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To: Arthur Tang who wrote (3138)	4/2/1998 11:14:00 AM
From: Arthur Tang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21143

Some cable business statistics: In a town of 100,000 population, about 35,000 are cable subscribers. Out of the 33-35% of the population being subscribers, less than 10% (3500 customers being first approximation on the high side) use pay movies. Therefore, four servers that can handle 1000 streams each, can satisfy each town for 100% duty cycle. Safety factor of 150% may be overkill, but could be realistic depending on prices charged.

To: Arthur Tang who wrote (3138)	4/3/1998 3:06:00 PM
From: Arthur Tang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21143

Interesting write up on "The french connection past and present" page26-28, April, 1998, Back office magazine. French library, Bibliotheque national de France (BNF) in Paris, application using MPEG2 streams by Alex Informatics, Inc.' Libra technology for both the BNF's video and fixed-image archive components solution. backofficemag.com get a subscription if you are a professional. Library has: 620 hours of motion picture and 500 hours of audio encoded in MPEG2 and MPEG-audio layer, 2.3 million still images in JPEG, a digitalization program of about 100,000 textbooks and 2000 audio documents. Server choices: A fully scalable system, A cost effictive ATM delivery platform, Windows NT compatible, Should ultimate store 4 terabytes of material, Capable of providing content-management and tracking tools, Evidence of simple interactive PC-based interface, Capable of storing and delivering audio, fixed-image, and full motion video up to MPEG2 quality, Allowing over 1000 PC-based users to interact at the same time.