Market Trial of Moxi Service with Integrated DVR and HDTV
Slated to Begin During First Half, 2004
KIRKLAND, Wash., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Digeo, Inc., a leading provider of media center software and iTV services, today announced that Adelphia Communications Corporation, the nation's fifth-largest cable television company, plans for a field trial of Digeo's Moxi(TM) Media Center Service during the first half of 2004 in selected markets in the greater Los Angeles, Calif. region. Following a successful trial, Adelphia plans to deploy 25,000 Moxi-powered Media Centers during 2004.
"We are very excited to introduce the Moxi home entertainment system at Adelphia," said Doug Ike, vice president, advanced video engineering and development at Adelphia. "Historically, the cable industry has had few choices in deploying innovative products and Digeo is uniquely positioned to provide a product that is functionally rich and graphically entertaining. We believe
that dual-tuner, high-definition DVR systems, like Moxi, are essential in the increasingly competitive marketplace."
The Moxi software platform, designed to power the new generation of media centers, enables cable operators to deliver popular services such as DVR, HDTV, and integrated VOD and PPV through a single set-top with one unified menu and remote control. Designed to be extensible, the Moxi software platform also provides cable operators with a powerful vehicle for adding new revenue-generating services in the future such as music jukebox, games, photos, home networking and two-TV access.
"The Los Angeles trial provides a great opportunity to demonstrate how powerful Moxi can be in transforming the digital cable experience especially in such a high profile market for Adelphia," said Jim Billmaier, chief executive of Digeo. "We're committed to helping forward-thinking cable operators like Adelphia deliver services that consumers can't live without, and satellite can't replicate and we're confident that this approach will be a win-win for both operators and consumers alike."
In July 2003, Digeo announced that Charter Communications had placed an order for 100,000 Moxi-powered media centers. The service is currently in market trials in Rochester, Minn.
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