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To: BillyG who wrote (37261)	11/17/1998 12:28:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

International Bulletin 11/30/98 World Broadcast News Copyright 1998 by PRIMEDIA Intertec, a PRIMEDIA Company. All rights reserved. INTELSAT sets new interoperability tests for news pool MPEG-2/DVB INTELSAT has announced that it is releasing a Statement of Work (SOW) outlining the parameters for the next round of interoperability testing to begin early next year. The SOW is being issued, but not limited, to those manufacturers of MPEG-2/DVB equipment that participated in any of the previous three rounds of testing at the INTELSAT Technical Labs in Washington, D.C. This test round will focus on ensuring the interoperability of news pool feeds, and companies that successfully complete this round will be certified as "ISOG Mode Compliant" in the INTELSAT catalog published for broadcasters. ISOG is the Inter-Union Satellite Operations Group that represents large broadcasters and INTELSAT Signatories. Broadcasting unions seek HDTV standards for both 50Hz and 60Hz Meeting in Tokyo last month, the World Broadcasting Unions Technical Committee (WBU-TC) sought to promote an international standard for program production and exchange of high-definition television (HDTV). Recognizing that there is no prospect of harmonizing the different delivery technologies, the WBU-TC endorsed the HDTV Common Image Format (HD-CIF) of 1080 lines by 1920 samples/line interlace and progressively scanned with an aspect ratio of 16:9 for both 50- and 60Hz picture rates. The WBU-TC recommended that this standard, which is based on the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Recommendation BT 709-3, should be used for professional HDTV production equipment in 50- and 60Hz regions of the world, and the equipment should be capable of operating at both 50- and 60Hz scanning rates. However, in order to do this, the committee adopted a resolution to replace the 1250 total line specification of the 50Hz HD-CIF with 1125 lines, thereby achieving a common total line number with the 60Hz HD-CIF. France 3 picks SeaChange server for Spider Project France 3 TV network has purchased the SeaChange Broadcast MediaCluster MPEG-2 video server for its Spider Project, a national exchange system for distributing TV programming to the F3 regional outlets. Located in Paris, the video server system will store TV programming and distribute it to a high-performance communication network for digital transmission. France 3 is using its Netia automation software to control the encoding and distribution of its video programming. PanAmSat orders three satellites from Hughes Last month, PanAmSat ordered three new satellites from Hughes Space and Communications Company to be launched in the next 15 months. In addition, PanAmSat has selected Arianespace to provide two additional launches, one of which will be used to deploy the Galaxy XI satellite in March/April 1999 on an Ariane 4 rocket. Two of the three Hughes HS 601 spacecraft will be replacements for Galaxy birds over the United States. The third will be deployed for international broadcast and telecommunications services. DIRECTV JAPAN picks JVC/ DiviCom systems for digital DTH service DIRECTV JAPAN has selected JVC and DiviCom to provide the satellite program service provider with the MediaView MV40, an MPEG-2 encoder; a multiplexer system; and ATM-based transmission systems for communications among broadcasting stations. DIRECTV JAPAN currently offers 90 channels to its subscribers and aims to expand the number of channels to 150 by the end of this year. With this contract, JVC plans to realign its development, sales and service systems for digital broadcasting system equipment for satellite, terrestrial and cable applications. Together with semiconductor maker C-Cube, JVC and DiviCom are jointly developing digital broadcast systems, including HDTV encoders, editing systems and integrated receiver decoders (IRDs). WBN