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To: Taro who wrote (811)	2/9/1999 1:00:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 6531

re: "Philips ... notorious for buggy multimedia chips..." FYI. C-Cube Semiconductor Breaks New Ground With the Third Largest Cable Operator in the U.S. Business Editors/Technology Writers MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 1999--DiviCom Inc., a C-Cube (Nasdaq:CUBE) subsidiary and the world's leading provider of open solutions for digital television, today announced that its open architecture solution had been selected by MediaOne(R) -- third largest cable operator in the U.S.A. -- for its first OpenCable-compliant installation. When the MediaOne system is fully operational, it will be the first non-proprietary, open architecture deployment in the U.S. cable industry. The C-Cube contributions include several core elements of MediaOne's OpenCable architecture. DiviCom will supply the complete head-end system, including the encoding, multiplexing, network management and return path. C-Cube Semiconductor will deliver a multiple chip silicon solution: one portion drives the DiviCom encoder system, and another, the first of its kind, enables two-way interactive digital video in the customer's home set-top box. These solutions, combined with the embedded software and tools, deliver a complete advanced interactive digital platform. "MediaOne has made a landmark decision," said Alex Balkanski, President and CEO of C-Cube Microsystems. "The adoption of a DiviCom open system solution heralds a new era in which U.S. Cable operators will no longer be hampered and limited by the closed system, single-vendor solutions of the past." MediaOne CEO Jan Peters said, "Our customers will benefit from our selection of this OpenCable platform. They'll get to choose from a variety of set-top boxes from different manufacturers, all with better features and lower prices. This move is a giant step for both MediaOne and the U.S. cable industry."