Lucent Digital Video Announces DVB-ASI Support for MPEG-2 Encoder;
Ideal for Global Cable Systems
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MURRAY HILL, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 1998--Lucent Digital Video, a wholly-owned venture of Lucent
Technologies, announced today that its MPEG-2 video encoder and multiplexer, the Lucent MPEG-2 Digital Video
System(tm) (DVS) now supports the Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) Asynchronous Serial Interface (ASI). DVB-ASI is being
adopted by the worldwide cable TV industry as an open network standard; enabling cable operators to benefit from multiple
vendors supplying digital headend products that are DVB-ASI compatible.
With its introduction of the DVB-ASI network interface, Lucent Digital Video's encoder system now offers the video
broadcasting industry the widest variety of standards-based network configuration options available in today's market. Lucent's
MPEG-2 DVS supports the encoding of many MPEG-2 video and audio programs within a single chassis. A single system
multiplexes the MPEG-2 Transport Streams and routes them into multiple DVB-ASI trunks serving RF modulators, including
256 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM).
In addition to DVB-ASI, the Lucent MPEG-2 DVS system can also be configured for integration into General Instrument's
DHEI interface (a de facto cable standard); SMPTE 310 M (U.S. over-the-air digital TV standard); DVB Synchronous
Parallel Interface; DS-3 and OC-3c (SONET telecom standards) and E3 and STM-1 (SDH telecom standards) network
architectures.
The Lucent MPEG-2 DVS is engineered for high reliability, supporting 'hot spare' redundancy of major sub-systems and
SNMP-compliant network management. Lucent offers cable operators an economic upgrade path to support High Definition
(HD) video encoding. The DVS system's modular architecture enables a Standard Definition (SD) video encoder system to be
upgraded with the addition of several circuit boards to support High Definition (HD) encoding within the same system chassis
and network interface configuration.
"The digital video market is a growing global business that spans many network environments. Lucent Digital Video is
constantly seeking ways to better serve our customers; and our support for DVB-ASI reflects this commitment to provide them
with open, 'future proof' solutions to their video encoding needs," said Patrick Binns, Business Development Director for
Lucent Digital Video.
Lucent won a Primetime Engineering Emmy Award in 1997 for its pioneering work in DTV as a member of the HDTV Grand
Alliance. The company, which contributed to the original MPEG-2 specification, also built the world's first MPEG-2 and
digital HDTV encoders.
Lucent Digital Video is one of several new entrepreneurial business ventures formed by Lucent to help bring Bell Labs
technologies to market. Leveraging decades of Bell Labs research and development, the group was formed to manufacture and
market digital video products, including encoders. Lucent Digital Video markets its product line for cable, wireless cable, fiber
optic and satellite back-hauling, DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) and other applications worldwide. In January, 1998, Lucent
Digital Video announced a strategic alliance with Harris Corp. to market DTV equipment for the North American broadcast
market. For more information on Lucent Digital Video, visit the Web site at www.lucent.com/ldv.
Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private
networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronic
components. Bell Labs is the research and development arm for the company. For more information on Lucent Technologies,
visit the company's web site at www.lucent.com.
CONTACT: Chris Pfaff
908-582-7571 (office)
800-705-2368 (pager)
cpfaff@lucent.com
or
David Bikle
908-582-4120 (office)
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