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To: Rarebird who wrote (36042)	9/17/1998 5:27:00 PM
From: J Fieb	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

DIVI, are you going to have your encoders ready for this test? There are 1000 encoders at stake here! NTELSAT Invites Digital Compression Manufacturers To New Round of Interoperability Testing WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- INTELSAT today announced that it is releasing a Statement of Work (SOW) which outlines the parameters for the next round of interoperability testing to begin in early 1999. The SOW is being issued, but not limited, to those manufacturers of MPEG-2/DVB equipment which participated in any of the previous three rounds of testing at the INTELSAT Technical Labs in WashingtonI'm looking for the news of the earlier rounds, anybody have it, I think DIVI was there. The test program was undertaken originally in response to requests to resolve equipment incompatibility issues that INTELSAT has received from the Inter-Union Satellite Operations Group (ISOG -- which represents large broadcasters and INTELSAT Signatories) as well as from other companies and groups around the world. The objective of this next round will be to focus strictly on ensuring the interoperability of news pool feeds (i.e., transmission of 8 Mbps, FEC=3/4, Reed-Solomon outer coding). Manufacturers which successfully complete this round of testing will be certified as ''ISOG Mode Compliant,'' and will be included in a comprehensive catalog published by INTELSAT for broadcasters' convenient use. Dick Tauber, ISOG Chairman and CNN Vice President of Satellites and Circuits, stated, ''We are looking forward to this next round of interoperability testing, as we perceive it will have very practical uses in the field. The ISOG, (the group of major international broadcasters, signatories, satellite operators and service providers) now understands where the greatest benefits from interoperability can be achieved, and we believe that this new round of testing will get us there.'' As the results of the previous tests conducted in the INTELSAT Labs were not in full agreement with the in-field operation of the compression equipment, the ISOG, along with INTELSAT, developed the ''ISOG Reference System,'' -- a set of technical parameters to provide interoperability between encoders and decoders of different manufacturers. The SOW details how manufacturers must set their equipment to be in compliance with these specifications. Notice of compliance with the ISOG Reference System specifications must be received by INTELSAT by 15 December 1998 to qualify for testing participation. The new round of testing is being orchestrated by Deutsche Telekom, on behalf of INTELSAT's Signatories and broadcasters, and will be conducted live over global beam transponders on INTELSAT satellites in all three ocean regions. Misko Popovic, INTELSAT's Special Services Director, Video Sales, commented, ''We are pleased to serve our customers' needs by facilitating this next round of tests. This will help us achieve our objective of assisting the broadcasting industry as a whole and encouraging the increased use of digital broadcasting via satellite.'' Manufacturers of MPEG-2/DVB equipment which are interested in participating in the interoperability testing and have not received a copy of the SOW should contact Bernd Roll at Deutsche Telekom on +49 69 800 63209 (fax) or Misko Popovic at INTELSAT on +1 202 944 7115 (fax). INTELSAT owns and operates a global communications satellite system. With 1997 revenues of more than US$ 960 million, the INTELSAT system provides voice/data and video services to over 200 countries and territories via satellite. For more information, visit the INTELSAT web site at www.intelsat.int.