BillyG, Some of LIN's stations have been in the news for their HD
broadcasts, perhaps they have used the Mitsubishi encoders in the past, but now it looks like DIVI....here is an old news piece....
When will DIVI unveil the MV40-HD?
MCI To Launch HDTV Service Trials
MCI has announced that it will begin full-scale service trials of digital
television transport services, including High Definition Television (HDTV),
later this year, with the introduction of the new services slated for most
major television markets in 1999. NBC and LIN Television began testing
the service with a live broadcast of a major baseball game earlier this month.
MCI is currently demonstrating the new service here at NAB.
MCI has been working for several years with the National Institute of
Standards and Technology in the development of advanced television
technologies, including HDTV. MCI carried the very first coast-to-coast,
live HDTV broadcast during the NAB convention in April 1997. And, MCI
was the network provider last September for the HDTV broadcast of an
Orioles baseball game at Camden Yards in Baltimore, which was viewed by
a group of industry executives and government officials at the National Press
Club in Washington, DC. Most recently, MCI was the network provider of
the opening day baseball game of the Texas Rangers on March 31, which
was produced by LIN and broadcast by KXAS/Channel 5 (NBC) in the
HDTV format to the greater Dallas-Ft. Worth area.
"We've had an excellent experience working with MCI's video team on the
development of digital distribution technology," said Charles Jablonski,
NBC's vice president of engineering. "The tests have demonstrated that
remote events can be covered in an efficient and reliable manner. This
service will enable NBC to provide live programming to our HDTV viewers
with the same ease as studio-produced productions."
TV stations are under FCC mandate to broadcast digitally. ABC, CBS,
NBC, and Fox affiliates must be on air by May 1999 in the top 10 markets,
and by November 1999 in the rest of the top 30 markets. The other
commercial stations have until May 2002, and all noncommercial stations
must be on air by May 2003. MCI's transport services will be important in
getting programming to these stations.
The new service will make it possible for broadcasters to use the optimum
bandwidth tailored to their specific transmission needs.
MCI will begin service trials later this year in the top 10 TV markets: New
York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston,
Washington, Dallas, Detroit and Atlanta. The company plans to expand
coverage to additional broadcast markets in 1999.
GEorge T, Can you give us your perspective on DIVI's chances of significant sales via Comark. Thanks in advance.
Do you know anything about LIN?
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