Search All News

Recent Articles

• Evolution, NCTC Ink Multi-Year Box Deal
• Evolution Pitches TiVos to NCTC Members
• Evolution Digital's DTAs available ...
• Evolution on evolution
• WEHCO Video Deploys Universal DTAs
• Evolution Notches Universal uDTA Deal
• Evolution Announces DTA Win
• Evolution Digital Continues to Secure ...
• Cablemas Expands Digital Service ...
• Cablemas Picks Digital TV Partners

Evolution "In The News" RSS

Add our feed to your homepage:

rss help

PPC to buy Evolution Broadband

By Mike Robuck, CED Magazine | Fri, 19 Feb 2010

Cable connector vendor PPC has agreed in principle to buy Englewood, Colo.-based Evolution Broadband, but Evolution Digital will remain a separate entity.

Financial terms of the deal, which is expected to close over the next 30 to 60 days, weren't disclosed.

PPC said the acquisition of Evolution Broadband would unite two proven lines of complementary products and services into one extensive portfolio. All PPC and Evolution Broadband customers will have access to the combined product portfolios of both companies.

PPC makes cable connectors and filters for the cable, satellite TV and wireless industries, while Evolution Broadband's focus is on in-home network gear.

...Evolution Digital will continue its focus on selling and developing products for cable operators that help them reclaim bandwidth by converting to an all-digital environment.

..."Speaking on behalf of Evolution Digital, this division was very much operating separately from Evolution Broadband and Evolution Canada," Smith said. "Our focus has been to offer North American cable operators with an alternative to the digital solutions provided by the incumbents Cisco and Motorola. Evolution Broadband and Evolution Canada were focused on delivering a complete portfolio of products and solutions to improve the integrity of the drop. The acquisition of Evolution Broadband and Evolution Canada by PPC is logical and will greatly enhance and complement their existing product portfolio.

"We at Evolution Digital are excited at the prospect of now being a standalone entity, which can build on the success we have had with our low-cost DTA products, as well as [our] full turnkey digital platform, using Conax conditional access, and TiVo advanced set-top boxes."

To read the full article, click here.