Steve, that was a rumor posted to me in Yahoo,it is not factual about Soundview,but there is new out of the NAB meeting in Las Vegas.
Monday April 6, 8:44 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Harmonic Lightwaves Introduces Compact Digital Video Multiplexer
MPEG-2 Multiplexer is a Key Component of Harmonic's TRANsend Digital Headend
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1998--Today at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference, Harmonic Lightwaves, Inc. (Nasdaq: HLIT - news) announced its TRANsend(TM) MPEG-2 multiplexer card, model MMX 8000. The latest addition to Harmonic's TRANsend line of digital products, the MMX 8000 combines multiple MPEG-2 video transport streams into a single multiple program transport stream for distribution over cable, satellite and wireless (MMDS and LMDS) networks. With the introduction of the MMX 8000, Harmonic now offers broadcasters a complete and integrated digital headend for the delivery of digital video.
A hot-swappable plug-in card, the MMX 8000 is a vital component of Harmonic's TRANsend digital headend, which is one of the most compact systems for integrating broadcast-quality MPEG-2 encoders and multiplexers. In addition to its MPEG-2 multiplexing function, the MMX 8000 provides broadcasters flexible control over transport streams, including Program Specific Information (PSI) and System Information (SI) selection and the ability to multiplex digital video and high-speed data transport streams.
Other key components of the TRANsend digital headend include an MPEG-2 encoder card (model MPE 8000) and a transmission platform (model VTP 8000) that serves as the headend's building block. The compact VTP 8000's unique design allows it to integrate up to 10 TRANsend MPEG-2 encoder and multiplexer cards and eliminates the need for cumbersome external cables. The compact and integrated headend can be flexibly configured to broadcasters' individual needs via Harmonic's NETWatch(TM) Network Management System (NMS). In wireless and cable broadcast systems, the MPEG-2 multiple program transport stream from the MMX 8000 is transmitted over the broadband network via Harmonic's TRANsend QAM modulator (model QMM 8000).
''Harmonic is committed to providing operators with the cutting-edge digital solutions they need, so they can offer subscribers more services, more channels and a clearer picture,'' said Patrick Harshman, Harmonic's product manager of digital products. ''With this new multiplexer entering our line-up, Harmonic offers a complete digital video system that is uniquely flexible.''
TRANsend products comply with all relevant worldwide and domestic standards, including ITU/SCTE, DVB and DAVIC, and are therefore interoperable with all other standards-based products available to the industry.
Availability
The TRANsend MMX 8000 is currently available, as are Harmonic's other TRANsend products.
And one from New Media
Monday April 6, 8:38 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
New Media Communication Introduces Procast-Data Distribution Software Package for Broadband Networks
ProCast Enables High-Speed Data Broadcasting over Cable, Satellite and Wireless Networks
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1998--Today at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference, New Media Communication, a subsidiary of Harmonic Lightwaves, Inc. (Nasdaq: HLIT - news), announced its ProCast(TM) data broadcasting software package, which enables service providers to offer high-speed IP-based data broadcasting, multicasting and ''push'' services.
ProCast provides a comprehensive set of data distribution services that work with New Media's CyberStream(TM) family of data-over-broadband systems, which allow satellite, cable television and wireless (LMDS and MMDS) operators to offer Internet access and other innovative data services, at speeds of up to 52 Mbps.
ProCast's ''one-to-many'' data broadcasting mechanism enables a single package to be simultaneously distributed to multiple users -- unlike standard Internet communication in which individual copies of a single package are sent to each user. This simplifies distribution, reduces the load on the network and can dramatically improve response-time per user.
Ideal applications for ProCast are in the wide-scale distribution of a single piece of content, such as delivering software, newsletters, stock news and price-list updates.
''Corporations worldwide make business-critical decisions based on real-time information, so the timely distribution of important data to the people who need it is vital. Brokers, for example, must have up-to-the-minute stock information,'' said David Price, New Media's vice president of business development. ''ProCast -- in conjunction with CyberStream -- enables organizations to ensure their employees get the information they need to do their jobs when they need it.''
ProCast's key features and benefits include:
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-- ProCast allows operators to broadcast to all subscribers, or
define select groups of subscribers to receive specific
information.
-- ProCast's Quality of Service (QoS) capability enables the
allocation of minimum and maximum guaranteed bandwidths per user.
Allocation can be dynamically modified.
-- ProCast delivers broadcasts to all subscribers at their allocated
high-speed transmission rate, regardless of the number of
subscribers receiving the broadcasts.
-- ProCast's broadcast services complement the high-speed Internet
connectivity of CyberStream. This allows operators to provide an
optimal mix of Internet access and data broadcast services.
-- ProCast allows the scheduling of specific dates and times for
each transmission.
-- ProCast supports video and audio streaming.
ProCast runs as a server application on a CyberStream transmitter PC located at the headend of a broadband network. End-users receive content sent via ProCast through the ProCast client running on their PCs equipped with CyberStream receiver cards.
End-users can automatically receive transmissions by running the ProCast client in ''background'' mode on their PCs. This leverages the ''always on'' nature of cable and satellite broadcasting and frees subscribers from having to continually log-on to receive periodic updates. Furthermore, ProCast eliminates the need for telco or other return channels.
Availability
ProCast is scheduled to ship in the second quarter of 1998.
And you can get information and webcast from the web site,and a cool 3d image at
nab.org
Tim |
