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Tianjin Selects Motorola DVB Digital Solution for Rollout of Digital Cable Services
Tianjin becomes the first Chinese operator to deploy Motorola DVBset-top and MediaCipher® conditional access technologies.
Beijing, China, - 23 March 2004 -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced that Tianjin Cable has selected the company's end-to-end digital solutions to enable the deployment of digital cable to over one million subscribers in Tianjin.
The agreement marks the first deployment of a Motorola DVB end to end system by a Chinese operator, and includes DVB digital headend, digital set-tops, Motorola's MediaCipher® conditional access (CA) system, and system support.
During the 2nd quarter of 2004, Tianjin will deploy the Motorola DVi1000 set-tops and MediaCipher® CA as part of the operators' commercial rollout of digital cable.
Motorola's MediaCipher® access control technology was designed to offer industry leading DVB security solutions for operators such as Tianjin Cable, to offer secure digital broadcast, pay per view, VOD, and multiple interactive service products. Currently implemented in cable, satellite, and terrestrial applications, MediaCipher® is responsible for securing digital video to around 30 million digital cable terminals worldwide. The Motorola system elements are built on open system standards such as DVB and MPEG, and include Simulcrypt system implementations. Open standards based technologies allow for Tianjin, and other digital cable operators in China, the flexibility in addressing unique system solutions, including integration of Motorola and local Chinese CAS, subscriber management, system information, and billings systems from a variety of local vendors and solutions providers.
"Motorola's sophisticated digital solution provides Tianjin with the reliability to immediately deploy broadcast digital cable services, enables the smooth migration to a interactive platform in future and the flexibility to leverage software solutions from multiple application vendors," said Mr. Wang, Vice General Manager of Tianjin Cable. "Tianjin is proud to be the first operator in China to deploy Motorola's powerful end-to-end technology platform for digital cable."
"The agreement with Tianjin is one example of Motorola's commitment to partnering with operators throughout China to provide flexible solutions that can quickly enable the successful launch of digital services to subscribers," said Drina Yue, vice president and managing director, Motorola Asia-Pacific. "Motorola looks forward to providing our experience in deploying digital cable systems worldwide, along with reliable technology, to help make Tianjin's rollout successful."
About Motorola's MediaCipher® Conditional Access system
Motorola's DVB-compliant MediaCipher® conditional access system offers industry-leading security and access control for the delivery of DVB/MPEG-2 digital signals. Motorola offers scaleable access control solutions designed to meet the needs of a full range of network sizes and digital deployment plans. With its unique suite of local, regional, and continental access control solutions, Motorola offers cost-effective digital solutions for a wide range of systems.
About the Motorola DVi1000
The Motorola DVi1000 set-top is an enhanced-broadcast digital cable platform hundreds of programming channels and the subscriber benefits that come with digital cable. In addition to receiving high-quality digital cable broadcast, subscribers with a DVi1000 set-top benefit from an expanded channel line-up, superior user interface, and telco-return for impulse pay-per-view (PPV).
About Tianjin
Tianjin Radio & TV Networks Co., Ltd. has become an information transmission service enterprise focusing on the information industry and combining radio and TV, broadband access, transmission services, software development and application, media, and scientific research.
The company built more than 1,000 kilometers of state-level and municipal-level trunk networks and has realized interconnectivity with state-level radio and TV backbone networks, 25 provincial and municipal networks as well as networks of China Telecom and China Netcom, China Education Network, and Tianjin Information Interaction Network.
Tianjin Cable Network evolved from 300-mega unidirectional analogue networks into an 860-mega two-direction digital network. The number of programs transmitted expanded from less than 20 to over 40, with 3 million natural households and 1.8 million cable TV subscribers, with an average accession rate of 60%.
About Motorola
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is a global leader in wireless, broadband and automotive communications technologies that help make life smarter, safer, simpler, synchronized and fun. Sales in 2003 were $27.1 billion. Motorola creates innovative technological solutions that benefit people at home, at work and on the move. The company also is a progressive corporate citizen dedicated to operating ethically, protecting the environment and supporting the communities in which it does business. For more information: www.motorola.com.
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