NextLevel encoding systems..................
NextLevel Systems' DigiCipher(R) II Satellite Technology
to Deliver Movie Programming Throughout Asia
Hong Kong-Based TCI National Digital Television Center to Bring MGM GOLD
Programming to Subscribers in Eight Countries
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- NextLevel Systems, Inc.
(NYSE: NLV) announced today that its Satellite Data Networks business will
provide TCI's Hong Kong-based National Digital Television Center (NDTC) with a
four-channel, DigiCipher(R) II/MPEG-2 digital uplink encoding system and
DSR-4400 receivers for its MGM Gold movie programming services in Asia.
MGM Gold is distributed via cable operators and DTH providers in eight
countries throughout Southeast Asia. It is owned by MGM Gold Networks (Asia),
a joint venture of Hollywood movie and television producer Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer and Encore International, an affiliate company of Encore Media Group
(EMG). EMG is the largest provider of premium movie channels in the United
States and is a venture of Liberty Media Corporation and Tele-Communications,
Inc.
MGM Gold uplinks from the NDTC's facilities in Hong Kong to the APSTAR I
satellite, which has a footprint covering Hong Kong, India, Indonesia,
Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.
"The use of our state-of-the-art digital technology by MGM Gold represents
a vote of confidence from a major player in the Asian marketplace," said John
Glass, Vice President, Marketing, NextLevel's Satellite Data Networks unit.
"Our proven MPEG-2 digital compression technology, cue tone, conditional
access and subtitling, linked with our vault-like security, provide powerful
reasons for programmers in the Asia area to choose NextLevel's capabilities."
NextLevel Systems, Inc. (NYSE: NLV) is a leading worldwide supplier of
systems and components for high-performance communications networks delivering
video, voice and Internet/data services. Created in the recent restructuring
of General Instrument Corporation, NextLevel Systems comprises three
businesses that are leaders in distinct global growth markets: the Broadband
Networks Group, based in Hatboro, Pa.; the Satellite Data Networks business,
based in San Diego, Calif.; and Next Level Communications, based in Rohnert
Park, Calif. NextLevel Systems, headquartered in Chicago, posted revenues of
$1.8 billion in 1996 and employs more than 8,300 people worldwide.
SOURCE NextLevel Systems, Inc.
/CONTACT: Greg La Brache, Director of Public Relations, 619-404-3967, or
glabrache@nlvl.com, or Dick Badler, Vice President of Corporate
Communications, 773-695-1030, or dbadler@nlvl.com, or Mark Borman, VP of
Investor Relations, 773-695-1150, or mborman@nlvl.com, all of NextLevel/
/Web site: www.nlvl.com/
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