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To: vasco soares who wrote (5234)	4/6/1998 7:12:00 PM
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Affordable Conversion to Digital Television for Broadcasters Announced by InnovaCom at NAB Multiple Product Line Includes DVD "Juke Box" with 422 Hours of Playback LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1998--InnovaCom Inc. (OTC/BB: MPEG - news), Santa Clara, Calif.-based producer of MPEG-2 video compression products, is introducing the television industry's first complete family of DTV products, permitting broadcasters low cost conversion to digital television, at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention here (Booth M6761 at The Sands). Also new is a professional broadcast DVD ''Juke Box'' that plays 422 hours of broadcast quality video using up to 200 standard or custom recorded DVD digital video disks. Mark C. Koz, InnovaCom's Chairman, said the new TransPEG MPEG-2 Audio/Video Network, which includes a recorder/player, MPEG-2 encoder and decoder, and video analyzer, provides the broadcast, cable, DBS or program content provider with the means to convert to digital television broadcasting for less than the cost of a high end video switcher. ''This system approach allows the broadcaster to convert to DTV in stages while retaining much of existing equipment such as routers, cameras, etc. as the transition is made. The cost of upgrading to DTV is less than if it were the traditional analog upgrade, which means a station or system can convert to digital working with existing capital expenditures. ''Further, the digital system lends itself to touch screen virtual routing, which sends MPEG-2 picture and sound information using our 'SoftPatch'(TM) software to any destination in any video format. The need for standard video routing equipment, including distribution amplifiers is eliminated, while frame accurate switching capability is maintained,'' Koz said. Professional Broadcast DVD Juke Box The DVD Juke Box was designed by a team of senior Silicon Valley video engineers specifically for use by broadcast, cable and DBS system operators in playing back movies and extended play program material. It will hold up to 200 standard or custom recorded digital video disks (DVDs) each playing 133 minutes for a total of 422 hours of program material. It offers four or eight simultaneous program streams of either record or playback. ''Storage cost comparisons are dramatic. With traditional video servers the cost to store material, based on original equipment expenditures, is $12,000 to $15,000 per hour. The Juke Box storage cost is only $10-$15 per hour. The contrast is so dramatic because the DVD recordable disks cost as little as $30 to $40 for a 133-minute recordable disk,'' Koz said. ''Plus in the Juke Box there are no hard drives subject to crashes as with traditional servers, merely non-contact laser recording and playback technology.'' Reloading a 200-disk carousel takes 10 seconds rather than the hour required to record each hour into a traditional server. The DVD Juke Box is 22'' high, 19'' wide and 24'' deep and is 19-inch rack mountable. The DVD Juke Box complements rather than replaces the traditional server, with the Juke Box being ideal for long material such as movies and sitcoms while servers are best used for promos and commercial insertion. Video quality levels can be adjusted and increased in the encoding and authoring system to increase the data rates for special super quality applications. ''However, the broadcast quality picture from standard DVD playback is superb,'' Koz said. Shipments of all products will begin in 90 days. InnovaCom is located at 3400 Garrett Drive, Santa Clara, Calif. 95054. Telephone is 408/727-2447 (CHIP) and Fax is 408/727-6625. Investor and shareholder relations number is 888/464-6734. Press and editorial contact is Carter Elliott at 408/997-9660. Visit InnovaCom's web site at innovacom-mpeg2.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact: InnovaCom Inc. Carter Elliott, 408/997-9660 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ More Quotes and News:InnovaCom Inc (OTC BB:MPEG - news)Related News Categories: computers, internet, telecom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Help ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright c 1998 Business Wire. All rights reserved. All the news releases provided by Business Wire are copyrighted. Any forms of copying other than an individual user's personal reference without express written permission is prohibited. Further distribution of these materials is strictly forbidden, including but not limited to, posting, emailing, faxing, archiving ina public database, redistributing via a computer network or in a printed