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Attention Business Editors:
ATI Technologies Inc., Newbridge Networks and PixStream demonstrate head-end to set-top box cable solution at the Western Cable Show
ATI provides full graphics, video and TV-out functionality for the set
top cable market
THE WESTERN CABLE SHOW, ANAHEIM, CA, Dec. 2 /CNW/ - ATI Technologies Inc.
(TSE: ATY, NASDAQ: ATYTF), Newbridge Networks Corporation (NYSE: NN; TSE:
NNC), and PixStream Incorporated announced today that they are demonstrating
an end-to-end cable solution at the Western Cable Show.
This ''head-end to front-end'' solution highlights PixStream's Video
Distribution solutions coupled with the Newbridge(R) multi-services core
networking solutions and ATI's set-top box chip set offerings. The
demonstration is being shown in Newbridge Networks' booth at the tradeshow.
The Western Cable show, sponsored by the California Cable Television
Association and CableLabs, will highlight CableNET(R) '98 and reflect the
cable industry's efforts to achieve interoperable hardware and software,
services that will work together on cable systems no matter where they
originated.
ATI poised to lead the set top market
ATI is a technology leader in the emerging set-top market and was
selected by General Instrument to provide full graphics, video and TV-out
functionality for millions of set top cable boxes. ATI's highly integrated
graphics technology is ideal to provide the graphics and video acceleration
for set top units. More than 67 per cent of US homes with TVs receive their TV
signals via cable companies.
''ATI's industry-leading graphics, video, DVD/MPEG acceleration and
TV-out technology produces set top boxes that are feature rich,'' said Henry
Quan, vice president of corporate marketing, ATI. ''At Newbridge's booth at
the Western Cable Show, you will see how ATI can enable the cable industry,
from video, to the internet to DVD to the many new VBI services that will soon
be available.''
The demonstrated Newbridge broadband multiservices solution combines an
ATM/IP internetworking platform with standards-based, broadband cable access
to cost effectively deliver a comprehensive portfolio of voice, Internet, data
and digital broadcast/interactive video services to residential and business
customers.
''The Newbridge solutions offer cable operators the ability to increase
their revenue opportunities by delivering differentiated services and tiered
class of service levels, supporting high-value applications, to their
customers.'' said Conrad Lewis, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice
President, Access Products Group, Newbridge Networks. ''This demonstration
with PixStream and ATI highlights our ability to integrate applications on
both ends of the network.''
''This demonstration underlines our ability to deliver networked digital
video,'' said Stephen Bacso, President & CEO of PixStream, a Newbridge
Affiliate. ''Using PixStream solutions, high quality video can be transported
with lower per channel distribution costs enabling customers to economically
introduce new leading-edge video services and applications.''
The 31st Western Cable Show, with the theme ''Cable Clicks!'', is being
held at the Anaheim Convention Center with over 400 exhibitors offering the
latest in programming, products and services. The show is expecting 25,000
national and international attendees from the cable industry, as well as the
worlds of computers and telephony.
Corporate Profiles
ATI Technologies Inc., the world's largest supplier of 3D graphics and
multimedia technology, designs, manufactures and markets innovative and
award-winning multimedia solutions and graphics components for personal
computers, set-top boxes and emerging computer-based consumer appliances. An
ISO 9002 company, ATI is the world's leading supplier of video and 2D/3D
graphics accelerators to OEM and retail customers.
Founded in 1985, ATI employs more than 1,500 people at headquarters in
Thornhill, Ontario, and in offices in the United States, Germany, France, the
United Kingdom, Ireland, Barbados, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Japan.
For other ATI news releases visit our web site at atitech.com.
Newbridge Networks designs, manufactures, markets and services networking
solutions to organizations in more than 100 countries throughout the world.
The Company leverages its relationship with a growing family of Newbridge
Affiliate companies and strategic alliances with Siemens and 3Com Corporation
to deliver seamless, end-to-end solutions. Newbridge customers include the
world's 300 largest telecommunications service providers and more than 10,000
corporations, government organizations and other institutions. Founded in
1986, the Company employs more than 6,000 people on five continents. News and
information are available at www.newbridge.com.
PixStream Incorporated, based in Waterloo, Ontario, develops,
manufactures and markets solutions that enable network service providers and
enterprises to reliably distribute and manage digital video. PixStream is a
Newbridge Affiliate. Founded in 1996, PixStream is an acknowledged leader in
the emerging CompactPCI standard. News and information are available at
www.pixstream.com.
All company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of their respective owners.
Copyright(C) ATI Technologies Inc., 1998. All company and/or product
names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective
manufacturers. Features, pricing, availability and specifications are
subject to change without notice.
-0- 12/02/1998
For further information: ATI Technologies Inc., Brian Hentschel, Media Relations, (905) 882-2600 (ext. 8130), bhentsch@atitech.ca, www.atitech.com; Press Contacts: PixStream Incorporated, Dave Caputo, VP - Marketing, (519) 884-4196; Newbridge Networks Corporation, Christopher Fox, Corporate Communications, (613) 591-3600, cfox@newbridge.com |
