DTV Plus and Microspace Communications Broadcast IP over Satellite and HDTV at mCast 2000.Business Editor/High Tech Writers RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2000 DTV (Digital TeleVision) Transmitting TV using digital signals. The major DTV standards are ATSC (North America), DVB (Europe) and ISDB (Japan). All three use MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio compression. DVB and ISDB also include MPEG audio compression. Plus, provider of datacasting via digital television and satellite-based technologies; and Microspace Communications Corporation, provider of satellite-based video and high-speed data networks for businesses, will be demonstrating a breakthrough in datacasting technology at the Multicast Splash project during the mCast 2000 event at the San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Airport Marriott, February 7-9, 2000. In a historical first, an IP Multicast A one-to-many transmission of data over an IP network. It is used for a myriad of purposes including updating routers, announcing and discovering services and streaming media. IP multicast saves network bandwidth, because packets are transmitted as one stream over the backbone and only stream containing both video and web sites will be sent over a combination of satellite and digital television signals. DTV Plus is one of the first vendors to showcase its ability to multicast IP See IP multicast. content, using satellite and DTV signals via Microspace and the Center for Datacasting Innovation (CDI CDI compact disc interactive: a system for storing a mix of software, data, audio, and compressed video for interactive use under processor control ), which was formed by Intel and KICU-TV in Silicon Valley, CA. &uot;We are excited about being the first company to combine satellite and digital television datacasting to deliver web files and streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. via IP multicast,&uot; said Sam Matheny, Vice President and General Manager of DTV Plus. &uot;This combination provides content producers with broadband reach not possible until now.&uot; IP Multicast is an open, IETF See Internet Engineering Task Force. IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force standard that enables efficient bandwidth usage for applications that distribute data to multiple recipients. Unlike traditional bandwidth-hungry &uot;unicast,&uot; which creates a separate, point-to-point data stream between the sender and each receiver, multicast sends a single stream of data that can be accessed by any recipient desiring the information. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Joe Amor, Vice President and General Manager of Microspace, &uot;IP Multicasting over satellites is ideal for broadcasting to large geographic distribution. IP Multicasting over High Definition Television is an exciting broadcasting medium for more local distribution. We are delighted to be showing how these two distribution mediums complement each other.&uot; SkyStream, also a participant in the CDI, will contribute two technologies including its media routers and its Jetstream Data Broadcast System. A SkyStream media router, networking hardware that encapsulates Internet content for delivery over a broadcast stream, will be used in this demonstration to broadcast Web pages to a personal computer. SkyStream's Jetstream Data Broadcast System, an easy-to-use software application to schedule and aggregate Internet content will be used to manage the delivery of these Web sites. &uot;Broadcasters have an opportunity to offer new innovative services to home viewers over DTV channels and satellite-based networks,&uot; said Jim Olson, 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 SkyStream Networks. &uot;We're very supportive of any effort to demonstrate that these services are a reality today and can be implemented by a broadcaster immediately.&uot; About DTV Plus and Microspace DTV Plus is devoted to developing and deploying a nation-wide datacasting network using satellite and digital television technologies to deliver on its vision. Microspace provides a reliable and economical point-to-multipoint satellite broadcasting solution for delivery of digital video and high-speed data. The Microspace network is the largest of its type in the world and totals over 300,000 remote sites, internationally. DTV Plus and Microspace were founded by Capitol Broadcasting Company Capitol Broadcasting Company is a TV and radio broadcast company based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Broadcast Stations Capitol Broadcasting Company owns and operates the following stations: TV
About SkyStream Founded in 1996, SkyStream Networks provides networking equipment that enables Web content to be delivered over broadcast networks. SkyStream products - called media routers - integrate broadcast television and Web content and deliver it to millions of people at the same time over a single broadcast network. SkyStream does this by maximizing the existing bandwidth potential of customers' broadcast spectrum - of which an estimated 2-10 percent is untapped. The company's customers are broadcasters, service providers and satellite and cable companies, including leading companies such as CableCom, EchoStar Communications Corporation EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) is the parent company of DISH Network and the maintainer of the satellite fleet that provides the signal that DISH Network markets. , Loral CyberStar and Telefonica. SkyStream partners include BroadLogic, General Instrument, Harris Corporation, International Datacasting, Irdeto Access, Nagra, Philips and Scientific-Atlanta. SkyStream sells its products through its direct sales force and through distribution partners worldwide. SkyStream corporate headquarters are in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. with regional offices in Georgia, Atlanta; Ontario, Canada; and London, England. |
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