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To: DiViT who wrote (29902)	2/24/1998 12:06:00 PM
From: Don Dorsey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Asian companies are not backing out of plans to attend Comdex. From the Las Vegas Sun. One group of Asian visitors that can be tracked -- international guests to the Comdex computer trade show in November -- haven't backed off on plans to be here. "As far as Comdex Fall (the next show in November), we have not seen any erosion by any of the Asian companies," said Peter Shaw, executive vice president of strategic marketing for Ziff-Davis Comdex and Forums, the show's planners. "Actually, we've seen an increase." Shaw said there was no sign of an Asian retreat at the Comdex France show conducted earlier this month.

To: DiViT who wrote (29902)	2/24/1998 12:11:00 PM
From: Don Dorsey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

This is why CUBE's early leadership position in Asia is very important. From the Las Vegas Sun "A lot of companies over there are taking a wait-and-see approach to what's happening," said Wallace. "Japanese business, for example, is very tough to capture, but once you capture it, it's very tough to lose" because Japanese businesses tend to be loyal to their partners through tough times.

To: DiViT who wrote (29902)	2/24/1998 8:33:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

C-Cube is in Canal+ boxes. BSkyB struck a silicon deal with SGS Thomson last summer, but there is doubt that the software will be ready for the launch. Pace is a named manufacturer for BSkyB. Here's a link to an archive of UK digital video history, and a little more on Seca................................... sat-net.com Archived on February 24th 1998. British Digital Terrestrial News Flash! Surprise, surprise. Terrestrial digital TV in the UK will not, I repeat: WILL NOT use Rupert Murdoch's set-top box technology. Instead, the terrestrial digital TV venture BDB has awarded a key technology contract to Franco-German group SECA held by Canal Plus of France and Bertelsmann AG of Germany. BDB said it chose the SECA technology over that of News Datacom, a unit of BSkyB's major shareholder News Corp Ltd. because the system is tried and tested in more than 1.5 million digital set top boxes across Europe. [Funnily enough, it's no longer used in Germany as Bertelsmann wants to team up with its former rival, Kirch group, to set up a digital TV monopoly. They had to accept his set-top box for their Premiere Digital bouquet. So, who knows, maybe they have to get rid of the SECA boxes that might already have been ordered?] ÿBSkyB has reacted by expressing its "concern" [and judging from other European set-top box wars this may also be regarded as an announcement or even a threat] that the SECA boxes may not be compatible with Sky's digital satellite services. BSkyB chief executive Mark Booth was quoted as saying that "BDB have both regulatory and contractual commitments to ensure that their box is compatible with ours. If necessary, we will take legal action to protect the consumer" [or rather News Corp's interests, cynics might add. You naughty cynics you! People like you would even dare ask who on Earth had the dim-witted idea of raising Mr Murdoch's technology to a de-facto standard.] A spokesman for BDB claimed that SECA's technology has "the capacity to be inter-operable with Sky's programme services." BDB plans to launch its 15-channel digital terrestrial service in the last quarter of this year. BSkyB is to launch its satellite service next June.