TiVo Uses Entropic Communications' Silicon to Deliver Unparalleled Home Entertainment Performance

Entropic’s Silicon Powers TiVo’s First MoCA-Certified Devices; Enabling Service Providers to Deliver Multi-Room DVR, Over-the-Top Video and Broadcast From a Single Set-Top Box

CHICAGO — The Cable Show: Booth #563 — Entropic Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTR), a leading provider of silicon and software solutions to enable connected home entertainment, today announced that TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) has adopted its leading silicon solution based on the MoCA® (Multimedia over Coax)-standard to support its multi-room streaming solution. With its new MoCA-enabled products, TiVo will contribute to the estimated 26.9 million MoCA-powered home networks expected to be in place in the Americas by 2014, as predicted by IMS Research.

The trend toward ubiquitous connected home entertainment devices is gaining momentum, and consumers are demanding their home networks be reliable and robust enough for streaming multiple channels of high definition (HD) quality multimedia. As a pioneer in digital home entertainment, and developer of the world’s first digital video recorder (DVR), TiVo recognized a home network built on top of coax would enable high quality home entertainment connectivity.

“We are continuously adding advanced networking features to the TiVo platform including a reliable wired connection via coax that enables the highest quality HD video streaming,” said David Sandford, vice president and general manager of TiVo’s Service Provider Business. “It continues TiVo’s tradition of enabling rich features, ease of installation, and robust functionality our customers require, making TiVo even more compelling to operators in a multi-room environment.”

Entropic’s MoCA-based silicon and software solutions allow TiVo the ability to transform the home’s coaxial infrastructure into a highly-efficient, cost effective, robust and reliable whole home entertainment network; ready to deliver superior entertainment experiences by handling multiple HD video and data streams simultaneously. TiVo is a Contributing Member to the Multimedia over Coax Alliance, and its new set-top box (STB) design marks the Company’s first MoCA-certified device.

“MoCA is the fastest growing home entertainment networking technology in the world, with more than seven million U.S. households today, and growing,” said Vinay Gokhale, senior vice president, Marketing and Business Development, Entropic. “We are pleased to be the silicon in TiVo’s first MoCA set-top boxes. As leading U.S. service providers and OEMs have adopted MoCA as their connected home backbone technology, it has become the de facto standard for whole home digital entertainment distribution.”

TiVo’s MoCA enabled set-top boxes will be part of a connected home entertainment environment at the Entropic Communications booth # 563 during The Cable Show 2011, June 14-16, at McCormick Place in Chicago.