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Hargray Communications Expands Services with RGB Networks Products

Southern Telco Delivers Service to Residential and Business Customers with RGB

Sunnyvale, California – November 11, 2009 – RGB Networks, the leader in network video processing, announced today that Hargray Communications Group, a telecommunications provider serving South Carolina and Georgia, has deployed RGB’s award-winning video processing solutions for several applications, including providing their residential subscribers with more high definition (HD) programming and delivering video services to the guests of a major hotel.

HDTV is an increasingly popular service with Hargray subscribers, and a service that the company is keen to expand in order to stay ahead of competitors.  Eager to deliver more bandwidth-hungry HD, but without a costly upgrade to the hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) network it uses for its video subscribers, Hargray quickly identified RGB’s Broadcast Network Processor (BNP) as the ideal solution. The BNP’s proven transrating capability enables Hargray to deliver up to 50 percent more HD programming using the same amount of bandwidth and without sacrificing picture quality.

Complementing its residential services, Hargray also provides broadband voice, data and video services to its many commercial customers.  To enable a major hotel customer to provide its 1,200 guest rooms with a wide selection of broadcast and premium programming without the need for set-top boxes, Hargray again chose RGB products.  The company is using another BNP in conjunction with RGB’s Universal Scalable Modulator (USM), the industry’s highest-density edge QAM modulator.  In this application the BNP grooms a custom channel line-up specifically for the hotel which is then modulated by the USM for delivery over Hargray’s HFC network and reception by the guests’ QAM tuner-equipped TVs, eliminating the need for costly set-top boxes.

“Hargray’s success with the BNP and the USM is the latest example of how our video solutions allow service providers to seamlessly deliver more HDTV and other revenue-generating services without sacrificing quality,” said Lou Mastrocola, Vice President, Americas Sales for RGB Networks.  “RGB’s solutions enable customers like Hargray to dramatically expand their services without spending precious funds on costly network upgrades, resulting in satisfied subscribers and an increased bottom line.”

Advanced Media Technologies (AMT), a major reseller of RGB’s products, also played a significant role in this deployment with Hargray.

About RGB’s Products
RGB Networks offers a comprehensive suite of digital video networking products built on its unique Video Intelligence Architecture™ (VIA) which offers unprecedented scalability and stream processing density, enabling video service providers to dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of delivering video services which are becoming increasingly targeted and personalized.

RGB’s product line includes the Broadcast Network Processor (BNP) for targeted digital ad insertion, transrating and grooming; the Dynamic Bandwidth Manager (DBM), which enables up to 50 percent more VOD content to be delivered without increasing bandwidth; the Universal Scalable Modulator (USM), the industry’s highest-density edge QAM; the Modular Media Converter (MMC), for high density ASI-to-GigE conversion; and the Simulcast Edge Processor (SEP) for edge decoding and analog modulation to implement digital simulcast architectures.

About Hargray Communications Group, Inc.
Headquartered in Hilton Head Island, SC, Hargray is a quadruple-play provider of state-of-the-art telecommunications and related services. The company’s service offerings include traditional telephone services, wireless services, high-speed Internet, and cable and IP television. The company also has a telephone directory publishing operation. For more information, please visit www.hargray.com.

About RGB Networks
RGB Networks delivers extremely high-density, flexible video processing solutions that enable video service providers to deliver highly targeted and personalized video content at considerably lower costs than conventional solutions.  Based on its unique Video Intelligence Architecture™ (VIA), RGB’s VIA product family simplifies management and delivers scalable, multi-function capability in a single, programmable platform, allowing video service providers to leverage existing infrastructure, while building an advanced foundation to meet the needs of the rapidly growing market for personalized video services. 

For more information about RGB Networks and its unique video processing solutions, please visit www.rgbnetworks.com.

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John Giddings / Tamara Parker
Mobility Public Relations                                
(650) 245-2782                                              
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