DiviCom News.....
MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 1997--DiviCom Inc.
(NASDAQ:CUBE), a leading provider of digital video systems for satellite
and terrestrial networks, today announced that it will provide headend
and digital turnaround equipment for Space TV Systems, Inc.
Taiwan-based Space TV plans a May launch of a new digital direct-to-home
satellite television service for Chinese audiences in Northeast Asia,
Australia and North America.
Space TV will use DiviCom's high quality, MPEG-2/DVB-compliant MediaView
MV20 encoders in a system that combines and retransmits signals on three
separate satellites. Additional DiviCom equipment, including
multiplexers, modulators and a system controller, complete this
multi-continent encoding and retransmission system.
"Space TV Systems is dedicated to delivering the next generation of
in-home entertainment and news for Chinese audiences globally," said
James Y.C. Tzeng, executive vice president of Space TV Systems, Inc. "To
do this, we actively sought out the best and the brightest in digital
technology. We are impressed with DiviCom's MPEG-2/DVB expertise and
track record of success with complex network systemization."
In the initial launch, an MPEG-2 stream of eight programs originating in
Taipei will be sent via satellite to SpaceTV's transmission center in
Brewster, Wash. There, the programs will be combined with several film
channels and retransmitted over two satellites direct-to-home to several
countries including Taiwan, mainland China, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan,
Australia, Canada and the United States.
"SpaceTV is the second major DiviCom project this year delivering
entertainment in the growing Asia/Pacific digital television
marketplace, following a project already under way with Optus
Communications in Australia," said John Dixon, regional director, Asia
Pacific, for DiviCom. "We are thrilled to be driving this market
forward."
Using four 36 MHz transponders on three satellites located at different
orbital slots, Space TV Systems intends to initially deliver eight
channels of Chinese video programming and ten channels of audio to its
subscribers in different markets. Space TV is aiming to expand its DTH
service step by step to Southeast Asia, Latin America, Europe and
Africa. It expects to establish a global DTH network by using a total of
nine transponders on seven satellites to provide television service for
Chinese audiences around the world by the end of 1998.
Space TV Systems, Inc.
Space TV Systems, Inc. was founded in 1996 to provide direct-to-home
satellite television services to Chinese audiences worldwide. The
company is a joint venture between Central Taiwan Cable Associates,
Inc., Porli Media Communications Ltd. and Hsiung-Feng Information Group.
Space TV is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. |
