Here are a couple of articles relating to the deployment of SFA PowerVu product:
Thursday May 14, 11:20 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
Group W Network Services Expands Midwest Sports
Channel Coverage Via Scientific-Atlanta PowerVu System
ATLANTA, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Group W Network Services (GWNS) in Minneapolis
announced today the expansion of Midwest Sports Channel (MSC) programming into Wisconsin
with a PowerVu(R) digital video compression system from Scientific-Atlanta. The new
programming includes Milwaukee Bucks' and Milwaukee Brewers' games that are targeted at more
than a million subscribers in Wisconsin served by approximately 100 cable systems.
GWNS is already distributing CBS Eye On People and the 24-hour Spanish- language CBS
TeleNoticias using a PowerVu digital satellite transmission system. A growing number of domestic
programmers are using the PowerVu system from Scientific-Atlanta, including E! Entertainment
Television, Disney Channel's Toon Disney, TNT, The Family Channel, FiT TV, VH1, C-SPAN,
and Showtime.
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. (NYSE: SFA - news; sciatl.com) is a leading supplier of
broadband communications systems, satellite-based video, voice and data communications
networks and worldwide customer service and support.
PowerVu is a registered trademark of Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
SOURCE: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
biz.yahoo.com
DACOM To Launch Korean DBS Services Via
Scientific-Atlanta Satellite Uplink Earth Station
New Station Will Uplink Dozens of Channels of Entertainment For
Reception on Home Satellite Dishes
ATLANTA, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientific-Atlanta announced today that it has been selected
by DACOM Corporation to build a satellite uplink earth station in Korea to support DACOM's
upcoming plans to launch as many as 80 channels of DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) services for
reception by homes and businesses using satellite dishes.
Scientific-Atlanta will provide, install, and commission all RF equipment for transmitting the signals
to deliver the multiple channels of programming being distributed using eight transponders on the
Orion 3 satellite. The uplink station, located in a Seoul suburb, is scheduled for operation in
October 1998. Once the station is operational, DACOM plans to roll out its DBS services
throughout Korea.
''Scientific-Atlanta has been awarded the DACOM DBS uplink based on our comprehensive
evaluation of their experience with RF facilities, digital transmission links, and satellite networks,''
said Mr. Seong-Ho, Kang, manager of international procurement for DACOM Corporation. ''We
chose Scientific- Atlanta for this important project with the expectation that they will make the same
contribution to our DBS project that their PowerVu(R) products made to our Satellite News
Gathering (SNG) capabilities.''
''Our decades of experience in establishing satellite earth station uplink facilities around the world
help us anticipate and meet the challenges whenever a company like DACOM establishes a new
service,'' said Mark Chiknas, director of satellite television network sales, Asia-Pacific region for
Scientific-Atlanta. ''The new DBS uplink facility will enable DACOM to deliver increased
programming to its viewers and make full use of its Ku-Band transponders on the Orion 3 satellite.''
DACOM currently owns and operates nine Satellite News Gathering vans equipped with
Scientific-Atlanta's PowerVu MPEG-2/DVB digital video compression technology.
DACOM Corporation is a privately held provider of telecommunications services, and the second
largest provider of domestic and international telecommunications services in Korea.
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. (NYSE: SFA - news; sciatl.com) is a leading supplier of
broadband communications systems, satellite-based video, voice and data communications
networks and worldwide customer service and support.
''Forward-looking statements'' as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
may be included in this news release. A variety of factors could cause the Company's actual results
to differ from the anticipated results expressed in such forward-looking statements. Investors are
referred to the Company's Cautionary Statements (Exhibit 99 to the Company's most recent Form
10-Q), which statements are incorporated into this news release by reference.
PowerVu is a registered trademark of Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
SOURCE: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
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