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Tut Systems Secures 10th MPEG-4 AVC Customer

Posted on: Wednesday, 10 August 2005, 09:02 CDT

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tut Systems Inc. , an industry leader enabling the delivery of next-generation data and video services over broadband networks, today announced that Bixby Telephone selected its Astria(R) content processor video headend solution for delivering advanced digital TV services over Bixby's broadband IP network.

Tut Systems' Astria platform will serve as the core video processing system for Bixby's all-MPEG-4 AVC digital headend. Tut Systems is also providing comprehensive systems integration services, including design, project management, staging and pre-launch testing of the digital headend. Bixby Telephone plans to commercially launch its Digital TV service in the first quarter of 2006.

With a "tradition of technology," Bixby Telephone is a privately owned, second generation telephone company providing local telephone services to Bixby, Oklahoma, and surrounding area since 1914. Today, Bixby Telephone serves over 11,000 ILEC and CLEC customers, and offers the most progressive wire and fiber optic products and services available. With ADSL2+ available to 100% of its ILEC customers, Bixby Telephone is prepared to deliver a robust broadband package.

"Tut System's MPEG-4 AVC solution showed a significant quality advantage over other solutions that we evaluated and Tut's track record of success in helping telephone companies roll out IPTV services made them the clear choice for our deployment," said Lynn Pike, CEO and President of Bixby Telephone. "Tut Systems' Astria content processors support all of the leading-edge video capabilities that we believe are required to effectively compete in today's digital entertainment marketplace".

"Bixby Telephone appreciates the business and competitive advantages our MPEG-4 AVC technology will deliver in the years to come as Bixby grows and enhances their digital entertainment service offerings," said Mark Tiedeman, Vice President of Marketing for Tut Systems. "With this win, we believe that we have more MPEG-4 AVC TelcoTV customers than any other company."

The Industry's Leading Digital TV Platform for Telcos

More than 130 service providers across North America, Europe and Asia deliver IPTV from Tut Systems digital headends. The Astria family of video processing platforms, which serves as the core of the company's digital headend solution, process both analog and digital video streams from multiple satellite and local sources in a variety of formats. The Astria CP supports MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC video compression, local ad insertion, forward error correction and provides real-time conditioning for distribution of video and audio over any ATM, IP, or RF broadband network.

About Bixby Telephone Co.

With a "tradition of technology," Bixby Telephone is a privately owned, second generation telephone company which has provided local telephone services to Bixby, Oklahoma, and surrounding area since 1914.

Today, Bixby Telephone serves over 11,000 local customers, and offers the most progressive wire, fiber optic and wireless telecommunications products and services available.

About Tut Systems, Inc.

Tut Systems, Inc. delivers content processing and distribution products for deploying next-generation data and video services over broadband networks. Service providers, content providers and government agencies worldwide use Tut Systems solutions to deliver broadcast-quality video over broadband networks.

Tut Systems is headquartered in Lake Oswego, OR with regional offices across North America, Europe and Asia. For more information visit http://www.tutsys.com/ or call 971-217-0400.

NOTE: Astria is a registered trademark of Tut Systems, Inc.

Tut Systems, Inc.

CONTACT: Hilary Goetz of Tut Systems, +1-971-217-0441, orhgoetz@tutsys.com

Web site: http://www.tutsys.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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