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To: John Kriedel who wrote (3427)	11/20/1997 10:06:00 AM
From: Abel Vieira	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 6570

GLENVIEW, Ill., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- BellSouth Corporation's (NYSE: BLS) launch this week of its americast(R) digital home entertainment service in New Orleans marks the first full-scale deployment of digital set-top boxes from Zenith Electronics Corporation (NYSE: ZE). With the Zenith terminals, BellSouth will offer its New Orleans subscribers more than 160 channels of digital video entertainment, with advanced on-screen graphics and near-video-on-demand capability. The feature-rich terminals are based on open industry standards and are designed to support BellSouth's state-of-the-art digital wireless service. Leveraging the strengths of its "best of breed" partners, Zenith has integrated leading technology into the digital terminals. C-Cube Microsystems' DiviCom Inc. subsidiary, for example, helped Zenith create standards-compliant, digital technology for competitive, timely and cost-effective digital systems. The box's flexible design uses interchangeable network interface modules for various kinds of digital video networks, including wireless and wired cable systems and satellite systems. The New Orleans launch is part of Zenith's contract to supply digital set-tops to Americast, a partnership of BellSouth, Ameritech Corporation, GTE Corporation, SNET and The Walt Disney Company, created to develop and market the next generation in home entertainment. BellSouth is a $19 billion communications services company. It provides telecommunications, wireless communications, directory advertising and publishing, Internet and information services to more than 28 million customers in 20 countries worldwide. Zenith Electronics Corporation, based in Glenview, Ill., is a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of electronic entertainment products for consumer and professional markets; network systems products, including digital and analog set-top boxes and cable modems for the cable TV and telecommunications industries; and display devices including color television picture tubes, computer display tubes and components. Zenith is a pioneer in the development of digital TV technologies, including high-definition television. (Visit our website at zenith.com.) /CONTACT: Media, John I. Taylor, 847-391-8181, or investor, Kevin Brindley, 847-391-7010, both of Zenith Electronics Corporation/ 09:27 ESTn, access Ziff-Davis on Compuserve (GO ZIFFNET) or ZD Net on the Inter* end of tory *