Off Air Electronics to Exclusively Recommend PhaseKrypt Pay TV System Products.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 1996--Macrovision announced today that Off Air Electronics Ltd. of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, has agreed to exclusively recommend scrambling See scramble. systems and set-tops based upon Macrovision's PhaseKrypt Pay TV Scrambling System to their MMDS (Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service or Microwave Multipoint Distribution Service) A digital wireless transmission system that works in the 2.2-2.4 GHz range. and CATV (Community Antenna TV) The original name for cable TV. It used a single antenna at the highest location in the community in order to deliver a quality signal to homes in areas with hilly terrain or other interference. customers. "PhaseKrypt offers a combination of security, concealment, and price that makes it an ideal choice for our customers in the Middle East and Africa. It will also serve the needs of our European customers looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. more cost-effective methods of securing their premium services," stated Patrick Keys, Off Air's founder and Managing Director. "Off Air has selected one of the most advanced video protection technologies now available. The PhaseKrypt Pay TV System provides high security digital encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. to give system operators peace of mind. At the same time, PhaseKrypt's low cost analog descrambling lets Macrovision's Licensed Manufacturers offer products that are priced competitively to those scrambling systems that use low security sync suppression and inversion inversion /in·ver·sion/ (in-ver´zhun) 1. a turning inward, inside out, or other reversal of the normal relation of a part. 2. a term used by Freud for homosexuality. 3. techniques," remarked Greg Ellis Greg Ellis may refer to:
A major TV distribution project to provide multi-channel TV programming throughout Pakistan will be one of the first Off Air projects to benefit from this cooperation. SHAHEEN PAY TV PAKISTAN, a consortium of Pakistani investors, plans to provide initially a total of 14 channels to viewers in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore, with eventual extension of the service to all major population centers throughout the country. SHAHEEN PAY TV PAKISTAN was awarded the exclusive license for the provision of Wireless Cable and Hardwire Cable TV nationwide. Planning for the new service has been underway since early 1995, and test transmissions from a site atop a 24 floor high-rise building high-rise building Multistory building taller than the maximum height people are willing to walk up, thus requiring vertical mechanical transportation. The introduction of safe passenger elevators made practical the erection of buildings more than four or five stories tall. in the center of Karachi city, are now in progress. This MMDS Wireless Cable system will provide reception of the 14 TV channels to 2 million TV homes within 40 kilometers of the city, with a planned extension of the service to 28 channels within the first year. Off Air Electronics Ltd. is a supplier of Cable TV, MMDS and Telecommunication products and services, including network engineering and installation. Those who follow the events in the world of Wireless Cable will be aware that Ireland is the first country in the world to have a wireless cable system providing nationwide multi-channel TV. Off Air Electronics played a significant part in the establishment of that system, and has since built on that experience through the provision of systems in a number of African countries. Macrovision Corporation creates, designs, manufactures, licenses and markets technologies to protect the interests of content providers in the distribution of video and audio programming. The company offers products and services for the home video, pay-per-view, cable, satellite, and corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. markets. Macrovision has subsidiaries in London and Tokyo, with headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. -0- Note to Editors: Additional background information on Macrovision Corporation and other Scrambling products is also available through our Fax-On-Demand System at 800/344-7833. Macrovision is a registered trademark of Macrovision Corporation CONTACT: Macrovision Corporation Greg Ellis, 408/743-8600 |
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