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To: DiViT who wrote (38038)	1/6/1999 4:20:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Clint Chao likes the internet for broadcasting.................... digitaltelevision.com Clint Chao predictably views the Internet as the next broadcast frontier. Chao is the vice president of marketing at Skystream, a Mountain View, Calif., company that makes equipment that combines Internet protocol with digital video streams. "There's two things I know I want out of the Internet. I want faster access and I want more specific information," he said. "If broadcasters could see that opportunity, to aggregate information for a targeted audience, I'm willing to pay for that. This is what broadcasters can take advantage of. They have the spectrum." Internet access via even a portion of a broadcaster's 19.3 megabit spectrum allotment could be far faster than the 28.8 kilobit phone line transmission with which most Internet surfers now contend, he pointed out. "If you wanted to become a true turbo Internet supplier, you could do it," he said. Web caching, or the delivery of specific data at a specific time, is another business model option, Chao said. "If you wanted to broadcast some data transfer package, you could do it anytime of the day," he said. "You could make revenue during times of the day when you might not otherwise make anything." "Let's say at five in the morning, the entire New York Times is downloaded on my PC," he said. "Right now, I pay for four services; ISP (Internet Service Provider), the cable company, and if I'm a sports fanatic I might pay a dish network and I might pay my phone company something," he said. "Broadcasters aren't getting a piece of that."

To: DiViT who wrote (38038)	1/6/1999 4:38:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Pioneer boxes at CES..................................... multichannel.com January 06, 1999: CableLabs Targets Retail at CES Louisville, Colo. -- Cable Television Laboratories Inc. and several broadband-equipment manufacturers will convene at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week to demonstrate interoperability among cable-connected consumer products. The joint demonstration between CableLabs, Pioneer New Media Technologies, Canon Information Systems and Sony Corp. was developed "to reinforce an industrywide commitment to enable multiple consumer-electronics manufacturers to compete in the provision of digital-cable-ready products," said Richard Green, president and CEO of CableLabs. CableLabs' three-pronged focus on DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) modems, OpenCable and PacketCable is expected to result in products that will enter the retail-distribution channel this year and next. At the CES, Pioneer, along with CableLabs, will demonstrate a high-definition TV receiver connected over fire wire to a cable set-top box. Sony will debut a prototype digital set-top with a removable security-card slot -- a key element of OpenCable. Canon plans to show digital imaging and printing products that will be compatible with OpenCable specifications like fire wire and in-home networking techniques. - 1/4/99