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To: John Rieman who wrote (27382)	1/4/1998 11:08:00 AM
From: J Fieb	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

JR, Your post of Jan 1 said this.. "Broadcasters hold one key to the puzzle. The FCC has mandated that the networks begin digital broadcasting of at least some content by the end of 1998. But the networks remain reluctant to reveal their plans for DTV services and applications. NBC, for example, is promising only that it will do some high-definition (HD) and some converted standard-definition (SD) TV broadcasting at its DTV rollout in late 1998. "NBC is in the business of mass-marketing entertainment," and as such its primary responsibility is "broadcasting damn good pictures," said Charles Jablonski, vice president of broadcast and network engineering. He called such services as multicasting and data broadcasting "niche marketing" and predicted "they will grow slowly." But PBS, the most outspoken of the broadcasters, "will use all aspects of DTV to fulfill [its] mission as a public broadcaster of educational and cultural programs," said Gary P. Poon, executive director of the DTV Strategic Planning Office at the public TV network. Poon said PBS will offer some of its signature programming in HDTV during prime time and will broadcast multicast programs, tailored for segmented audiences during the day. ..... At CES and then NAB, CUBE will probably have that same security wall that they used at COMDEX, so the only way to see anything will be to have an appointment. DIVI could really help attract some visitors and future customers by having a nicely tuned and "wicked" DVx based HDTV encoder. Do you think they have one ready yet? They come to see the DVx do HDTV encoding and leave with decoders and regular encoders, data injectors etc. The margins on the HD encoders would be very good, and the thought of needing 8-10 DVx's in one box, well every station ought to get one! Is it hard to glue that many DVxs together? G Thompson, have you seen any HD encoders yet?