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To: BillyG who wrote (36407)	10/1/1998 5:56:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

LSI is on the right of that pic

To: BillyG who wrote (36407)	10/1/1998 8:10:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Expressview(divi customer), Star choice (TV/COM using Divi encoders?) need more encoders................................... skyreport.com INTERNATIONAL: Canadian DTH Providers Add New Programming Oct. 1, 1998 Canadian DTH provider Star Choice Communications and ExpressVu have both announced that they will be adding new programming to their fall channel lineups. Both Star Choice and ExpressVu will be adding the CTV SportsNet and MuchMoreMusic. Star Choice is adding a total of 38 video and audio channels, including MovieMax 2 in Western Canada and Canal Indigo 2, an additional French language pay-per-view channel. The company will also add Galaxie Music with 30 audio channels. ExpressVu is adding 25 video channels. Star Choice has reported that it has reached the 120,000-subscriber mark.

To: BillyG who wrote (36407)	10/1/1998 8:26:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Just the same as they planned. If the SGS design isn't ready, push the launch off 6 months. This BSkyB box isn't the same as the PACE World Box. I'd still like to see that one....................... pubsys.cmp.com SGS-Thomson, BSkyB To Produce Digital Boxes Semiconductor Business News SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, St. Genis, France, and British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) today said they are collaborating to create a development environment that will support mass production of commercial set- top television boxes for BSkyB's digital satellite TV service in Spring 1998. Under the partnership, SGS-Thomson is working with BSkyB to create hardware and software reference platforms for development of digital set-top boxes. These reference designs are intended to help set-top box manufacturers reduce the time it take to introduce systems on the market. Four set-top box makers are already using the reference design platforms for systems, according to BSkyB. SGS-Thomson said it is supplying chips for all of the major functions in the set-top box platforms, including a 32-bit microcontroller (ST20-TP2 and TP3), MPEG-2 decoder (STi3520L), PAL/NTSC encoder (STV0119), link/tuner interface (STV0199), front panel microcontroller (ST7) and support for NDS conditional access technology. In addition, these reference designs will use SGS-Thomson memory components, including serial EEPROMs and flash memories. The software for the reference design is also being developed by SGS-Thomson, in co-operation with OpenTV Inc. The chip company also said it intends to use the same reference platform as the basis for its own Digital Terrestrial Decoder reference design. This will help achieve interoperability between digital satellite and digital terrestrial platforms, according to SGS- Thomson.