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To: J Fieb who wrote (35700)	9/3/1998 9:00:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Just some digital video creation tools. Home movies on the desktop..................................... emediapro.net Video/MPEG Avid Technology, Inc. and Matrox Graphics, Inc. worked together to bring a Windows-based desktop video editing solution to home and PC users. The result is a bundled solution featuring Matrox's Marvel G200-TV and Marvel G200 graphics and video hardware and Avid Cinema video editing software for Windows 95 operating systems. Together, the products give users a relatively simple and inexpensive method for creating movies on the PC. Avid also made headlines by announcing shipment of Avid Cinema for Apple Computer's G3 line of Power Macs. (Avid: 978/640-3486; avid.com; Matrox Graphics: 514/969-6300; matrox.com; Apple: 888/295-0648; apple.com) Pinnacle Systems, Inc. began shipping a digital video editing package bundled with Adobe Systems' Premiere and After Effects solutions. The miroVIDEO DC50 video capture card, developed for Windows NT, features a professional breakout box that supports connections to professional video sources like Betacam decks. (650/526-1600; pinnaclesys.com) Xing Technology Corporation introduced the XingMP3 encoder, which compresses audio files into manageable MP3 files while maintaining solid digital audio quality. Said to be eight times faster than other MP3 encoders, the XingMP3 boasts a sub-$20 price tag and compression capabilities to one-tenth the size of the original digital file. (805/783-0400; xingtech.com)

To: J Fieb who wrote (35700)	9/4/1998 4:33:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

VOD from Scientific-Atlanta................................. multichannel.com September 03, 1998 S-A Closes VOD Deal Atlanta -- Scientific-Atlanta Inc. and Concurrent Computer Corp. have finalized what had been a letter of intent to jointly develop a video-on-demand system. The deal integrates Concurrent's "MediaHawk" video server with S-A's Explorer 2000 digital set-top system. Michael Harney, vice president and general manager of S-A's digital-subscriber-network division, said in a prepared statement that the finalized joint-development agreement means that the two companies "can move quickly to meet cable operators' demand for a cost-effective video-on-demand service." - 9/3/98