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To: kech who wrote (38739)	2/1/1999 8:50:00 AM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 50808

C-Cube Wins Canal+ Web-enabled Digital Set-top Platform; Europe's Largest Digital Pay-Television Company Partners with C-Cube to Deliver Internet-over-TV CUBE is an internet* company. IR listens!* MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 1999--C-Cube Microsystems (Nasdaq:CUBE) announced today that its new digital video set-top box solutions have been selected by Canal+, Europe's largest digital pay-television service, as the core engines for its new MediaWeb platform. The MediaWeb platform delivers leading-edge multimedia applications to the television, including interactive program guides, advertising, Internet browsing, video-on-demand, home banking, online shopping and software download to a personal computer. C-Cube continues to build on its strong relationship with CANAL+ by delivering the first silicon platform to enable Internet-over-TV. C-Cube's new AViA@TV and AViA-A/V solutions are the first of their kind to bring digital television and the Internet to the consumer-priced digital set-top. "Consumers are looking for the next level of services and functionality from their television," said Henri Joubaud, Senior Vice-President of Technology at CANAL+. "C-Cube's AViA@TV and AViA-A/V technology ensures that our MediaWeb set-top box will support these advanced, interactive applications, delivering on our promise of compelling interactive entertainment and services for our subscribers." With over three and a half million digital subscribers, Canal+ is Europe's leading provider of digital pay-television services. It delivers digital television via satellite in France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium and Poland. Canal+ will tell its OEM set-top box manufacturers that it recommends C-Cube's AViA@TV and AViA-A/V integrated circuits because they allow development of set-top boxes that fully comply with CANAL+'s MediaWeb platform for digital video and interactive television applications. Two C-Cube Solutions Chosen for MediaWeb As the foundation of the MediaWeb platform, the AViA@TV delivers market-leading interactive applications and supports the following advanced features: -- MPEG-2 demultiplexing; -- DVB descrambling; -- Multi-planar graphics; -- Flicker Filter(TM); -- Two-way networking with integrated media access controller (MAC); -- High-speed central processing unit (CPU). The AViA-A/V delivers MPEG-2 video and audio decoding and supports the following advanced features: -- MPEG-2 video and audio decoding; -- Automated video and audio synchronization; -- Dolby Digital(TM) (AC-3) decoding; -- Microcoded architecture. About CANAL+ and CANAL+ Technologies CANAL+ is Europe's leading pay-television company with world-class expertise in programming for premium and theme channels and in distribution, with marketing capabilities and subscriber management systems, scrambling and access control technology. Four years of sustained initiatives in new technologies came to fruition in 1996 with the launch in France of Canalsatellite, Europe's first commercial digital TV service. Thanks to its integrated presence in every aspect of the television business, CANAL+ is a major player in the European media industry with revenues in excess of FRF 14 billion. CANAL+ Technologies is the technology arm of the CANAL+ group. CANAL+ Technologies is the developer of the digital conditional access system MediaGuard, as well as the digital broadcast interactive system, MediaHighway. CANAL+ Technologies is some three hundred professionals strong with worldwide system integration capabilities. It most recently deployed the UK's Ondigital service, the world's first terrestrial digital broadcaster. About C-Cube Microsystems C-Cube Microsystems Inc. is the industry leader in the development and delivery of highly integrated digital video silicon and systems solutions. C-Cube's Semiconductor Division delivers highly integrated digital video silicon and systems solutions for the communications and consumer electronics markets, including digital set-top boxes, VCD, and DVD. C-Cube's DiviCom Division is a leader in the deployment of digital video networks. DiviCom's products include broadcast encoders, system multiplexers, and network system management equipment. C-Cube is headquartered in Milpitas, California with offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Its stock is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol CUBE. C-Cube can be reached at 408/490-8000 or on the World Wide Web at c-cube.com. C-Cube's DiviCom Division is based in Milpitas, California. and can be reached at 408/944-6700 or on the World Wide Web at divi.com. Note to Editors: The C-Cube logo is a registered trademark of C-Cube Microsystems Inc. C-Cube is a trademark of C-Cube Microsystems Inc. CONTACT: C-Cube Microsystems Inc. Public Relations Melissa Malley, 408/490-8510 mmalley@c-cube.com or Investor Relations Steven Horwitz, 408/490-8561 shorwitz@c-cube.com