DIVA and ntl Sign Commercial Deployment Agreement for Video-on-Demand in the UK.LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 1999-- David Zucker, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of DIVA: "We are very confident that DIVA's flexible VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand solution will provide ntl with a truly differentiated product from any other entertainment platform available to consumers in the UK. No other platform can offer this level of choice, convenience and functionality. We are excited to be working with ntl to launch this service commercially in the UK." DIVA UK Limited 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 DIVA Systems Corporation (www.divatv.com), a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. founded in June June: see month. 1995. DIVA's headquarters are located in Redwood City, California Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County. As of the 2005 census, the city had a total population of 76,000. . DIVA commercially launched its digital 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. service on cable television systems in the fall of 1997. DIVA established its UK office in the spring of 1999. The attached announcement was released by NTL today, September September: see month. 21, 1999: -0- For further information, please contact: NTL (UK) Will Robson - 01252 402661/07050 094371 Dominic Shales - 0171 413 3142/0976 248321 DIVA DIVA UK Garry Stephen, Managing Director 0171 935 3403 DIVA US Pat Gushman--650-779-3075 Georgeann Ikuma--650-779-3086 COLLEGE HILL Nicola Weiner--0171 457 2020 -0- Certain statements regarding DIVA contained in this media advisory and the attached NTL announcement, including those relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc DIVA's continued ability to successfully deploy internationally, and its ability to successfully integrate its technology with third party digital platforms, are forward looking statements. No assurance can be given that future results will be achieved. Actual events or results may differ and may differ materially as a result of risks facing DIVA or the risk that assumptions may differ from those underlying the statements contained in this release. Such risks include, but are not limited to, meeting certain technical and performance criteria for commercial deployment in the UK. These risks and other risk factors are set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. -0-
NTL to launch Video On Demand (VOD) in the UK: signs
commercial deployment agreement with DIVA UK Limited
London, 21 September 1999
-- ntl plans wide-scale deployment of commercial VOD service in 2000
-- ntl to deliver broadband VOD at twice the speed of ADSL and with
far superior picture quality
-0- NTL Incorporated ("NTL") (Nasdaq:NTLI)(Easdaq:NTLI.ED), announced today that it has signed an agreement with DIVA UK Limited and will commercially deploy Video On Demand over its cable network in the United Kingdom from mid- mid- pref. Middle: midbrain. 2000. The agreement is conditional on certain technical and commercial milestones being achieved. VOD will enable NTL to offer immediate, in-home in-home adj. Operating in or provided at the home of the customer or patient: in-home shopping; an in-home nursing program. access to a diverse and continuously evolving selection of movies and special interest material. It features pause, fast-forward and rewind re·wind tr.v. re·wound , re·wind·ing, re·winds 1. To wind again or anew. 2. To reverse the winding of (recording tape or camera film). n. 1. The act or process of rewinding. functionality and high quality digital picture and sound. Commenting on the transaction, Steven Wagner Steven Wagner (born March 6, 1984 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota) is an American professional ice hockey player, who currently plays for the St. Louis Blues of the NHL. He played his first NHL game, October 7, 2007 in a 3-2 loss against the Phoenix Coyotes. , Group Managing Director of NTL Media and Marketing Services: "I'm delighted to be making this announcement. NTL is soon to launch the UK's most comprehensive digital service and intends VOD to become part of that service in 2000. Recent reports of VOD on ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line , glosses over a major deficiency in picture quality when delivered at 2mb to reasonably sized TV screens. NTL's cable will deliver true VOD at around 4mb and is the only platform capable of achieving a quality our UK competitors can only dream about it. "DIVA has shown the technical and commercial viability of VOD in the US and with NTL's advanced fibre-optic broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). network we have an opportunity to develop truly remarkable services in the UK that give the NTL customer unprecedented control, choice and convenience. DIVA's fast-forward and rewind technology has breathtaking breath·tak·ing adj. 1. Inspiring or exciting: a breathtaking view; a breathtaking ride. 2. Astonishing; astounding: breathtaking insensitivity. quality." Garry Stephen, Managing Director, DIVA UK Limited: "We are extremely pleased to be working with NTL on the first deployment outside the U.S. of our compelling and commercially proven VOD service. DIVA has the operating experience to make VOD a reality in the UK very quickly. With NTL, we couldn't have a more capable partner in the UK to make this happen." VOD will be delivered to NTL digital cable set-top boxes The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. over the broadband network without the need for hardware upgrades or specialist installation. The customer will simply be able to use VOD in place of NVOD NVOD Near Video On Demand (it uses the same 55 channel part of the digital cable service). The DIVA system consists of several elements, including video servers, content management centres, billing interfaces, VOD system software, access network service multiplexers, and optical networks. These elements create an on-demand delivery system that scales to accommodate variables such as title storage, services supported, service providers supported, deployment locations, and number of NTL customers supported. VOD is so strategically important to the positioning of digital cable services within the UK that ntl has decided to have two VOD technology suppliers, the second of which will be announced in due course. DIVA's VOD is a tried and tested service already deployed in 6 cable systems in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . -0-
more on ntl:
-- in July 1999, ntl became the largest cable operator in UK and
Ireland with 2.8 million customers, following the acquisition of
the consumer operations of Cable and Wireless Communications.
-- no other company matches ntl's capability to use world-leading
technology to deliver telephone, tv, internet and interactive
services to UK homes and businesses.
-- 22 million homes watch ITV, C4 and C5 thanks to ntl's
transmission network: 5.6 million of those homes are within its
"speed of light" fibre-optic broadband network.
-- ntl pioneered digital tv and is involved in digital terrestrial,
cable and satellite and launched the UK's first interactive
service in March 1999.
-- ntl's national network carries such names as Virgin, Orange and
AT&T.
-- With businesses in France, Australia and Ireland, ntl's
headquarters is in Hook, Hampshire, UK. It has over 10,000
associates and is listed on NASDAQ.
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-0- DIVA Systems Corporation DIVA UK Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of DIVA Systems Corporation (www.divatv.com), a privately held company founded in June 1995. DIVA's headquarters are located in Redwood City, California. DIVA commercially launched its digital video-on-demand service on cable television systems in the fall of 1997. DIVA established its UK office in the spring of 1999. DIVA Forward Looking Statement: Certain statements regarding DIVA contained in this media advisory and the attached NTL announcement including those relating to DIVA's continued ability to successfully deploy internationally, and its ability to successfully integrate its technology with third party digital platforms, are forward looking statements. No assurance can be given that future results will be achieved. Actual events or results may differ and may differ materially as a result of risks facing DIVA or the risk that assumptions may differ from those underlying the statements contained in this release. Such risks include, but are not limited to, meeting certain technical and performance criteria for commercial deployment in the UK. These risks and other risk factors are set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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