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To: DiViT who wrote (42333)	6/21/1999 1:20:00 PM
From: VidiVici	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50808

Yow! An ENCODER in every set-top? $$$?

To: DiViT who wrote (42333)	6/21/1999 2:54:00 PM
From: VidiVici	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

News hasn't shown up on Yahu yet... what's the prob? Unless it's the same as the 6/14 news.... quote.yahoo.com

To: DiViT who wrote (42333)	6/21/1999 7:54:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

Divi just has the headend for Time-Warner. But it does include 10% of TWX's subs and in NY, Divi is highly visable...................... cableworld.com Time Warner Taps DiviCom as Its Digital Supplier By Jim Barthold Time Warner Cable's decision to select DiviCom Inc. as its digital headend supplier for its New York City metropolitan franchise area, using Scientific-Atlanta Inc. set-tops, could signal a subtle shift in the way the industry deploys digital technologies. It marks only the second time a major MSO has tabbed DiviCom as its digital headend supplier. MediaOne Group Inc., in February, said it would use DiviCom as part of its ongoing digital launch using Philips Electronics NV boxes. DiviCom has also been heavily involved with Zenith Corp.'s MMDS wireless deployments with BellSouth Corp. "I think the fact that Time Warner chose DiviCom really shows the power of DiviCom and the fact that we can operate in an environment with DiviCom, Philips and MediaOne and now with Time Warner with Scientific-Atlanta," said Biren Sood, DiviCom's marketing manager. DiviCom will provide the digital encoder portion of the cable headend. The encoders will work with Time Warner's existing digital set-tops and conditional access technology and will allow the cable company to combine existing analog cable programming with digital service, planned for launch during the second half of this year. DiviCom, on the other hand, has nothing to do with the return path on the two-way interactive system. "For us it's a broadcast architecture, so whether it's one sub or three million subs, it doesn't make a difference in that sense because we're a digital headend," said Sood, addressing potential contention problems. DiviCom is, however, providing interactive return capabilities as part of its deal with MediaOne. The Time Warner deal, Sood emphasized, vindicates DiviCom's market presence as a viable player to leading MSOs. "Time Warner is very exciting because the marketplace was questioning whether DiviCom was a one-off with the MediaOne deployment," he said. "We proved we're not a one-off. We are a real player." (June 21, 1999)