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To: Don Dorsey who wrote (37534)	12/1/1998 11:22:00 AM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

Start-Up Avio Digital Inc. Targets Media Home Networking Market newsalert.com SAN CARLOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 1998-- Company Delivers Audio, Video, Voice and Data at Faster Speeds and Greater Distances; Names Eugene Van Bergen as Its President and CEO Following three years of research and development by Interval Research Corp., Avio Digital Inc. (http://www.aviodigital.com/) has been formed to develop and deliver the most advanced technology solution for distributing media throughout the home. Avio Digital also announced that Eugene Van Bergen has been named as president and CEO effective Jan. 11, 1999. Van Bergen, a native of the Netherlands, comes to Avio from Philips Business Electronics, where he most recently served as general manager of creative display systems. Significantly faster and more effective at greater distances than existing solutions, Avio Digital's flagship technology, the MediaWire(TM) home network, uses ordinary residential telephone wiring to connect devices and distribute digital media and information, including video (DVD and HDTV), CD-quality audio, telephony, computer data and home control signals, throughout the home. Digital media is distributed by the MediaWire home network at effective speeds of up to 88 million bits per second, with a range of 33 meters (over 100 feet) between devices when using standard Category 3 telephone wiring. With up to 100 new or legacy devices of different types, the MediaWire home network is capable of supporting a total cable length of more than 4,000 meters (about 2.5 miles). Because of the efficiency of the MediaWire home network, a single telephone wire can provide enough bandwidth to simultaneously deliver 16 24-bit audio channels, four MPEG2 video channels (6 Mbps each), eight phone or ISDN lines, and over 3 Mbps of serial control or TCP/IP (Internet) data. Using the advanced technology of the MediaWire home network, which has been tested, proven and refined in the labs of Interval Research, Avio Digital is working to develop and license an integrated line of media networking. Avio plans to license MediaWire Home Network broadly, as well as to develop products that can take advantage of MediaWire capabilities. Potential applications of the MediaWire home network include these: -- Home theater and surround-sound interconnection -- Audio and hi-fi component interconnection -- Whole house media distribution and networking -- Digital telephone interconnection -- Home PC networking -- Home control and automation The diversity of the MediaWire home network allows for the potential interconnection of a wide variety of devices: -- Audio equipment: CD players, amplifiers and speakers -- Video equipment: TVs, set-top boxes, DVD players and camcorders -- Telephony devices: voice telephones, fax machines and modems -- Computers and computer peripherals -- Control devices: wireless touch pads, remote controls, home control interfaces "I am delighted to be joining Avio Digital. Avio addresses an area of consumer electronics that had previously been neglected the distribution of high-quality digital media providing an inexpensive, easy-to-use home network solution designed for the audio and video enthusiast," Van Bergen said. "Consumers can use MediaWire to create a plug-and-play network that will enable and enhance of the coming convergence of digital media, services and devices in the home. Since MediaWire interfaces require only minimal electronics even inexpensive consumer electronics devices can take advantage of this technology." An independent start-up based in San Carlos, Calif., Avio Digital is funded by seed investments from Vulcan Ventures Inc. and Interval Research Corp.; both are owned by investor Paul G. Allen. MediaWire is a trademark of Avio Digital Inc. CONTACT: The New Media Group @ Waggener Edstrom Kristen Timmers, 408/986-1140 ext. 5320 kristent@wagged.com or Alorie Gilbert, 503/245-0905 ext. 6276 alorieg@wagged.com