From the NextLevel thread. Zenith/Americast (settop Cube inside) comments.......
207.183.153.206
To: Mary (344 )
From: Scott Lerner
Thursday, Dec 18 1997 10:13PM EST
Reply # of 345
Maybe Zenith is the "other" company mentioned to share this contract.
After all, Zenith does have the patent on VSB, the adopted FCC broadcast standard
for digital TV. Malone is interested in this. Also, ZE has one of the most innovative
STB's with the Americast design. Last week at the Western Show, Intel sat in Zenith's
booth demonstrating Pentium II's and DTV. Intel wants a piece of this but they come
late to the game. Zenith is not done since they will recieve a royalty for every TV or
box that has anything to do with DTV and VSB.
The other candidates would be Thompson, Mitsubishi, Hitachi, or Phillips.
No matter what, however, this is great news for NextLevel.
Sincerely,
Scott |
