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To: 2sigma who wrote (35576)	8/28/1998 4:10:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

4:2:2 over ATM............................................. newsalert.com ESPN Relies On Teleglobe's Millennium Broadcast Network Business Wire - August 27, 1998 09:15 Jump to first matched term MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 1998--ESPN, one of the world's leading 24-hour sports news networks, is relying on Teleglobe's Millennium(sm) broadcast network for the weekly transmission of programming material from European soccer matches. Carried over Teleglobe's intercontinental fiber optic cable and satellite network, ESPN will use this programming in its ninety minute "European Football Weekly" show. Teleglobe will also carry for ESPN transmissions of upcoming Brazilian soccer matches for the second consecutive season. "Teleglobe is proud to provide broadcast programming via our extensive digital MPEG-2 4:2:2 based broadcast network facility to ESPN, one of our premier clients. Through our extensive global transmission backbone, Teleglobe provides a full range of international broadcast transmission services whether on a full-time, occasional use or events services basis," said John Cahill, president, Teleglobe USA Inc. ESPN is one of a growing list of broadcasters who rely on Teleglobe for the transmission of sporting events. In the past several months, Teleglobe provided live transmission of the 1998 World Cup Soccer Games in France to The Sports Network (TSN) and le Reseau Des Sports (RDS) in Canada, live transmission of the Good Will Games in New York City to TVNZ in New Zealand, and live global transmission of The Grand Prix in Montreal. "Teleglobe provides ESPN with the convenience of one-stop coordination of our transmission needs, whether it be point-to-point or point-to-multipoint, " said Maureen Callahan, Manager, Network Traffic, ESPN Inc. "The Teleglobe staff provides excellent service and is extremely knowledgeable in their field of business." Through Teleglobe's INTELSAT signatory status, as well as its new high-speed Millennium(sm) ATM broadcast network, Teleglobe offers highest quality, low-cost transmission from the far reaches of world, with the rapid turnaround demanded by the fast-paced broadcast environment. Launched in January, Teleglobe's Millennium service is a technological breakthrough which sends video formatted in the MPEG-2 4:2:2 standard for high definition and digital TV over a bandwidth-efficient undersea ATM fiber optic backbone between Europe and North America. Teleglobe now ranks among the world's top three providers of intercontinental digital television transmission services, supporting the broadcast transmission needs of nearly 80 of the industry's leading television broadcasters. As the sole provider of MPEG-2 4:2:2 digital broadcast transmission over ATM, Teleglobe also ranks as the number one provider of transatlantic fiber optic based broadcast services. Teleglobe is recognized as a world leader in intercontinental telecommunications. The Teleglobe network -- ranked second largest in the world -- includes submarine cable and satellite facilities linking North America with over 240 countries and territories, meeting the global connectivity needs of established and emerging wireline and wireless carriers from around the world, as well as those of Internet service providers, multinational corporations and broadcasters. Teleglobe Inc. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the Montreal Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "TGO." CONTACT: Teleglobe Corporate Communications John Murray, 703/821-4857 jmurray1@teleglobe.com

To: 2sigma who wrote (35576)	8/28/1998 4:47:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

It means they are using Cube's chips and Cube directly benifits. It is the Quadrant/C-Cube card that is in the Dell desktops and others.

To: 2sigma who wrote (35576)	8/29/1998 1:04:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

DTV sets, and cable will not be compatible for more than a year........... eet.com Conditional access involves "complex implementation issues," said Chris Adams, vice president of marketing for the Consumer Network Products Division of C-Cube Microsystems. With copy protection and encryption issues unresolved, the first-generation DTV receivers scheduled to debut this Christmas appear to be designed on the assumption that viewers are more likely to receive over-the-air DTV broadcasts via antenna than to receive signals via cable. Further, because they will lack terrestrial-DTV conditional-access systems, first-generation DTV tuner/decoder boxes, priced as high as $1,700, will be doomed to obsolescence within a few years, when network TV studios start broadcasting some programs using encrypted DTV signals. Complicating matters, there has been little progress on the larger issue of how cable operators will relay digital-TV broadcasts to their subscribers. The FCC launched a review of the digital-TV "must carry" issue in July. The first round of industry comment is due Oct. 16. The FCC's notice seeks comment on issues related to the transition to digital TV, including digital equipment compatibility. At this point, it is not known whether cable operators will "pass through" digital broadcast signals in their original broadcast format or whether they will down-convert them to certain formats at their head ends. It is not even known yet whether the FCC will require cable operators to carry a given number of terrestrial DTV channels in specified resolutions under the pending"must-carry" provisions. Observers said Kennard's letter to CEMA and cable operators appears to recognize that nailing down the 1394 digital-interface issue is the first step toward ensuring compatibility between cable set-tops and DTV receivers.