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SOURCE: WavePhore, Inc.
WavePhore Signs Marketing Agreements With Harris, Samsung and MICRONAS INTERMETALL
Multimedia Video Decoder Chips Provide Enhanced WaveTop Viewing Experience
PHOENIX, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- WavePhore, Inc., (Nasdaq: WAVO - news), The New Media Delivery Company, and Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS - news), Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. and MICRONAS INTERMETALL today announced agreements to promote WavePhore's WaveTop software with multimedia video decoder chips.
Under agreements with each of the three multimedia chip manufacturers, WaveTop will be featured as an enabled application of each chip. WaveTop software and any necessary drivers will be shipped to purchasers along with the multimedia video decoder packages.
Multimedia video decoder chips convert analog signals from video sources such as cameras and video cassette recorders to digital signals that can then be manipulated by PCs. Among many other capabilities, the multimedia video decoders produced by Harris, Samsung and MICRONAS INTERMETALL convert the vertical blanking interval (VBI) of television broadcast signals to digital signals usable by PCs. WaveTop broadcasts its content to users' PCs via the VBI of 264 PBS member stations nationwide.
The new Harris video decoder chips HMP8116 and HMP8117 bundle all the company's patented features that enabled superior performance and ease of design in Harris' last generation decoder chip as well as many new features such as an RGB (red-green-blue) output mode and digital phase-locked loops (PLLs). To display the chips' ability to capture and output enhanced VBI data, each is offered with an evaluation platform that includes application software from WaveTop.
Samsung has partnered with S3, the world's largest supplier of multimedia acceleration hardware and associated software, to offer a full-featured Windows(R) 98 ready TV Tuner/Video Capture Board. The package consists of Samsung's KS0127, a Multistandard Video Decoder/Scaler, one of the most versatile video decoding solutions on the market; and S3's Savage3D, the only 3D accelerator on the market to deliver 125 million pixels per second.
MICRONAS INTERMETALL's new software and hardware package, MediaCVR, is an advanced video and audio solution for processing TV signals on the PC that can be modified to suit the specific needs of component manufacturers. Compatible with both Windows(R) 95 and Windows(R) 98, MediaCVR offers the full scope of functions for the future Windows(R) 98 ''Broadcast PC'' architecture.
''WaveTop's marketing agreements with Harris, Samsung and MICRONAS INTERMETALL will prove beneficial to all the company's involved,'' said David E. Deeds, chairman, president and CEO of WavePhore, Inc. ''Harris, Samsung and MICRONAS INTERMETALL will furnish developers with one more way to enhance their products, and WaveTop will increase its applicability and availability amongst multimedia developer's and end-users.''
HOW WAVETOP WORKS
WaveTop's PC data broadcast service works by embedding data streams into the unseen portion of existing broadcast television signals using the Vertical Blanking Interval (VBI). WaveTop has partnered with PBS National Datacast to broadcast data over the television signals of its 264 PBS member stations. Using a simple browser interface and a broadcast ready PC (a standard PC with a built-in TV tuner or equipped with an add-on TV tuner card), users will interact with automatically downloaded information, entertainment and software. Computers equipped with TV tuners and WaveTop software transparently receive, decode and cache content without the bottleneck of the Internet or tying up a phone line. WavePhore previously announced the launch of its free service for Windows(R) 95 on April 6, 1998. In addition, the WaveTop software is now available for Windows(R) 98 and is included in the Windows(R) 98 operating system. Users will be able to easily install the WaveTop software directly from Windows(R) 98.
RICH CONTENT
WaveTop content providers are among the world's leading media companies, including Time Inc. New Media, which includes the on-line versions of People, Time, Entertainment Weekly, Money, Fortune and Sports Illustrated for Kids and ZDNet News, which includes ZDNet News, and the on-line versions of Family PC and Yahoo Internet Life. Also providing content are USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition, CBS SportsLine, PBS ONLINE, Warner Bros. Online, Bloomberg L.P., The Weather Channel, N2K's Music Boulevard, BarnesandNoble.com, Universal Press Syndicate - Comics, Women's Wire and Prevention's Healthy Ideas, Astrology.Net, Dummies Daily and UltimateTV.
