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To: Ron who wrote (266)7/9/1999 4:11:00 AM
From: Hiram Walker  Read Replies (1) of 431
 
Ron, good article on VOD in this month's CED magazine.

cedmagazine.com
But Hayashi and his staff are now focused on getting interactive services operational. "Our group's focus right now is to get VOD up and running," Hayashi says.

That's been made possible by tremendous cost reductions. "The (set-tops) have come down from $4,000 (the cost of the set-top that was used in the FSN) to the $300 range, and we expect that to follow Moore's Law," he says.

Future generations of digital set-tops are "pretty far along" the development cycle at S-A, according to Bill Wall, technical director of subscriber networks. A prototype of the S-A "Explorer 6000" box was actually seen at the recent National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas, used as a way to demonstrate the removable security card that's part of OpenCable.
After that, MediaOne intends to investigate video-on-demand applications. Wonsiewicz notes that because of cost efficiencies, the capital expenditure related to servers and other VOD equipment has fallen to the point where it's now economically possible to offer a service where consumers can pick and choose content and control its playback.

"We're very bullish and aggressive on video-on-demand," he stresses. "I think the advantage we have over satellite is our ability to have interactivity."
Hiram
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