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To: tcmay who wrote (135507)	5/23/2001 1:58:16 AM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 186894

Hi Tim, here's something related to the STB discussion. Looks like they had to go to Europe to find their market. I'm not a big believer in digital TV DVB-T and believe other forms will dominate in the future, like IP. Regards, Amy J IBM, Mitel Partner To Develop Digital TV Chips Electronic News -- 5/22/01 12:38:00 PM e-insite.net IBM Corp. of Armonk, N.Y., and Mitel Corp. have partnered to develop a family of system-on-a-chip (SOC) products [...] Ottawa, Canada-based Mitel (nasdaq: MLT) said it is combining its demodulation and digital TV know-how with IBM’s (nyse: IBM) PowerPC-based set-top box (STB) Integrated Controller technology to develop advanced chips for digital TVs and advanced STBs. The first digital TV chip will support the European digital video broadcasting terrestrial (DVB-T) standard. [...] [...]IBM and Mitel said these developments are expected to create explosive demand for a new generation of integrated digital television sets (iDTV) and advanced STBs. Market research company Cahners In-Stat Group predicts that the global market for digital TV will reach more than $4 billion by 2004, up from $800 million in 2000.