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Digital Headend Solution and Set-Top Boxes Allow Smaller Cable Operators to Reclaim Bandwidth to Offer More Content & Services

Reston, VA, July 26, 2010 - Avail-TVN, the largest digital media services company in North America, today announced Toner Cable Equipment, Inc. as the company’s newest ecosystem partner. Toner Cable Equipment is launching a low-cost MPEG-4 linear transport solution, powered by Avail-TVN that enables cable operators to make better use of existing bandwidth. Cable operators who work with Toner Cable Equipment now have a cost effective way to deliver more content and services to their subscribers, including more than 200 SD and HD channels, conditional access, Video on Demand (VOD) and Pay-Per-View (PPV) programming.

By moving to MPEG-4, cable operators can make better use of existing bandwidth, deliver a better television viewing experience with more HD programming and position themselves to be ready for bandwidth-intensive future services such as 3D-TV. Toner Digital Equipment is offering its cable operator customers the opportunity to make a seamless transition to MPEG-4 by providing full range of SD/HD/MPEG-2/MPEG-4 set-top boxes. Avail-TVN provides the managed services to help cable operators transition to next-generation video delivery without the need to invest in physical plant upgrades or interrupt their signal, and then delivers the MPEG-4 encoded content that subscribers want.

“As an Avail-TVN solution partner, Toner Cable is able to offer a turnkey SD-HD digital MPEG-4 solution.” said BJ Toner, president, Toner Cable Equipment, Inc. “The Toner Digital Addressable Solution helps operators regain control of their systems and stop the bleeding of subscribers to competitive television entertainment system providers.”

“Cable operators are facing a bandwidth crisis as libraries get deeper, HD content continues to grow and new content technologies, such as 3D begin to emerge,” said Jim Riley, chief revenue officer, Avail-TVN. “Toner and Avail-TVN are able to offer an economically viable MPEG-4 solution that removes the costly barrier of plant upgrades, allowing operators to offer the rich content that their customers are looking for.”

Toner Cable Equipment, Inc. is a manufacturer and distributor of cable television equipment. Our services include 39 years of RF experience and our technical sales staff. Equipment we provide includes digital headends, digital signal processing equipment and set top boxes. Toner Cable Equipment is relied on by thousands of cable television providers around the world. What can we do for you? For more information, please visit http://www.tonercable.com/.

Avail-TVN is the largest provider of digital media services in North America. The company offers a full suite of managed services that enable content owners and service providers to monetize video content through the delivery of programming to the consumer. Avail-TVN’s mission is to work with both content and service providers to manage and monetize video content anywhere, on any device on any network at any time. For more information, please visit avail-tvn.com.