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To: Stoctrash who wrote (34715)	7/26/1998 12:17:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

125K Zenith boxes sold for Sky Latin service. Background.......... zenith.com More background.............................. zenith.com Leveraging technology leaders' skills for digital set-tops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW ORLEANS, March 17, 1997 -- Zenith Electronics Corporation is strengthening its digital set-top product strategy by collaborating with "best of breed" participants in the digital revolution. Showcasing the capabilities of its digital set-top units at the National Cable Television Association (NCTA) convention, Zenith is integrating technology leaders into its technology platform solutions - leaders including DiviCom Inc., C-Cube Microsystems, Microware Systems Corporation, ComStream's Hi-Media Division, StarSight Telecast Inc. and Prevue Networks Inc. "As a catalyst, bringing together best of breed digital technologies, Zenith is demonstrating the tremendous flexibility of our digital platform while enhancing our product offerings for cable, telecommunications, wireless cable and satellite companies launching digital networks," said Allen Brown, division vice president, Digital Media Group, Zenith Network Systems. DiviCom Inc., working with Zenith to create end-to-end solutions for multiple digital networks, is demonstrating its headend that controls the Zenith digital set-tops in subscriber homes. In addition to working with the Milpitas, Calif., firm on integrated software designs for its set-tops, Zenith is leveraging DiviCom's experience in developing and servicing end-to-end digital video networking and compression solutions. This experience has created standards-compliant, feature-rich headend technology for competitive, timely and cost-effective digital systems. DiviCom's parent company, C-Cube Microsystems, also is participating in Zenith's NCTA booth, describing advanced digital video silicon solutions for future digital set-top applications. The pioneer of MPEG (moving picture experts group) technology, C-Cube has developed its flexible "AViA" chipset that features MPEG-2 decoding, transport demultiplexing and advanced graphics, capable of supporting Zenith's digital set-top design. ******************************************************************* And the sales..................... skyreport.com ................. The company's subscriber base has grown more than 115 percent during the first half of this year, after closing 1997 with 185,000 subscribers. "The 125,000-plus increase in Sky subscribers during the second quarter shows the growing interest in Sky throughout the region,"** said Mark Goldman, president and COO of Sky Latin America in Miami. "This growth is a testament to our emphasis on being the leading provider of entertainment and service in each market in which we operate."