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Sigma Designs And Optivision Showcase Streaming Video Solutions At TeleCon `99
Sigma DesignsÆ Inc. (Nasdaq: SIGM) and Optivision Inc. announced today that they will demonstrate broadcast-quality streaming video and audio delivery in easy-to-operate systems over industry standard TCP/IP networks at this week's TeleCon West '99 conference in Anaheim. Combining the REALmagicÆ STB-2000 set-top box development platform with Optivision's LivePlayer streaming video software provides the highest digital video playback quality available for end-to-end networked video management. ""We are excited at the opportunity to work closely with Sigma to demonstrate streaming video solutions using LivePlayer and our interoperable network-attached codec and management software components for Intranet and commercial use,"" said Michael Liccardo, President and CEO at Optivision. ""Both Sigma and Optivision are experiencing strong customer demand for solutions that combine broadcast-quality video with local and wide area network infrastructure in applications such as distance learning, corporate training, government communications, and telemedicine."" ""Combining LivePlayer with our set-top box development platform means that customers can bring broadcast-quality digital video solutions to market more quickly, creating powerful, sophisticated systems,"" explained William K. Wong, Sigma's Vice President of Marketing. ""Delivering MPEG-2 video over networks is one of the killer applications that fuels demand for our fully integrated solution. Sigma has partnered with Optivision on numerous occasions in the past to demonstrate streaming video with our NetStreamô product, and these demonstrations have led to major sales wins. We expect this type of success to continue in the future with our set-top box platform and video streaming software technology."" Optivision Inc., a dominant leader in the networked streaming video market, develops, manufactures, and delivers MPEG network video products for high-quality video creation, management, and distribution worldwide both directly and through leading industry partners. The company's products are used in diverse applications such as distance learning, corporate training, video courier services, telemedicine, surveillance, and visual collaboration. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. For more information about Optivision, visit http://www.optivision.com, or phone 800 239 0600. About Sigma Designs Sigma Designs is an acknowledged leader in the fast-growing digital video market. Sigma specializes in digital video encoding/decoding for the PC DVD market, for video streaming over corporate Intranets and extranets, and for the emerging set-top box/information appliance market. Sigma is a driving force in advancement of digital video technology used in high-speed, high-bandwidth transmission for business, home, and education markets. Sigma Designs' products, marketed under the REALmagic trade name, are sold worldwide through a direct sales force, distributors, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). For additional information, visit the Company's web site at http://www.sigmadesigns.com.