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Broadcom's BCM7440 SoC has become the prevalent technology for Blu-ray Disc playback, exemplifying the company's technical abilities and commitment to this market. The new SoC offers high definition video playback at 1080p resolution, picture-in-a-picture video support, high definition multi-channel audio, and world class BD-Java performance for full support of BD-Live functionality. Integrated security and streaming features have enabled manufacturers to leverage the BCM7440 built-in Ethernet port to deploy a new class of Blu-ray players that feature Internet-based streaming media playback capabilities.
"We are very pleased to have been able to deliver the world's first Netflix ready Blu-ray Disc player on our silicon platform," said Dan Eiref, Vice President & General Manager of Broadcom's Consumer Electronics line of business. "Consumers can now instantly watch movies and TV episodes from Netflix via the Internet on the LG BD300 player. We are excited about the growth potential of this new segment of Blu-ray disc players, as well as the unique collaboration between LG, Netflix and Broadcom that helped bring this product to market in record time."
"In another industry first for LG, the BD300 provides consumers with both an advanced Blu-ray player and networked access for services such as Netflix," said Dr. J.Y. Kim, Vice President of LG Electronics. "Broadcom's leading edge Blu-ray Disc solution helped LG provide our customers with this technology sooner than any other manufacturer."
"Broadcom has established itself as an innovation leader in the consumer electronics space by enabling a groundbreaking combination of world class Blu- ray disc playback and Netflix instant streaming," said Bill Holmes, Vice President of Business Development of Netflix. "We are pleased to be working closely with Broadcom to enable broadband streaming of Netflix content directly to Blu-ray Disc players, providing consumers even more viewing choices and elevating the premium home entertainment experience."
The Netflix ready LG BD300 Blu-ray Disc player is now available to consumers at major retailers and is priced under $350.
About Broadcom's Broadband Communications Group
Broadcom offers manufacturers a range of broadband communications and consumer electronics system-on-a-chip solutions that enable voice, video, data and multimedia services over residential wired and wireless networks. These highly integrated silicon solutions continue to enable the most advanced system solutions on the market, which include digital cable, satellite and IP set-top boxes and media servers, broadband modems and residential gateways, high definition and digital televisions, Blu-ray Disc players and recorders and personal video recorders and media PC technology.
About Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support our core mission: Connecting everything®.
Broadcom is one of the world's largest fabless semiconductor companies, with 2007 revenue of $3.78 billion, and holds over 2,800 U.S. and 1,200 foreign patents, more than 7,300 additional pending patent applications, and one of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both wired and wireless transmission of voice, video, data and multimedia.
Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom may be contacted at +1.949.926.5000 or at http://www.broadcom.com.
Cautions regarding Forward Looking Statements:
All statements included or incorporated by reference in this release, other than statements or characterizations of historical fact, are forward- looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry and business, management's beliefs, and certain assumptions made by us, all of which are subject to change. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," "should," "would," "could," "potential," "continue," "ongoing," similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words. Examples of such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to the growth potential for Intent-based streaming media segment of the Blu-ray Disc market. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statement.
Important factors that may cause such a difference for Broadcom in connection with BCM7440 Blu-ray Disc SoC solutions include, but are not limited to
-- Trends in the broadband communications markets in various geographic regions, including seasonality in sales of consumer products into which our products are incorporated;
-- The rate at which our present and future customers and end-users adopt Broadcom's technologies and products in the markets for Blu-ray Disc applications;
-- Delays in the adoption and acceptance of industry standards in those markets;
-- The gain or loss of a key customer, design win or order; and
-- Competitive pressures and other factors such as the qualification, availability and pricing of competing products and technologies and the resulting effects on sales and pricing of our products.
Additional factors that may cause Broadcom's actual results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to those listed at http://www.broadcom.com/press/additional_risk_factors/Q32008.php.
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings discuss the foregoing risks as well as other important risk factors that could contribute to such differences or otherwise affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. The forward-looking statements in this release speak only as of this date. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statement, except as required by law.
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Senior Director, Marketing Communications
949-926-5108
lbrandlin@broadcom.com
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949-926-5663
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