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To: C. Niebucc who wrote (41203)	5/17/1999 5:50:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

MPEG-2 over ASDL.............................. inside-cable.co.uk 16th May 1999 KINGSTON TO LAUNCH ADSL WITH YES TV's VOD Kingston Vision, which runs the ADSL service on the Kingston Communications network in Hull, is to offer Elmsdale's Yes Television and will launch its service with video-on-demand as well as multichannel digital TV and Internet access. Service trials start in the summer with a full launch planned for later in the year. (Note: there is no cable franchise in Hull or the surrounding area). The Yes Television vod service will include top movies, television dramas and comedies, children's programmes, music videos, shopping, travel and information services. Organisations offering programming include Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Bros, Buena Vista International Television (Disney), BBC, Pearson and Trans World International. Interactive service providers will include British Airways, TV Travel Shop, Dorling Kindersley, Iceland, Virgin Vie, Domino's Pizza. Kingston Communications telephony customers who wish to subscribe to the new services will have a DSL modem and digital set top box installed. Costs of the service have yet to be revealed. The network will be configured using Internet Protocol (IP), for which the Yes Television service was developed. Yes Television is also scaleable and will be able to deliver MPEG2 at over 4Mbs on the Kingston ADSL network. ©Copyright 1999