ComStream demodulator shipments top 1 million as sole source for RCA DSSI direct-to-home satellite receiver.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 1995--ComStream shipments of the digital video demodulator See demodulate. Demodulator A device used to recover the original modulating signal from a modulated wave. A demodulator is also known as a detector. subsystem used in the RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history. brand Digital Satellite System (DSS1) receiver have topped 1 million units. Thomson Consumer Electronics manufactures and markets the DSS1 system, including the set-top box used to receive up to 175 channels of digital video and audio by satellite in services sold by Hughes Electronics' DIRECTV and United States Satellite Broadcasting United States Satellite Broadcasting was a satellite television company that ran from 1981 to 1998. It was purchased by DirecTV in 1998. History USSB was founded in 1981 by Stanley S. Hubbard, who is widely considered to be the father of modern satellite broadcasting. (USSB USSB United States Satellite Broadcasting USSB United States Shipping Board USSB Upper Single Sideband ). ComStream emerged as Thomson's supplier of choice in 1995. At the heart of the video demodulator are several ComStream custom-designed integrated circuits that decode and demodulate To isolate a data signal from a carrier wave. The demodulation circuit uses the unmodulated carrier as a reference signal and compares it to the received signal. See modulation and carrier. demodulate - demodulation the satellite signal to produce a crystal-clear picture and CD-quality sound. The chips are included on a complete subsystem circuit card that resides in the TV set-top box. ComStream has also provided video modulators for the DIRECTV broadcast center. "What really sets us apart from other potential vendors is our deep understanding of RF technology and high-speed digital communicaitons systems" said Stephen Blake, ComStream vice president of Hi-Media. Hi-Media is the business unit of ComStream that provides digital transmission for multimedia consumer applications. The DSS receiver/decoder and small "pizza-sized" dish antenna are used to receive new direct-to-home television services. The receiver is marketed in the United States by more than 10,000 retail outlets under the RCA brand name. The Digital Satellite System was introduced in mid-June last year, and is acknowledged as the most successful consumer electronics product launch in history, surpassing first-year sales of the video cassette recorder video cassette recorder Noun a device for recording and playing back television programmes and films video cassette recorder video n → Videorekorder m by 285 percent in just six months. A total of 590,398 systems were manufactured and shipped by the end of 1994, compared with total first-year sales of 207,000 for the VCR VCR: see videocassette recorder. VCR in full videocassette recorder Electromechanical device that records, stores on a videotape cassette, and plays back on a TV set recorded images and sound. . Thomson Consumer Electronics, with its American operation based in Indianapolis, is the fourth-largest consumer electronics company in the world, and the largest manufacturer of television sets in the United States. The company manufacturers and markets the RCA, GE, and ProScan brands. ComStream, a major international provider of resilient digital networks for voice, data, imaging, audio and video applications -- with offices in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Indonesia, The People's Republic of China, and the United Kingdom -- is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Spar Aerospace Ltd. Spar is Canada's premier space company and is a leader in the space- and ground-based communications, informatics, and aviation and defense industries. The company employs 2,600 people. It is listed on the Toronto and Montreal stock exchanges. Stock symbol: SPZ. CONTACT: ComStream, San Diego Bruce Rowe, 619/458-1800 or Townsend Agency Jackie Townsend, 619/457-4888 |
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