--------------------------------------------------------------------- The Evening Bridge - February 13, 2006 --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORY - Scientific-Atlanta aquired UB Video, which provides advanced compression technologies for digital video encoding, decoding, transrating and other solutions. Scientific-Atlanta, which is being acquired by Cisco, said the acquisition will expand its patented intellectual property portfolio.
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