SAN DIEGO, June 15, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Entropic Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTR), a leading provider of silicon and software solutions to enable connected home entertainment, congratulates MoCA on the ratification of the highly anticipated MoCA 2.0 standard. With today's announcement of the new specification, vendors involved in connected home entertainment implementations can be assured of future-proofing prior MoCA investments, while meeting insatiable consumer demands for greater reliability and increased bandwidth, which are required for the delivery of high-speed, high definition (HD) video, multimedia and data services throughout the home.
"We applaud the Multimedia over Coax Alliance for their work on this vital standard that offers service providers a path to realizing future requirements for higher bandwidth services and home networking architectures," said Tom Lookabaugh, chief technology officer, Entropic Communications. "This is an important milestone in connected home entertainment, as major service providers worldwide are beginning to bring to market compelling new services, such as multi-room DVR, broadband extension and PC-to-TV connectivity, that will provide consumers with more robust, satisfying whole-home networking experiences. Additionally, as service providers look to the future for deploying a gateway-client architecture, the evolution of the standard to MoCA 2.0 will be a necessity."
As a founding member and original architect of the MoCA standard, Entropic is proud to be part of the industry standards body which is establishing and delivering higher reliability and performance benchmarks, as compared to other connectivity options available for the distribution of whole-home video and other multimedia entertainment over coaxial cable.
Today's ratification of the MoCA 2.0 specification ensures service providers and original equipment manufacturers can capitalize on their MoCA investments through backward compatibility with current MoCA 1.1/1.0 products. The new specification ensures consumers can enjoy the benefits of what MoCA delivers - including support for multiple streams of HD video, at speeds greater than 400 Mbps net throughput with a 500 Mbps Turbo mode for point-to-point applications. Furthermore, with MoCA 2.0, users will gain an unparalleled experience via parameterized quality of service (PQoS) across all three pay TV segments - cable, satellite, and IPTV.
Having shipped more than 30 million MoCA 1.1/1.0 chipsets, Entropic's field-proven MoCA silicon is integrated into products deployed by DIRECTV, Verizon FiOS, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable, and Rogers Cable.
About Entropic Communications
Entropic Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTR) is a leading fabless semiconductor company that is engineering the future of connected home networking and entertainment by providing next-generation silicon and software technologies to the world's leading cable, telco, and satellite service providers, OEMs and consumer electronics manufacturers. As a co-founder of MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance), Entropic pioneered and continues to evolve the way high-definition television-quality video and other multimedia and digital content such as movies, music, games and photos are brought into and delivered throughout the home. For more information, visit Entropic at www.entropic.com.
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Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical in nature constitute "forward-looking statements." Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding Entropic's leadership in providing MoCA enabled technology, the benefits of that technology, and continued or future integration of Entropic's technology into products of OEMs. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause Entropic's actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, the effects of competition; Entropic's dependence on a limited number of service providers and customers; Entropic's ability to introduce new and enhanced products on a timely basis; the risk that the market for high-definition television-quality video and multimedia content delivery solutions may not develop as anticipated; the effect of intellectual property rights claims; and other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of Entropic's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2010. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Entropic is providing this information as of the date of this release and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.