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To: j g cordes who wrote (511)	11/29/1997 4:28:00 PM
From: diddlysquatz	Read Replies (1) of 1841

Jim, I'll do my best to answer your questions, I'm sure others will correct me where I'm wrong. "A. Is US delivery system unique, who are its competitors.. are there operational systems in service now?" I'm not quite sure what US Video's delivery system is. I noticed the last news release stated they have "integrations expertise". Callisto, I believe is working on an ISP delivery system. There are several operational systems being put together now. "B. For a cable operator looking delivering video on demand (vod), is US or Callisto more easily implemented, costs of hardware upgrade and costs of product." This is where we start to see some of the difficulties that companies must face and would take hours to explain. Cable companies can not use their existing analogue systems to deliver video on demand. Most data (videos) need to be sent digitally and "addressed" to the specific target. You can't just pick up the phone and tell Roger's to send you a movie. An example of addressabilily is digital broadcast satellite. To receive DTH services you need a receiver which has an address allowing the DTH provider to send only what you request. The signal is digital which allows compression and therefore wider bandwith. Electronic Digital Delivery (EDD) will allow a viewer to request a particular video (or any other data product) via the TV screen at any time and within the time necessary to pop your popcorn download it on your recorder ready for viewing. All this for a similar price of a video rental from the corner video store. What I find interesting is that Callisto has the video server capable of holding 20,000 hours of video and 100,000 simultaneous streams of data. This has good potential for your PC but not for your TV just yet.

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