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Samsung and Digeo Announce Deal to Launch Samsung Home Media Center With Moxi(TM)KIRKLAND, Wash., April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., one of the world's leading consumer electronics companies, and Digeo, Inc., a leading provider of media center software and services, today announced their intention to enter into a deal to produce the next-generation Moxi(TM) II Media Center product family. Both Charter Communications and Adelphia have agreed in principle to purchase the Samsung Home Media Center products, which leverage Digeo's cost-reducing X-Stream silicon architecture, and Moxi(TM) II Media Center software and applications, in addition to Samsung's broad technology portfolio, manufacturing, and marketing expertise. In response to the announcement, Adelphia President and COO Ron Cooper stated, "Our current Moxi Media Center deployment has been enthusiastically embraced by subscribers and Adelphia is very excited for the initial delivery of Samsung Home Media Center products this fall." The new family of Samsung Home Media Center products will offer one of the most advanced, cost-effective single-TV and whole home solutions on the market. The Samsung Home Media Center will not only provide the same wide range of services and applications available in current Moxi offerings -- including HDTV, digital video recording, On Demand, telephony, home networking, Moxi Jukebox, Moxi Games, and Moxi Photos -- but will be the first media center to leverage the technologically advanced and cost-reducing Digeo X-Stream chip set. The new silicon combines the functions of more than two-dozen existing media center components into a revolutionary architecture that reduces the cost of a media center by up to 40 percent. Digeo X-Stream allows for a thinner, sleeker media center design and also extends the next-generation media center beyond two rooms to reach across the whole-home environment. "We are pleased to be bringing powerful media center technologies to market with Digeo," said Gee Sung Choi, president of Digital Media Division for Samsung Electronics. "Our Home Media Center solution launching this fall will be our marquee cable product, setting new standards for operators by delivering unprecedented, highly valued media center services and applications throughout the home." JungSoo Shin, president and general manager of the Consumer Electronics Division of Samsung Electronics America, Inc. added, "Samsung remains committed to driving growth of our CE business in the United States by striking alliances with partners such as Digeo, Charter, and Adelphia." "Working with Samsung ensures that our partners will benefit from their world class manufacturing design and marketing," said Digeo, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jim Billmaier. "Digeo is proud to collaborate with the leading consumer electronics company to bring the Samsung Home Media Center to market." About Charter Communications Charter Communications, Inc., a broadband communications company, provides a full range of advanced broadband services to the home, including cable television on an advanced digital video-programming platform via Charter Digital(TM) and Charter High-Speed(TM) Internet service. Charter also provides business-to-business video, data and Internet protocol (IP) solutions through Charter Business(TM). Advertising sales and production services are sold under the Charter Media(R) brand. More information about Charter can be found at http://www.charter.com/. About Adelphia Adelphia Communications Corporation is the fifth-largest cable television company in the country. It serves customers in 31 states and Puerto Rico, and offers analog and digital video services, high-speed Internet access and other advanced services over Adelphia's broadband networks. About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies, with 2004 parent company sales of US$55.2 billion and net income of US$10.3 billion. Employing approximately 123,000 people in 93 offices in 48 countries, the company consists of five main business units: Digital Appliance Business, Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business and Telecommunication Network Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones, and TFT-LCDs. For more information, visit http://www.samsung.com/. About Samsung Electronics America, Inc. Headquartered in Ridgefield Park, NJ, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., markets a broad range of award-winning, advanced digital consumer electronics, information systems and home appliance products. The SEA organization oversees the North American operations of Samsung, including Samsung Telecommunications America, Samsung Electronics Canada and Samsung Electronics Mexico. Please visit http://www.samsung.com/ for more information. About Digeo, Inc. Delivering a competitive advantage with Emmy(R) award-winning Moxi(TM) Media Center software and services, and the most powerful digital entertainment experience for cable subscribers, Digeo, Inc. enables cable providers to become the focal point of the whole-home digital entertainment space. Leading edge software technologies, custom silicon innovation, and full OCAP support allow Digeo to continuously provide lucrative, cost-effective and content-rich media solutions to cable customers nationwide. Moxi Media Center products empower subscribers with the full range of digital entertainment capabilities including: digital video recording (DVR); high-definition (HD) programming; digital media management of photography and music with Moxi Photos and Moxi Jukebox; content sharing with the PC; live, interactive news feeds with Moxi Ticker; Moxi Games; as well as integrated telephony and multi-room capabilities. Digeo has established Moxi deployment partnerships with Adelphia, BendBroadband, Charter Communications, Comcast, NewWave Communications, and Sunflower Broadband. Digeo is primarily backed by Paul Allen's Vulcan, Inc. The company was founded in 1999 and has offices in Kirkland, Wash., Palo Alto, Calif. and Longmont, Colo. For more information, please visit http://www.digeo.com/. NOTE: Digeo(TM) and Moxi(TM) are the trademarks of Digeo, Inc. Use of the trademarks and service marks of the National Television Academy ("NTA"), including the mark EMMY(R), requires the prior express written permission of National Television Academy. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. Contact: press and analysts only, Rebecca Holmes of Digeo, Inc., +1-435-896-6065, or cell, +1-206-852-0652, or [email protected]; or Sheila Bryson of Sparkpr, +1-415-369-1866, or cell, +1-925-768-6127, or [email protected], for Digeo; or Tara O'Donnell of Samsung Electronics North America, +1-201-229-4090, or [email protected]. Digeo, Inc. CONTACT: press and analysts only, Rebecca Holmes of Digeo, Inc.,+1-435-896-6065, or cell, +1-206-852-0652, or [email protected]; orSheila Bryson of Sparkpr, +1-415-369-1866, or cell, +1-925-768-6127, [email protected], for Digeo; or Tara O'Donnell of Samsung Electronics NorthAmerica, +1-201-229-4090, or [email protected] Web site: http://www.digeo.com/ Web site: http://www.samsung.com/ Web site: http://www.charter.com/ |