News@Cisco: Video Networking Customer News

Cisco Increases Offer Price and Extends Acceptance Period for Recommended Offer to Acquire TANDBERG

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:05:00 PST

SAN JOSE, CA and NEW YORK, NY and OSLO, NORWAY - Cisco® (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced a revised recommended voluntary cash offer to acquire TANDBERG (OSLO: TAA). Under the revised terms, Cisco will offer to purchase all the outstanding shares of TANDBERG for 170 Norwegian Kroner per share for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $3.4 billion. Cisco will also increase the interest ...

Cisco Expands Digital Media Suite to Deliver Comprehensive End-to-End Digital Signage Solution

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:45:00 PST

NEW YORK – November 10, 2009 – Today, at the Digital Signage Show in New York, Cisco introduced new technology, partner program and service offerings for organizations interested in deploying network-based digital signage solutions to enhance customer experience, deliver communication and training, and accelerate sales. Cisco expanded its partner ecosystem and added new features ...

Cisco Disclosure of TANDBERG Share Acceptances

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., NEW YORK, and OSLO, Norway, November 10, 2009 - With reference to the announcements made on October 1 and October 12, 2009, regarding the voluntary public cash offer to acquire all outstanding shares in TANDBERG, Cisco® (NASDAQ: CSCO) has received acceptances representing 7,919,338 shares in TANDBERG (OSLO: TAA.OL). Following receipt of these acceptances, Cisco ...

Cisco Extends Acceptance Period for Recommended Offer to Acquire TANDBERG

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:30:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., NEW YORK, and OSLO, Norway, November 9, 2009 - Cisco® (NASDAQ: CSCO) is extending the acceptance period for its recommended public cash offer to acquire all outstanding shares in TANDBERG (OSLO: TAA.OL). The extended offer period expires at 5:30 pm (CET) on November 18, 2009. The terms and conditions set out in the offer document remain in place during the extended ...

Cisco Breaks Down Barriers to Business-to-Business Collaboration

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. – November 9, 2009 – Cisco today announced significant product introductions across all categories of its collaboration portfolio. The company also announced its entrance into two new markets, enterprise social software and hosted email, with the goal of bringing the collaborative power of online social communities to businesses. The new product introductions ...

Cisco Demonstrates 'The Connected Life -- Delivered Together' with IP Video Technologies at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2009

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. - October 28, 2009 – Cisco announced today it will display a host of medianet technologies at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo Oct. 28-30 in Denver that will enable service provider networks to become the platform for a new generation of advanced broadband and video applications and services. Cisco is working in close collaboration with its service provider customers to ...

Cisco to Showcase 'Connected Life' at SUPERCOMM 2009

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. - October 21, 2009 - At SUPERCOMM 2009 in Chicago, Cisco will highlight a variety of announcements that showcase the continued momentum of the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture and its technology innovation which help enable service providers to deliver an increasing array of innovative 'Connected Life' experiences to their customers. The ...

Cisco to Showcase 'Connected Life' at ITU Telecom World 2009

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:15:00 PST

SAN JOSE, California - October 5, 2009 - Cisco today at ITU Telecom World (ITU) 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland will highlight a variety of announcements that showcase the continued momentum of the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture and it is technology innovation which enable service providers to deliver an increasing array of innovative "Connected Life" experiences to their ...

Cisco Makes Recommended Offer to Acquire TANDBERG

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., NEW YORK, and, OSLO, Norway, October 1, 2009 – Cisco® (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced a definitive agreement for Cisco to launch a recommended voluntary cash offer to acquire TANDBERG (OSLO: TAA.OL). TANDBERG, based in Oslo, Norway, and New York, is a global leader in video communications, including a broad range of world-class video endpoint and network ...

New Members Reflect Growing Influence and Wide Geographic Appeal of Open IPTV Forum

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PST

AMSTERDAM, International Broadcasting Convention, September 14, 2009 - Cisco, SmartLabs and Bouygues Telecom are the latest organisations to join the Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) in its development of open, end-to-end specifications for IPTV, based on existing technologies and open standards. Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, transforming how people connect, ...

