BigBand Networks
BigBand Networks was a corporation headquartered in Redwood City, California, that opened in 1999 and specialized in selling multimedia technologies to cable television multi-system operators.It had its IPO on the Nasdaq in 2007, which was met with controversy when a class-action lawsuit alleged that the company violated the Securities Act of 1933.[4] The company formerly sold video, voice, and data products directly to major cable multi-system operators (MSOs).BigBand won two Emmy Awards, one for service in the US with Time Warner Cable "Start Over", enabling video on demand, the ability to pause a broadcast program and watch it later.The firm, called Imagine Communications, was allegedly infringing on 3 of BigBand's patents covering video processing and bandwidth management techniques.