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To: BillyG who wrote (38396)	1/21/1999 7:48:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

About TV/COM. CUBE bought most, except the Name and manufacturing capacity.................................. tvcom.com About TV/COM COMPANY OVERVIEW Commitment TV/COM International, Inc. is dedicated to providing state-of-the-art, standards-based, total systems solutions to meet the evolving needs of cable, satellite, wireless and digital terrestrial customers worldwide. With more than 30 years experience in the design and manufacture of secure television communications systems, the company has taken a leadership role in the implementation of standards-based, open architecture systems. TV/COM believes this approach is beneficial to the industry as a whole, fostering competition and flexibility in licensing, partnerships and equipment supply. As one of the few companies worldwide with expertise in digital television communications, TV/COM is committed to the innovation and integration of leading-edge technologies that bring digital TV and interactive communications to the home. History of Technology Leadership Entering the television market more than three decades ago as Oak Communications (which changed its name to TV/COM in 1991), the company has achieved numerous milestones and has been on the forefront of communications systems development ever since. TV/COM is a technology pioneer and holds key patents in the areas of signal format, scrambling/encryption and authorization/key distribution. TV/COM is the first company to: mass produce an addressable decoder converter box; develop cable and satellite encryption systems for consumer broadcast; develop a DVB-compliant MPEG-2 digital video compression system, as well as develop encryption-based conditional access and security technology, key to addressable and interactive communication systems. Today TV/COM is considered a pioneer in the Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) market and has been a major contributor to the ISO MPEG-2 standards, as well as the globally influential European Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) standard. Technology/Company Milestones • 1932 Began as Oak Communications • 1950's Leading manufacturer of TV tuners • 1970's First cable converter/first addressable decoder • 1980's First satellite encryption system and leading manufacturer of cable TV set-tops • 1991 First dynamic satellite smart card/MPEG digital compression; Name changed to TV/COM International, Inc. • 1992 All digital compression • 1993 First DVB compliant supplier in U.S. • 1994 Open System Interoperability • 1995 Deployment of ISO MPEG-2 DVB end-to-end systems • 1996 First delivery of fully-compatible Open TV Set-Top Box First digital DTH system delivered in Europe • 1997 ISO 9000 Certification • 1998 Launch of BskyB digital DTH service with TV/COM Set-Top Box

To: BillyG who wrote (38396)	1/21/1999 8:17:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Divicom/TV/COM are partners....................................... ibc-daily.co.uk Saturday 12th September Encoders on way out at TV/COM TV/COM International (Stand 1.118) has confirmed that it is scaling down its encoder business with the announcement at IBC of a partnership with leading encoder manufacture Divicom (Stand 1.262). It already has a similar deal in place with NDS. The San Diego company will concentrate on supplying other parts of the digital TV chain, says Joe Zaller, TV/COM director of marketing. "A lot of people make encoders and we want to be able to work with them." This latest agreement gives Divicom access to TV/COM's advanced digital set-top boxes, Java-based Domain Manage-ment System (DMS) and Conditional Access Control System (CACS). TV/COM will have access to Divicom's MPEG compression products. "By bringing together these complementary technology portfolios both companies now have the ability to bid for and win a more extensive range of contracts, either individually or in partnership," says Divicom President, Tom Lookabaugh. "Access to TV/COM products and technology means we can now offer our customers a more complete solution while maximising our most precious resource - our engineering talent." TV/COM is one of the four manufacturers supplying set-top boxes for BSkyB's new digital satellite service. The device has just gone into production at Grundig's plant in Wales, and will be distributed under the Grundig brand.