Imagine Communications To Showcase HD Adaptive Streaming and Scalable Video Solutions During SCTE Cable–Tec Expo 2009

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Imagine Communications, a leading innovator in advanced digital video solutions, today announced it will demonstrate the Imagine ICE^® Video Platform suite of solutions for HD on-demand over IP networks and Internet Video at SCTE Cable-TEC Expo in booth # 4108. Additionally, Imagine CEO Jamie Howard is a participating speaker at the annual NAMIC Conference, Wednesday, October 28^th. The panel, titled, “My Content Anywhere,” will be held at the Grand Hyatt Denver in the Imperial Ballroom, 9:30AM-10:45AM.

In the new world of PersonalizedTV^® on demand to any device, the control over content viewing time and location is shifting to the consumer. Imagine’s solutions allow service providers the ability to give subscribers more choice, convenience and flexibility, while maintaining control over their video delivery infrastructure. Imagine’s core technology (ICE) enables real-time encoding, multi-codec transcoding, statistical multiplexing and adaptive streaming packaged in software-based solutions.

Imagine Communication’s solutions at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo will include:

ICE Adaptive Streaming – Maintaining premium HD video quality across the new generation of IP-based video distribution networks requires an ability to dynamically adapt the video streaming service and immediately react to changes or congestion in IP network bandwidth. The ICE Adaptive Streaming demonstration will showcase Imagine’s unique capability to provide the highest HD quality of experience (QoE) as well as a number of innovative features critical to the success of an Internet HD service.

ICE Broadcast System 3.0 – Imagine Communications’ market leading video processing system delivers more than 800 digital television signals to dozens of cable operators and serves over 20 million digital cable subscribers nationwide. In addition to offering operators the best video quality for high-density HDTV and SDTV digital broadcasting, this feature rich software release and new hardware platform allow operators to extend Imagine’s industry leading QoE capability throughout the network while dramatically increasing operational efficiency.

Advanced Video Coding – For the first time, Imagine will demonstrate the breakthrough performance of its MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) Platform. The Imagine AVC Platform leverages the latest bandwidth optimization and video compression technology on the most flexible and scalable encoding platform. The Imagine AVC platform features multi-codec transcoding, statistical multiplexing and interfaces for adaptive streaming.

About Imagine

Imagine Communications is a leading innovator in digital video solutions enabling content providers and system operators to deliver bandwidth-intensive services with optimum video quality and Quality of Experience (QoE). Imagine’s products serve the traditional HDTV and SDTV digital broadcast markets as well as emerging PersonalizedTV^® areas such as VOD, Network PVR (nPVR), Internet Video and IPTV. Imagine is based in San Diego with R&D in Israel. Imagine’s strong management team includes industry leaders with decades of experience delivering innovations in video communications. Founded in 2005, Imagine Communications is privately held and funded by Carmel Ventures, Columbia Capital and Court Square Ventures.

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