Cisco at IBC 2009

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PST

IBC 2009, Amsterdam Stand D71, Hall 1 AMSTERDAM, September 11, 2009 - The growth in Internet Protocol (IP)-based video delivery continues to generate opportunity in a highly competitive industry, spurring service providers to accelerate their transformation to "experience providers". The recent Cisco® Visual Networking Index IP traffic forecast study estimates that video ( ...

Virgin Media Upgrades Digital TV Platform With Cisco

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:00:00 PST

LONDON, / IBC Amsterdam, September 11, 2009 - Cisco today announced that Virgin Media, a leading entertainment and communications company in the UK, has chosen Cisco to support its Internet Protocol (IP) TV distribution platform and help upgrade its legacy digital TV infrastructure. Virgin Media will deploy Cisco® Digital Video Headend technology in all of its regional and ...

Cisco Fosters Intercompany Collaboration With Global Cisco TelePresence Network

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:30:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., September 9, 2009 - Cisco today announced major steps in the company's strategy to bring Cisco TelePresenceTM to everyone, everywhere, with continued global momentum for intercompany Cisco TelePresence services and the introduction of a new one-screen, one-camera Cisco TelePresence system for multipurpose conference rooms. In less than two years, Cisco has ...

Liberty Sports Group Launches Regional Sports Networks on Cisco MPEG-4 High-Definition Video Platform

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., September 3, 2009 – Cisco announced today that Liberty Sports Group is the latest video content provider to select the Cisco® MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) and transcoding high-definition (HD) platform for efficient, high-quality distribution of programming. Taking these steps to optimize its networks, Liberty Sports Group is well-positioned to scale and ...

TV 2 Selects Cisco Technology to Launch High-Definition Digital TV Services Across Norway

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:00:00 PST

OSLO / IBC Amsterdam, September 2, 2009 — Cisco announced today that TV 2 Norway has selected a Cisco® MPEG encoding and Internet Protocol (IP) video system platform for its new high-definition digital terrestrial television (HD-DTT) play-out facility in Bergen, Norway. Cisco's turn-key, end-to-end solution includes MPEG-4 HD and standard-definition (SD) encoding, Cisco Digital ...

Mediaset Moves to All-Digital TV Production with Cisco Medianet Technology

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:15:00 PST

MILAN / IBC Amsterdam, September 2, 2009 - Cisco today announced that Mediaset, Italy's leading commercial TV broadcaster, is transforming its legacy video contribution and distribution infrastructure into a nationwide Cisco® Internet Protocol (IP) Next-Generation Network (IP NGN). The network will deliver the bandwidth capacity required for high-definition TV (HDTV) and on-demand ...

Cisco Doubles Density of Industry's Highest-Performance Edge Router

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., August 25, 2009 – Cisco today announced it is doubling the density of its flagship edge router, the Cisco® Aggregation Services Router 9000 Series. This enhances the platform's leadership position as the highest-capacity edge router and gives it the industry's highest density. Cisco is introducing a new single-slot 16 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet ( ...

Cisco DOCSIS 3.0 Technologies Help Cox Deliver Ultimate High-Speed Broadband

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:30:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 29, 2009 - Cisco today announced it has teamed with Cox Communications to deploy the Cox DOCSIS® 3.0-based "Ultimate Internet" service, with up to 50 megabits per second downstream, to its customers in Rhode Island. DOCSIS 3.0 service offers Cox residential customers faster online access for music and movie downloads, file transfers, video streaming, ...

Cisco Telemedicine Pilot Program Demonstrates a New Way to Deliver Health Services Across the Globe

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. ; ABERDEEN, Scotland – July 15, 2009 - Cisco today announced results from Cisco HealthPresenceTM pilot programs in Aberdeen, Scotland and San Jose, Calif., which found that more than 90 percent of the patients were satisfied with the remote care experience and would recommend it to others. Cisco HealthPresence is a patient care delivery concept that combines ...

AT&T, BT and Tata Demonstrate Industry's First Cisco TelePresence Call Across Multiple Carrier Networks

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:15:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 1, 2009 - AT&T, BT, and Tata Communications, today took a significant step forward to deliver Cisco TelePresenceTM services globally, by conducting the industry's first multipoint, intercompany Cisco TelePresence meeting across multiple carrier networks. AT&T, BT and Tata, together with Cisco, demonstrated the technical ability for a Cisco TelePresence ...