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To: J Fieb who wrote (34901)	8/3/1998 3:47:00 PM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

General DataComm Announces MPEG-2 Interface for Multimedia Communications Over ATM MIDDLEBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 1998-- -- GDC APEX Product Family Now Supports Integrated MPEG-2 Video Services -- General DataComm, Inc. (NYSE:GDC), a global leader in ATM technology, announced today the availability of its VIP-4 MPEG-2 Line Interface Module (LIM) for the GDC APEX(R) multiservice ATM switch family. One of the first integral ATM MPEG-2 codecs available to work over an ATM network, the VIP-4 combines video, audio, and data to provide full motion, premium-quality interactive video. MPEG-2 has become the technology of choice for deploying a wide range of multimedia applications including telemedicine, distance education, and premium quality videoconferencing. GDC's VIP-4 is a highly flexible interface that supports all MPEG-2 coding frames (I-intra, P-predicted, and B-bidirectional), allowing users to gain the maximum flexibility from the MPEG-2 standard. Achieving rigorous levels of compression with minimal processing delay, VIP-4 delivers real-time interactive video use. This allows users to minimize bandwidth for cost-sensitive applications, such as videoconferencing, and to easily reconfigure bandwidth for high-quality, delay-intolerant applications, such as collaborative surgery. GDC's VIP-4 MPEG-2 customers include U.S. and international companies. In particular, People's Telephone Cooperative is distributing GDC's MPEG-2 VIP-4 technology to ET-LINC, a distant learning consortium of independent school districts located in east Texas. In a coordinated effort with ET-LINC, 10 school districts were responsible for the purchase of the GDC MPEG-2 VIP-4 units required to complete the multimedia network. ET-LINC will use this new technology as a replacement for an older uncompressed video system providing video distance learning and Internet access to the rural school distracts. Linda Porter, president of ET-LINC said, "We will now be able to provide full-time courses to all of our school districts despite their size or location. Additionally, our access to the Internet will provide our students with an excellent source of information on a global level." "With the introduction of the VIP-4 interface, GDC offers our customers a full range of integrated multimedia interfaces for our GDC APEX(R) product line including H.320, Motion JPEG, and now MPEG-2," said Charles P. Johnson, GDC's chairman and chief executive officer. "Our VIP-4 MPEG-2 product meets the evolving needs of the marketplace by providing high-quality video, flexibility, and a comprehensive feature set. In addition, easy upgrades are available to protect customers' investments." The VIP-4 LIM offers extensive management capabilities. It can be remotely configured and managed by using either the GDC ProSphere(TM) suite of network management applications or any SNMP-based network management system, providing full control over video, audio, and data parameters. Complementing the GDC APEX(R) video capabilities is the Multimedia Multipoint Server (MMS), the first any-band multipoint server, which acts as a broadband control hub for multimedia applications across ATM networks. Video Interactive Products (VIP) modules configured in any GDC APEX switch, combined with the MMS, allow service providers to offer multiple multimedia services over existing ATM infrastructures and provide an interface to non-ATM networks via gateways. The addition of the VIP-4 MPEG-2 module reinforces GDC's leadership position as a supplier of multiservice solutions, allowing our customers to integrate video, audio, and data services on a single platform. More......... newsalert.com

To: J Fieb who wrote (34901)	8/3/1998 4:07:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Kirch still trying to make d-boxes the German standard(If the merger went through, they had all aggreed to use Nokia's(Beta Research) settops................................. infoseek.com FOCUS-EU confident German TV deal veto will hold 01:50 p.m Aug 03, 1998 Eastern BRUSSELS, Aug 3 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Monday it was confident its veto of a digital TV alliance between Leo Kirch, Bertelsmann AG and Deutsche Telekom would hold despite a court challenge by Kirch. ''We are confident that our decision is going to stand,'' a Commission spokesman told reporters, saying the legal basis was sound. The veto remained in effect, pending resolution of German media magnate Kirch's appeal to the European Court of First Instance, he added. ''It definitely holds unless the Court of First Instance (suspends it),'' he told reporters. Kirch on Monday confirmed a newspaper report that he had filed a complaint with the European Union court about the Commission's decision in May to block the German digital TV alliance. The EU executive made the decision unanimously after Bertelsmann rejected a last-minute compromise -- involving concessions to rival cable TV firms -- agreed by Competition Commissioner Karel Van Miert and the other partners to the deal. ''The Commission violated important rules and existing European competition law,'' said the Kirch group, which represents the tycoon's business interests, in a statement. The Commission had not been objective in its review, did not give the companies sufficient access to documents related to the investigation and overstepped its jurisdiction by demanding broad changes in the structure of the German cable television industry in exchange for approving the deal, it said. Kirch also disputed the Commission's view that Premiere, a German pay-TV company, would achieve a dominant market position, citing the fierce competition in German free television. The aborted digital TV deal involved merging Premiere, jointly owned by Kirch and Bertelsmann's Luxembourg-based media company CLT-Ufa, with Kirch's digital pay-TV channel DF1. However, a CLT-Ufa spokesman said Bertelsmann had no plans to join Kirch's suit. ''We won't join Kirch at the moment,'' he said. ''It might take five years until there is a decision (by the court).''