Cisco Buys Into TV Everywhere (Again)

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ycurrent 12/5/2012 | 4:25:24 PM

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as content goes multi-screen, publishing and management become a feature of e2e IP video delivery/CDNs; content management does not need resource scale, but content delivery and support certainly does.

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Jeff Baumgartner 12/5/2012 | 4:25:24 PM

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Based on a report, it looks like investors are getting back what they put in, and not much more. Multichannel News, citing someone familiar with the deal, says Cisco is paying $30 million to $40 million.  ExtendMedia has raised about $33 million during its history. Cisco isn't releasing the financials, but expect them to show up in a future SEC filing. JB

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Pete Baldwin 12/5/2012 | 4:25:20 PM

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Because the first thing you thought when you saw this announcement was, "I wonder what Juniper thinks about this..."

Juniper has sent a statement pointing out that, in their opinion, service providers want the freedom to pick gear from multiple vendors, "not a siloed stack of capabilities that lock them into a single vendor."

Maybe they wanted to jog our memories about the VXA Media Flow Engine appliances announced this week.

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quicktime 12/5/2012 | 4:25:16 PM

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Data Network vendors are evolving like tradition telecom network vendors and trying to provide end-to-end solution. Maybe service providers need multiple vendors to lower theirinvestment cost in the data deliving platform. But considering the complexity of today's network, end-to-end and managed service is a choice for them to push all new services to market as quick as possible.

 

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