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LEXINGTON, Ky., Aug. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Viamedia, the cable industry's leading independent cable rep firm, today announced an agreement to exclusively represent the advertising sales for EPB Fiber Optics, Chattanooga's municipally-owned fiber-to-the-premises network. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101115/CL01765LOGO ) Under this agreement, Viamedia will represent the local, regional & national advertising sales for EPB Fiber Optics on a wide variety of ad supported...

GENEVA, July 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, is enhancing its powerline communication (PLC) capabilities with the completion of its acquisition of the semiconductor assets and intellectual property of Arkados. Arkados has been a leading player in the new industry initiative HomePlug, focused on accelerating the development and deployment of Convergent Digital Home...

SUWANEE, Ga., May 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ARRIS (Nasdaq: ARRS) announced today that Shaw Communications Inc., Canada's largest television provider with over 3.4 million subscribers, has launched the ARRIS Whole Home Solution in its Calgary system, to be followed by a nationwide launch in its other markets. To be marketed as the Shaw Gateway experience, the platform will initially feature the solution's multi-room Personal Video Recorder (PVR) functionality -- consisting of a six-tuner,...

ORLANDO, Fla., March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Actiontec Electronics unveiled a family of 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) routers designed for the home/SOHO market. The new 4GRN routers represent some of the most flexible home routers ever built, with blazing fast 4G service speeds, wireless N networking, a Gigabit Ethernet switch, coax networking for satellite support, and FXS ports for supporting VoIP/VoLTE. Debuting at International CTIA Wireless, the new router family has been named a...

SAN DIEGO, March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Iomega, an EMC company (NYSE: EMC) and a leading innovator in digital storage and content management solutions, today announced the worldwide launch of the exciting new Iomega® ScreenPlay® DX HD Media Player line, a family of easy-to-use multimedia devices that changes the way you experience digital entertainment in your home. With the Iomega ScreenPlay DX HD Media Player, you can access and enjoy videos, movies, photos and music on the...

SUWANEE, Ga. Feb. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS (Nasdaq: ARRS) announced today that its Whole Home Solution Media Gateway will be offered by Oregon-based MSO BendBroadband throughout its network. The ARRIS Whole Home solution consists of the ARRIS Media Gateway, a converged multi-services platform that provides integrated multimedia entertainment to the entire home, and ARRIS Media Players connected to each television. The Whole Home Solution provides a lower cost-per-household...

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CES -- Ubicom®, a leading networked CPU provider, today announced general availability of StreamEngine(TM) automatic Quality of Service (QoS) enhanced for streaming video and other media. Streaming video has become mainstream with content providers like Netflix, Hulu Plus and YouTube on platforms like Apple TV, Google TV and Roku. Streaming video, audio and online gaming are very different from other internet traffic due to strict requirements on...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. and LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL), a worldwide leader in integrated silicon solutions, today introduced the first media server with built-in Powerline Communications (PLC) network connectivity. This technology provides an integrated home media server that offers developers and users a new way to connect devices across the home network and share personal media and cloud-based content - including photos, video, music and games - using...

SAN JOSE and CUPERTINO, Calif., Jan. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ubicom, a leading networked CPU provider, and Ralink Technology Corporation (TAIEX 3534, Ralink), a leading developer of high performance wired and wireless solutions, today announced general availability of turnkey reference designs for several consumer multimedia products. These turnkey reference designs combine Ubicom's networking and advanced multimedia capabilities of the IP7500 family of 32-bit processors, and Ralink's Wi-Fi...

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NETGEAR®, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR), a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, is showcasing 18 innovative new products at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The products announced today represent a new breed of home networking solutions for consumers and service providers that are faster and more powerful than ever before. With the introduction of new wireless, powerline, hybrid...