Systems Inc. is a worldwide supplier of semiconductor system solutions for communications applications. [Integrated systems and semiconductor products are handled through two separate businesses: Conexant and Mindspeed Technologies.] Conexant's personal networking business is focused on wireless communications, digital infotainment and personal computing products that are used in mobile communications and the broadband digital home. Mindspeed Technologies designs, develops and sells a complete portfolio of semiconductor networking solutions that facilitate the aggregation, transmission and switching of data, video and voice from the edge of the Internet to linked metropolitan area networks and long-haul networks.

RECENT ACTIVITIES: Set-top box solution selected by Amstrad for BSkyB's next-generation direct broadcast satellite boxes; partnership with Pace Micro Technology for digital cable home gateways.

SELECTED PARTNERS: BSkyB, Pace Micro Technology

DEPLOYMENTS: Motorola, Pace Micro Technology

GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE

ADDRESS: 1211 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036

TEL: 626-792-5700 FAX: 626-792-0257

WEB: www.gemstartvguide.com

CEO: Henry Yuen

PRODUCTS/SERVICES: Interactive program guides

RECENT ACTIVITIES: Sony to incorporate Gemstar-TV Guide IPG Technology in current and next generations of Sony personal digital recording devices in Japan.

DEPLOYMENTS: Adelphia Communications, AOL, AT&T Broadband, Cablevision, Charter Communications, Comcast Communications, Cox Communications, Matsushita, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Philips, Sony, Time Warner, Thomson Multimedia, Zenith

ISURFTV

ADDRESS: 413 Tasman Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94089

TEL: 408-744-2900 FAX: 408-744-2901

WEB: www.isurftv.com

CEO: Gene Feroglia

PRODUCTS/SERVICES: iSurfTV Corporation delivers a full range of patented client and server technology, development tools and expert consulting services to enable cable and satellite operators to create and easily deploy unique and extensible TV portals built around a full-featured IPG and related applications for interactive television.

RECENT ACTIVITIES: iSurfTV and Motorola form strategic relationship to accelerate deployment of SurfGuide interactive programming guide.

SELECTED PARTNERS: Motorola

DEPLOYMENTS: National Cable Television Cooperative

LSI LOGIC

ADDRESS: 1551 McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035

TEL: 866-574-5741 FAX: 866-574-5742

WEB: www.lsilogic.com

CEO: Wilfred J. Corrigan

PRODUCTS/SERVICES: Satellite digital set-top boxes, terrestrial digital set-top boxes and DSL. C-Cube provides silicon-based solutions for digital set-top box, DVD and emerging audio/video CODEC-based applications, including personal video recording, home media services, residential gateway and streaming video.

RECENT ACTIVITIES: Completed acquisition of C-Cube.

DEPLOYMENTS: Motorola, Pace, Samsung, Sony

MICROTUNE

ADDRESS: 2201 Tenth St., Plano, TX 75074

TEL: 972-673-1600 FAX: 972-673-1602

WEB: www.microtune.com