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To: J Fieb who wrote (37820)	12/15/1998 2:18:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

USSB headend will be moved to LA(Divi encoders) and Castle Rock(GI encoders)................................... moon.ai-group.com USSB Exits As A DBS Pioneer The $1.3 billion merger deal between U.S. Satellite Broadcasting and DirecTV will mean the exit of one of the first DBS licensees in the small dish business. USSB, under the direction of chairman Stanley S. Hubbard, signed up for its DBS license in 1981. Since the company's debut in 1994, when it launched the formerly-named "DSS" platform with DirecTV, the company has built a 2.1-million subscriber strong service focused on premium movie channels from HBO and Showtime. The shared platform between the two companies serves more than 4.2 million subscribers. Hubbard and his two sons, USSB President Stan E. Hubbard and Vice President Robert Hubbard, will serve on the DirecTV advisory board. Before they join, the company they founded will eventually be folded into DirecTV's operations. Upon completion of the merger, expected in three to six months, DirecTV will consolidate billing and customer service operations now maintained by USSB. USSB's satellite uplink operation in suburban Minneapolis could be shut down as work is transferred to DirecTV's facilities in Los Angeles and Castle Rock, Colo. However, USSB spokeswoman Jackie Faubus couldn't say for sure what will happen to the facility. USSB has about 185 employees. DirecTV executives wouldn't speculate on what would happen with the staff. Faubus said after the deal closes, some employees will stay on to assure a smooth transition. Until that is done, she said it will be "business as usual" at the company. Once USSB is merged into DirecTV, the Hubbards will have the chance to create programming for the satellite provider. The family already has the All-News Channel, which will continue getting carriage on the satellite platform.

To: J Fieb who wrote (37820)	12/15/1998 3:45:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

VxWorks to add imaging features eet.com By Margaret Quan EE Times (12/15/98, 12:12 p.m. EDT) ALAMEDA, Calif. — Wind River Systems Inc. is working with digital imaging original equipment manufacturers to develop features for its VxWorks real-time operating system and Tornado development environment that address the needs of digital imaging OEMs, the company said. The features will be available for VxWorks within the next year, according to Sayeed Choudhury, Wind River Systems director of market development for digital imaging. Although Wind River declined to provide specifics, the company said it is considering incorporating technologies like those of its component-supplier partners, such as Adobe's PostScript page-description language, HP's Jetsend autonegotiation protocol for communication between devices and Novell's NDPS (Novell Distributed Printing System), which embeds intelligence in a printer so it can coordinate functions and handle network management. In terms of recent design wins, Minolta announced plans to have Tornado and VxWorks embedded in its next-generation digital-imaging equipment, Wind River said. Digital imaging is the fastest-growing market for the company, according to Choudhury, who said the market segment represented 17 to 18 percent of Wind River System's $92.4 million revenue in fiscal year 1998.