ADVISORY/Photo regarding Microtune's new VideoCaster chipset is Available on BW PhotoWire/AP PhotoExpress, NewsCom and Business Wire's Web Site.Photo/Business Editors & High Tech Writers ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE WIRE) The photo is BW1 on AP PhotoExpress. The photo is on Business Wires Web Site at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.121001/bw1 Photo caption reads: PLANO Plano (plā`nō), city (1990 pop. 128,713), Collin co., N Tex., less than 20 mi (32 km) NE of Dallas; inc. 1873. In a farm and livestock area on the blackland prairie, Plano is a booming financial and commercial center, with headquarters of many , Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2001 Microtune's new VideoCaster chipset A group of chips designed to work as a unit to perform a function. For example, a modem chipset contains all the primary circuits for transmitting and receiving. A PC chipset provides the electronic interfaces between all subsystems (see PC chipset for illustration). , optimized for video-on-demand The ability to deliver a movie, sports event or other video program to a TV set whenever the customer requests it. Video-on-demand (VOD) typically refers to free and paid programs from the cable TV companies or the telephone companies that offer video over DSL lines. applications via the cable system, shrinks a VCR-sized rack of radio frequency electronics into three miniature chips, as shown in the photograph. By significantly reducing the cost, size and power of cable headend upconverters to a silicon-based solution, Microtune provides key technology to enable the widespread deployment of on-demand On-Demand refers to a service or feature which addresses the user's need for instant gratification and immediacy of use. In most cases the value proposition for an on-demand service is wrapped up in the fact that the user or consumer of the service avoids a significant up-front video and entertainment services for consumers. (Business Wire photo) CONTACT: Microtune Inc., Kathleen Padula, 972/673-1811 (Media) (kathleen.padula@microtune.co m) or JLM Partners for nCUBE, Mike Krilich, 206/381-3600 (mike@jlmpartners.com) See Business Wire story BW0233 for more information. |
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