Pi,
It is encouraging to hear your perspective as a contrast to Capt_Smartjack. At least well informed people on WSTL can have a divergence of opinion on the Oct. earnings. I personally appreciate Capt's input, but clearly DSL is in a very dynamic phase and a lot can change in 5 weeks.
Here is an interesting release from our European partner, Fujitsu who is promoting video on demand via ADSL. By the way, has anything changed in Fujitsu's US partnership? Is Orckit out?
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Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe and Entone Technologies Announce Digital Television Alliance
LONDON, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) and Entone Technologies has announced an alliance to develop and promote solutions for digital television distribution via broadband networks. The two companies will collaborate on a broad range of networked digital media delivery initiatives including ATM-based digital television broadcasting, adaptive rate video streaming and methods to protect against unauthorised use and piracy.
Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will develop standards-based products for digital video storage, delivery and management. FME will develop a reference design for a low-cost digital television decoder. The reference design will include an integrated ADSL interface based on KeyWave(TM), the company's single chip ADSL solution. Also featured will be FME's single chip MPEG decoder, the MB87L2250, a product from its European Multimedia Development Centre. Entone will port its digital television client software to the FME platform. The client software includes ATM signalling support, software interfaces to its StreamLiner media servers for on-demand control and an electronic program guide. The companies will also co-operate to deploy broadband applications on a global basis.
``The application of ADSL technology for delivery of true video-on-demand, combined with fast Internet access, finally brings real interactive services to the home.'' said Dr. Richard Harris, Fujitsu Microelectronics, Vice-President. ``Consumers will soon enjoy effortless, immediate access to premier entertainment, information and educational resources entirely under their own control.''
``Fujitsu Microelectronics has a unique combination of products and skills in ATM, ADSL and MPEG,'' said Mark Evensen, Entone's Chief Executive. ``Their highly integrated semiconductor solutions enable manufacturers to build affordable decoder solutions.''
Protecting Digital Copyright
According to a February 2000 survey by Cahner's Instat more than 23 million households will subscribe to video over ADSL by 2005. Today's alliance will contribute to the widespread deployment of these service platforms, by providing products to deliver digital content in a manner that is easy to use for consumers and helps to ensure the protection of licences and copyrights.
The Fujitsu/Entone solution ensures that digital content is never stored or transmitted in clear form. Digital scrambling is applied to all broadcast and stored content and de-scrambling occurs within the FME MPEG decoder.
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All the best,
Michael |
