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Wednesday November 25, 2:12 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Scientific Atlanta, Inc.
The Explorer Is Landing:
Scientific-Atlanta to Feature New Applications, Consumer
Deployments and a Celebrity Appearance at the Western
Show
-- Scientific-Atlanta Will Spotlight Consumer Deployments, Demonstrations
of Digital Interactive Applications and a Guest Appearance by Apollo
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin in Booth #2345, Hall B at the Western Show in
Anaheim Dec. 1-4 --
-- Scientific-Atlanta to Host Two Press Briefings to Announce New Alliances
and Technologies --
ATLANTA, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- At December's Western Cable Show, Scientific-Atlanta
(NYSE: SFA - news) plans to generate plenty of buzz: In addition to a special appearance by
Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the company will showcase commercial launches of its Explorer®
2000 set-top and digital interactive network.
Visitors to Scientific-Atlanta's booth #2345 at the Western Show will have the opportunity to see
how subscribers are using Explorer set-tops and view demonstrations of a variety of digital
interactive applications that will enable broadband operators to generate additional revenue.
Scientific-Atlanta will host two news conferences at the show: one to announce an alliance with a
major computer industry company and one to announce a new network technology for delivering
digital interactive services. For the convenience of the media, an electronic press kit will be available
at sciatl.com to relay information and photographs beginning December
1 and continuing through the show.
Following are highlights of activities Scientific-Atlanta has planned for the show:
-- "Buzz" in the Booth
Famed astronaut Buzz Aldrin, whose Apollo XI team proclaimed "The
Eagle has Landed," will make a celebrity appearance Thursday,
December 3, from 2:30 to 5:30 pm to celebrate Scientific-Atlanta's show
theme, "The Explorer Is Landing." Aldrin will be available for
photographs.
-- Win A Trip To Space Camp
Three lucky visitors to the Scientific-Atlanta booth will win a trip
for two to NASA's acclaimed Space Camp. During the all-expenses-paid
weekend program, the winners will experience astronaut training, feel
the effects of weightlessness and even fly a simulated space shuttle
mission.
-- Play The Network Upgrade Game
Everyone's a winner when they play Scientific-Atlanta's Network Upgrade
Game. Booth visitors will have an opportunity to win a prize while
learning about network architecture upgrade paths through a fun
simulation game.
-- News Conferences
Scientific-Atlanta will host a news conference to announce a new
alliance partner Wednesday, December 2, from 11:00 to 11:30 am. A new
digital network technology will be unveiled at a news conference
Wednesday, December 2, from 5:00 to 5:30 pm. Both news events will
take place in Room A 11/12 in the Anaheim Convention Center.
-- Digital Interactive Services
Scientific-Atlanta has received purchase orders or commitments for its
interactive digital network from 14 cable operators in the United
States and Canada, representing more than 75 systems which have more
than 16 million cable subscribers. These cable operators include Time
Warner, TCI, Cox, Comcast, Adelphia, Marcus Cable, Rogers and
Videotron.
-- Members of the CreativEdge® Developers' Program, designed to
help third-party application developers test, integrate and launch
new interactive services for the Explorer 2000 set-top, will
exhibit new applications in the booth. The CreativEdge
Developers' Showcase will include demos of instant video-on-demand
(VOD), Internet over TV, e-commerce solutions and in-home
networking via the cable set-top box.
-- Scientific-Atlanta will demonstrate the role of the Explorer 2000
in passing high-definition television (HDTV) signals to a TV set.
Engineers will discuss the company's end-to-end HDTV solution,
including the Explorer set-top with full IEEE 1394 FireWire
interface.
-- Scientific-Atlanta will participate in CableNet's "Living Room of
the Future" in Hall D of the Anaheim Convention Center,
demonstrating HDTV, VOD and an advanced interactive program guide.
Additionally, a point of deployment (POD) module will be on
display in the CableNet "Retail" area.
-- Cost-Effective Network Solutions
As part of a comprehensive, end-to-end broadband network solution,
Scientific-Atlanta will be demonstrating a new technology that enables
broadband operators to efficiently upgrade their network capacity to
support new services, without the usual cost premiums.
See also Scientific-Atlanta's new multiple wavelength platform that
significantly increases the throughput of broadband operators' existing
fiber optic networks. It's all part of Scientific-Atlanta's strategy
to provide digital network solutions that are the key enabler of new,
revenue-generating digital interactive services.
The new PowerVu Plus™ system, Scientific-Atlanta's fourth-generation
digital video compression product, provides new, powerful features
including 4:2:2 encoding and advanced intelligent statistical
multiplexing. The PowerVu HD™ Encoder and Decoder provide a high-
quality, digital system for delivery of a single channel of HD
programming or multiple channels of SD.
-- Advanced Analog Applications
The 8600X® advanced analog set-top enables broadband operators to
economically introduce consumers to a new tier of information and
entertainment services, paving the way to digital services.
Scientific-Atlanta's booth will spotlight interactive applications that
run on the advanced analog platform.
-- Presentations
During the conference portion of the show, Scientific-Atlanta
executives will speak on topics ranging from standards to network
innovations:
-- Bill Wall, chief scientist and technical director, will address
the topic, "OpenCable: A Road Map for Networks of the Future",
Thursday, Dec. 3, from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m., in Room AR1 of the
Anaheim Convention Center.
-- Don Sipes, vice president of advanced technologies for Scientific-
Atlanta's Transmission Network Systems sector, will discuss "Fiber
Network Solutions to the Bandwidth Crunch", Wednesday, Dec. 2,
from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m., in Room AR1 of the Anaheim Convention
Center.
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