Decisionmark Collaborates With BroadLogic to Support Digital TV Broadcasting On the PC.Business Editors & Technology Writers CEDAR RAPIDS Cedar Rapids, city (1990 pop. 108,751), seat of Linn co., E central Iowa, on the Cedar River; inc. as a city 1856. The second largest city in Iowa, it is named for the surging rapids in the river. , Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2000 Decisionmark Corporation and BroadLogic Network Technologies have joined forces in the interest of promoting digital TV on the PC, via Decisionmark's digital television (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. ) information site for consumers, TitanTV.com. Through TitanTV.com, Decisionmark and BroadLogic will help build consumer satisfaction with their DTV experience leading to greater support and increased acceptance of DTV. Decisionmark's TitanTV.com will provide customers of BroadLogic's TerraCast(TM) DTA-100 digital TV receivers with an understanding of which digital TV channels they could receive with an over-the-air antenna. In return, Decisionmark will aggregate BroadLogic's data on signal area maps to track emerging demand for DTV broadcasts. Part of Decisionmark's overall strategy to accelerate the acceptance of DTV includes helping broadcasters across the nation gauge interest in their digital TV signal. TitanTV.com is helping to bridge the gap from analog to digital television acceptance by providing the DTV availability information a consumer needs in order to make an educated DTV purchase decision. Specifically, TitanTV.com provides a list of local digital channels that can be received at the consumer's exact household location. The TerraCast DTA-100 digital TV receiver brings the world of high definition and enhanced TV Enhanced TV (ETV) is one example of interactive TV. It is used in particular in reference to Two-Screen Solutions TV + PC services. Generally users of these ETV services have their TV and computer in the same room, and navigate their web browser to a particular program-specific Web services directly to your PC. Featuring support for ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) An international digital television (DTV) standard adopted by the U.S., Canada, South Korea, Taiwan and Argentina. video and audio, and ATVEF-compatible data reception, the TerraCast DTA-100 receiver ensures compatibility with current and future enhanced TV broadcasts. "We are delighted to be working with Decisionmark," said Philippe Cassereau, vice president of BroadLogic digital TV products. "We believe their service will enhance the end user experience by providing the customer with the information necessary to navigate (1) "Surfing the Web." To move from page to page on the Web. (2) To move through the menu structure in a software application. the emerging digital TV landscape." Jack Perry, 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 Decisionmark, is also happy with the new alliance with BroadLogic. "BroadLogic is a perfect partner for the TitanTV initiative, we are pleased to be working with them," commented Mr. Perry. "We're also pleased to be the company that stepped up to serve as the DTV conduit conduit /con·du·it/ (kon´doo-it) channel. ileal conduit the surgical anastomosis of the ureters to one end of a detached segment of ileum, the other end being used to form a stoma on the for broadcasters, CE manufacturers, retailers, computer industry companies and consumers with TitanTV," Mr. Perry continued. The companies that have agreed to participate in the TitanTV.com initiative include: AmeriLink, Hauppauge Digital, Inc., Intel Corp., PAX TV, United Paramount Network and Winegard Company. For a complete list of participating TitanTV companies, see the logos at the bottom of the TitanTV home page at: http://www.TitanTV.com. About BroadLogic BroadLogic Network Technologies is the leading provider of satellite 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). networking equipment for sending and receiving high-speed video and data. The company is focused on providing innovative products for data broadcasting and 2-way satellite applications that bring media-rich content to large corporations, Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the infrastructure providers and DTV broadcasters and their customers. BroadLogic is located on the Web at www.broadlogic.com. About Decisionmark Corporation Established in 1993 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Decisionmark develops state-of-the-art software and applications for consumers and business decisionmakers based on its data analysis and mapping technology. Decisionmark Corporation is recognized today as a technology leader in the broadcast, satellite and antenna industries, having pioneered the use of Internet-based technology Refers to the communications infrastructure of the Internet, which is based on the IP protocol. IP is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. It may also refer to voice over IP (VoIP), which uses the Internet to make telephone calls. See VoIP, IP and TCP/IP. in the broadcast world. Over 95% of network broadcast affiliates use the software company's data analysis product, ProximityTV.com(TM). |
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