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Font Set to Provide Closed Captioning Display for Moxi Media Center
Platform Digeo renews license of high-quality fonts CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and KIRKLAND, Wash. — March 8, 2005 — Bitstream Inc. ( NASDAQ: BITS) announced a new agreement to supply its CCTV Font Set to Digeo, Inc. for use with its Moxi™ Media Center. Enabling the display of FCC-standard closed captioning, the CCTV Font set helps bring the Moxi Media Center experience to life for the more than 28 million Americans with hearing or vision impairments. “The Moxi Media Center has dramatically changed and improved the TV viewing experience,” said David Billmaier, Senior Director, Product Marketing for Digeo, Inc. “Our agreement to license Bitstream’s leading-edge font technologies ensures we’re delivering that experience to as many consumers as possible.” Utilizing leading technologies, such as the Bitstream CCTV Font Set, the Moxi Media Center service provides easier access to existing cable programming, more control over all forms of media, and exciting new services. From On Demand, digital video recording (DVR), and telephony services to a new range of entertainment options such as Moxi Games, Moxi Photos and Moxi Jukebox, the Moxi Media Center is transforming the way people watch television. With more than 20 years of experience in font technology, Bitstream provides the most advanced font solutions on the market today. The crisp, legible typeface designs maximize the digital output on both interlaced and progressive-scan TVs. “As the leader in font standards for digital television, Bitstream has been at the forefront of making text very legible on TVs. This includes our work with the Royal National Institute for the Blind and such leading digital TV standards’ organizations as ATSC, DTG, DVB, MHP, and OCAP,” said Anna Chagnon, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bitstream. “Manufacturers and application developers need high-quality text to meet the FCC’s requirements. We are pleased that our software has been chosen as the closed-captioning solution for the innovative Moxi Media Center.” About the CCTV Font Set
The CCTV Font Set includes the Tiresias Screenfont, developed specifically for closed captioning by the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB). The Tiresias Screenfont is the standard font endorsed by the DTG (Digital Terrestrial Group) and by the DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) organization for the MHP (Multimedia Home Platform). Closed captioning involves displaying the “audio” portion of a TV broadcast as text, which is superimposed over the video portion. Most importantly, it allows viewers who are hearing impaired to access TV broadcasts. To display closed-captioned text, the viewers must have a set-top box decoder or a TV receiver that includes this decoding capability. The FCC has updated its closed captioning requirements for digital TVs and as of July 1, 2002, manufacturers must include FCC-mandated decoder circuitry for closed captioning in their digital TV devices. About Bitstream About Digeo The new generation of cable-provided Media Center products empower subscribers with enhanced entertainment capabilities including: digital video recording (DVR), high-definition (HD) programming; telephony services; digital media management of photography and music with Moxi Photos and Moxi Music; live, interactive news feeds with Moxi Ticker; Moxi Games and more. Customers of Moxi Media Center’s revenue-generating and customer-retaining applications include Comcast, Charter, Adelphia, Sunflower Broadband, and BendBroadband. 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 www.digeo.com. Bitstream is a registered trademark and the Bitstream logo is a trademark of Bitstream Inc. Digeo and Moxi Media Center are trademarks of Digeo, Inc. Other technologies and brand names are used for information only and remain trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Contact Anna Chagnon Rebecca Holmes |