Here's ANOTHER announcement about EPAC!
Lucent Technologies ePAC Music Coder Integrated Into Preview Systems
Secure Internet Music Solution
MIDDLETOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2000--Lucent Technologies
(NYSE:LU) today announced that Preview Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:PRVW), a
leading developer of Internet music distribution systems, has
integrated the Lucent Enhanced Perceptual Audio Coder(TM) (ePAC(TM))
into its solution for secure electronic music delivery.
The combined solution enables music labels to encode their releases
with ePAC, the highest-quality audio coder in the industry, and ensure
secure distribution to Internet listeners. The Preview Systems
proprietary solution incorporates the tamper-resistant Intel Software
Integrity System(TM), which bundles ePAC for audio encoding
applications.
Preview Systems is the recommended technology provider for EMI Recorded
Music, one of the world's largest recorded music publishers.
"The Preview Systems technology has been market-proven by some of the
most experienced ears in the music industry. This solution ensures that
artists' copyrights and audio fidelity are delivered intact to the
consumer," said Joyce Eastman, director of audio initiatives for Lucent
Technologies.
"We are glad that ePAC has been chosen for the Preview Systems solution
and look forward to making greater in-roads into the growing Internet
music market."
"Highly secure electronic content protection is required to offer the
work of top, well-known artists for Internet music download. The
highest sound quality is required to enjoy their music to the fullest
extent," said Dr. Vincent Pluvinage, the CEO of Preview Systems.
"Thanks to the exceptional technical expertise and credibility of Intel
and Lucent, our digital goods e-commerce solution now incorporates
technologies required for our customers to offer mainstream digital
music for the enjoyment of many consumers."
Lucent's ePAC coder is interoperable with RealNetworks' G2 Player and
has been licensed to e.Digital for its handheld Internet music device
and to Lydstrom Inc. for its Songbank home Internet stereo device. The
ePAC coder will also be integrated into VedaLabs' music hardware
platforms.
ePAC is based on the Lucent Perceptual Audio Coder(TM) (PAC(TM)), the
highest-quality digital audio codec in the industry.
ePAC is a new version of the Lucent PAC(TM) developed by Bell Labs, the
research and development arm of Lucent Technologies. PAC is an audio
compression algorithm with the highest-quality audio at the lowest bit
rates. At 128 kilobits per second, ePAC offers CD-transparent stereo
sound.
ePAC uses psychoacoustic modeling -- that is, a representation of how
humans hear sound -- to compress music in a way that is not noticeable
to the ear. Music is compressed at a rate of 11 to 1, thus reducing the
transmission time/bandwidth and storage by the same ratio, while still
retaining its fidelity.
Several recent improvements in ePAC have pushed its performance levels
to new heights, including: ePAC's improved quantization and coding,
allowing higher-quality audio at lower bit rates, and ePAC's improved
psychoacoustic modeling from Bell Labs research, which provides
CD-transparent sound at 128 kbps.
ePAC's variable bit rates and superior audio quality allow the coder to
be used in multiple bandwidth applications.
Lucent Technologies' famed research and development arm, Bell Labs, has
been at the forefront of technology for the music industry for decades,
with the introduction of sound for motion pictures in 1926; the
invention of stereo recording in 1933; the invention of the transistor
in 1947; the introduction of computer-synthesized music in the 1950s;
the introduction of psychoacoustics in the 1960s; sub-band coding of
audio in the 1970s; the introduction of linear predictive coding in the
1980s; and the Perceptual Audio Coder in the 1990s.
Preview Systems' technology solutions enable global e-commerce networks
for electronically distributing and licensing digital goods. Its
systems provide an Internet-based infrastructure to connect publishers
of software, music and other digital products simultaneously to any of
their distribution channels.
Distribution rights, branding, licensing transactions and reports,
worldwide electronic fulfillment to end-users and control of their
usage rights are securely managed in real-time. Pluvinage began his
career researching sound processing techniques at Bell Laboratories,
the research and development arm for Lucent Technologies. Preview
Systems is publicly traded on Nasdaq under the symbol "PRVW."
Lucent Technologies, with headquarters 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.
Note to Editors: All trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
The statements contained in this release that are not purely historical
are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding
Preview's expectations, beliefs, hopes, intentions or strategies
regarding the future and in particular, growth of the digital content
marketplace. All forward-looking statements included in this document
are based upon information available to Preview as of the date hereof,
and Preview assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking
statement. Actual results could differ materially from current
expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such
differences include, but are not limited to, technical difficulties,
growth of electronic commerce for digital content and the factors and
risks discussed in Preview's periodic filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
CONTACT:
Preview Systems Inc.
Mel Salvador, 408/517-3235 (office)
mels@previewsystems.com
or
Lucent Technologies
Chris Pfaff, 908/582-7571 (office)
800/705-2368 (pager)
cpfaff@lucent.com
or
Wendy Zajack, 908/582-4824 (office)
wzajack@lucent.com
or
mPRm (for Preview Systems)
Paul Breton, 323/933-3399 (office)
pbreton@mprm.com
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