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To: Robert who wrote (9341)	6/10/1999 12:04:00 AM
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Sam, FYI! Are we the odd man out or are they just sharing the pie? Time Warner Signs Agreement with nCUBE PR Newswire - June 09, 1999 16:29 Jump to first matched term SAN FRANCISCO, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Time Warner Cable has agreed to add nCUBE to its video server vendor program for its Pegasus video-on-demand (VOD) product. Time Warner and nCUBE have executed a Memorandum of Understanding under which Time Warner has approved nCUBE's MediaCUBE video server for tests at a Time Warner Cable system. Further terms of the MOU have not been disclosed. "The nCUBE MediaCUBE video server will provide Time Warner with the most proven, economical and scalable video server in the industry, and will enable Time Warner's customers to rent movies without ever leaving their home" said nCUBE president Michael J. Pohl. "nCUBE is extremely excited to work with Time Warner and help introduce the future of true VOD to Time Warner customers." Time Warner will test the newest addition to the nCUBE video sever product line, the MediaCUBE 4. The MediaCUBE 4 scales from 40 to 40,000 simultaneous 3 Mbps streams, and allows all users to access the same movie title or different movie titles with only a single copy of each title stored on the server. The MediaCUBE 4 will be demonstrated streaming video to Scientific Atlanta and General Instrument digital set-tops from June 13 -- 16 at nCUBE booth #3345, at the National Cable Television Association trade show in Chicago, IL. Time Warner will also test nCUBE's VOD management application, which integrates the MediaCUBE server into the Scientific Atlanta Explorer 2000 set-top terminal and digital cable television environment. About nCUBE Founded in 1983, nCUBE is the world's leading supplier of interactive video servers. Based on a high performance, scaleable architecture, nCUBE's MediaCUBE(TM) video servers deliver interactive applications such as video-on-demand, home shopping, business training, and video-enabled web pages via Oracle's OVS Video Server software. nCUBE has shipped more than 17,000 streams of VOD systems featuring VCR functionality, and has performed installations on five continents. With the introduction of its economical MediaCUBE 4, nCUBE will be shipping its fourth generation hypercube, and third generation VOD video server. nCUBE recently acquired SkyConnect, Inc., a leading supplier of digital advertising insertion systems to the cable television industry. Together, nCUBE and SkyConnect have the largest installed base in the world of MPEG systems deployed in broadband environments. nCUBE maintains its corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California, and engineering / manufacturing facilities in Portland, Oregon. nCUBE maintains sales offices in all the major markets of Americas, Europe and Asia. About Time Warner Cable Time Warner Cable owns and manages the world's most advanced, best clustered cable television operations, with 80 percent of its 12.9 million customers in systems of 100,000 subscribers or more. It is a division of Time Warner Entertainment. SOURCE nCUBE /CONTACT: Ron Barracks, Media Relations for nCUBE, 303-218-9166, rbarracks@skyconnect.com/ /Web site: skyconnect.com Headlines Next Story