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To: BillyG who wrote (35388)	8/22/1998 8:30:00 AM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

Cable and wireless orders 100k Pace boxes................... techweb.com Cable & Wireless is exploiting the fact that use of the European cable-modem standard is not mandatory within Europe, unlike most other aspects of the Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) family of broadcasting standards. Cable & Wireless has ordered 100,000 digital cable-TV set-top boxes with MCNS cable modems from Pace Micro Technology plc (Saltaire, England). It plans to begin supplying the boxes to subscribers in limited numbers this year, and to go to a full rollout in the first quarter of 1999. A spokesperson for Cable & Wireless said, "From our perspective, the MCNS standard is far more flexible, and it's a de facto industry standard by weight of support." As well as supporting Internet access through the television, the digital box will provide PC users with high-speed access to the Internet via the cable modem and broadband network. The MCNS cable modem will provide a 27-Mbit/second downstream channel and a 10-Mbit/s upstream channel.

To: BillyG who wrote (35388)	8/22/1998 9:23:00 AM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

MPEG-2 over the phone............................... MPEG-2 over the phone Nortel has launched its DV-MPEG SD7000 broadcast quality codec for contribution applications, which is MPEG-2 compliant and will allow broadcasters to transport compressed video signals over standards based telecommunications networks without compromising the video quality. It is designed for broadcast environments, specifically for contribution transmission, remote special events and news coverage applications. With a codec at a remote location and one at a central office or broadcast facility, the compressed video signal can be carried over a SONET/SDH or ATM backbone, delivering contribution quality back to the broadcast facility for further editing and final distribution. Features include four audio channel support, adaptive comb filtering, DVB compliance and selectable 4:2:0/4:2:2 operation. Nortel