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To: Don Dorsey who wrote (35676)	9/3/1998 1:05:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50808

re: NTL SIGNS DIVICOM FOR INTERACTIVITY Lot's 'o stuffs in there. Some dot's to connect me thinks. Just in the opening paragraph. Sony & Cube? Nokia a cube customer is also mentioned -------------- Sep. 02, 1998 (CABLE EUROPE, Vol. 3, No. 18 via COMTEX) -- NTL/CableTel will launch a nationwide interactive service next spring, removing another potential buyer of British Interactive Broadcasting's service. NTL has ordered DiviCom's compression system for its own franchises which includes DiviCom's InterSect, described by the company as "an interactive set-top box controller." It is understood Sony is in the lead to supply actual set-top boxes, but has yet to conclude an agreement with NTL. Nokia is known to be in discussion with NTL about supplying set-top boxes for the scheme.

To: Don Dorsey who wrote (35676)	9/6/1998 11:13:00 AM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

NTL provides the Digital up-link for CNN-Europe...................... cabletel.com This division also announced a multi-million pound, five year contract with Turner Broadcasting Systems Inc. to provide contribution feeds from CNN's European Production Centre in London to the network's headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. NTL also announced the extension of its satellite distribution services contract with the Weather Channel. tele-satellit.com CNN contracts NTL for trans-Atlantic digital link NTL has announced a multi-million pound sterling, five- year deal with Turner Broadcasting Systems Inc. (TBS) to provide contribution feeds from CNN's European Production Centre in London to the network's headquarters in Atlanta,Georgia. CNN will replace its existing analogue link on Intelsat 601 with multiple digital feeds using MPEG-2 technology. The new service will commence in May, enabling the London Production Centre to send news items to Atlanta for fast compilation and insertion into CNN's domestic and international programmes for redistribution around theworld. NTL currently uplinks TBS's European news and entertainment services on a common digital multiplex to Astra 1E as part of an eight-year deal announced last September, as well as providing other distribution services on the Astra 1C satellite.

To: Don Dorsey who wrote (35676)	9/6/1998 11:24:00 AM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

NTL's deal with CNN is for a "Common" mutiplexer(Divicom)............... ourworld.compuserve.com CNN contracts NTL for trans-Atlantic digital link NTL has announced a multi-million pound sterling, five- year deal with Turner Broadcasting Systems Inc. (TBS) to provide contribution feeds from CNN's European Production Centre in London to the network's headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. CNN will replace its existing analogue link on Intelsat 601 with multiple digital feeds using MPEG-2 technology. The new service will commence in May, enabling the London Production Centre to send news items to Atlanta for fast compilation and insertion into CNN's domestic and international programmes for redistribution around the world. NTL currently uplinks TBS's European news and entertainment services on a common digital multiplex to Astra 1E as part of an eight-year deal announced last September, as well as providing other distribution services on the Astra 1C satellite.

To: Don Dorsey who wrote (35676)	9/6/1998 11:33:00 AM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

NTL has 1209 transmission sites........................... cabletel.com What we do NTL is a leading alternative telecommunications company in the UK. We offer business and residential telephony, residential cable television and internet services over advanced broadband fibre networks in six major regions in the UK. We own and operate one of only five independent national telecoms networks, national and international carrier telecommunications services, and satellite and radio communications services. We also operate a national broadcast transmission network of more than 1,209 owned and shared transmission sites and provide digital and analogue services to major television and radio stations nationwide.

To: Don Dorsey who wrote (35676)	9/6/1998 12:25:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Sony being the settop provider for a 2-way cable box. The TCI/GI box Sony will make is similar. When analysts talk about a settop box controller chip, they are often talking about the MPEG-2 chip....... DiviCom's InterSect, described by the company as "an interactive set-top box controller." It is understood Sony is in the lead to supply actual set-top boxes, but has yet to conclude an agreement with NTL. Nokia is known to be in discussion with NTL about supplying set-top boxes for the scheme.