ADVERTISER-SUPPORTED
WaveTop is supported by leading consumer-brand charter advertisers. They include companies such as Atlanta Bank, EMI Records, Hewlett-Packard Co. [NYSE:HWP - news], Intel Corp. [Nasdaq:INTC - news], Kellogg Co., Lincoln-Mercury Inc., Mobil Corp. [NYSE:MOB - news], Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Salomon Smith Barney Holdings and Spiegel Inc [Nasdaq:SPGLA - news]. WaveTop's ability to deliver high-bandwidth applications to the home without the download delays associated with modems allows advertisers to send more creative multimedia advertisements such as movie and video clips, games, software downloads and micro sites.
ABOUT WAVEPHORE
WavePhore, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAVO - news) is The New Media Delivery Company. It partners with the foremost providers of news, business data, Web-based content and multimedia programming to deliver selective intelligence and quality content to an information-dependent society. WavePhore (www.wavephore.com) enables people and enterprises to more efficiently receive, manage and productively use all types of urgent, insightful, or relevant information. The company's technologies and services aggregate, filter, customize and distribute digital content (text, graphics, music, and video) using a wide range of reliable, low-cost broadcast (FM sideband, TV-VBI), satellite and Web-based delivery systems. It has technology sourcing and strategic alliances with Microsoft, Intel, Compaq, Sony, Gateway, STB, ADS and PBS National Datacast, in addition to information service agreements with some two hundred Fortune 1,000 companies worldwide. Additional information on WavePhore is available via the Internet at wavephore.com. Information on its business units can be found at: wavetop.net, wavephore.net and newscast.com.
ABOUT HARRIS CORPORATION
Harris Corporation's Semiconductor sector manufactures discrete semiconductors and integrated circuits and focuses research and development efforts on innovative new products for the communications and power control markets. The company's broad portfolio of products serve many other markets including automotive, consumer electronic, telecommunications, multimedia, and military and space. The company has sales offices worldwide and manufacturing facilities in Palm Bay (Florida), Mountaintop (Pennsylvania), Findlay (Ohio), Dundalk (Ireland), and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).
Harris Corporation, with worldwide sales of more than $3.8 billion, is an international communications and electronics company that provides a wide range of products and services such as wireless and personal communications, digital television (HDTV), health care information, multi-media communications, automotive electronics, transportation, business information, defense communications and information and Lanier office products. For more information visit: semi.harris.com.
ABOUT SAMSUNG SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Korea- based Samsung Electronics. Samsung's Semiconductor Division is the seventh largest semiconductor manufacturer and the leading producer of memory products in the world. Samsung's System LSI products include ASICs, microcontrollers, power devices and media products. Samsung was the first company to introduce the 64-Megabit DRAM and the first fully functional 256-Megabit DRAM in 1994. In November 1996, Samsung had the world's first working silicon for the 1-Gigabit DRAM, and was the first to deliver samples to major OEMs in 1998. Samsung was also the first to announce working Merged DRAM and Logic technology, and currently claims the largest applications portfolio of MDL-based products. Samsung Semiconductor's North American headquarters are located in San Jose, California. For more information visit: samsungsemi.com.
ABOUT MICRONAS INTERMETALL
Based in Freiburg, Germany, MICRONAS INTERMETALL is the leading European provider of integrated circuits for mixed-signal applications, as well as Hall effect sensors. With more than a decade of proven expertise and leadership, MICRONAS INTERMETALL has pioneered innovations such as the first completely digital television receiver and several single-chip solutions for advanced video and audio applications. Formerly affiliated with ITT Industries, the company's activities were recently taken over by Swiss-based Micronas Semiconductor Holding. For more information visit: intermetall.de.
Certain of the above statements regarding WavePhore constitute forward-looking statements, which may involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from such forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, technology changes, competitive developments, industry and market acceptance of new products and services, and risk factors listed from time to time in WavePhore's SEC filings.
SOURCE: WavePhore, Inc.
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