PhaseKrypt Based Pay TV System Established in Brazil.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 1999--Macrovision Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : MVSN MVSN Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale (Italy) ) announced today that Eastern Electronics successfully installed its eXcel 2000 Pay TV system on 12 cable TV systems in Brazil. The eXcel 2000 system, based on Macrovision's patented PhaseKrypt(R) video scrambling technology, is installed on cable TV systems operated by Net Brazil that include operations in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, city, Brazil Rio de Janeiro (rē`ō də zhänā`rō, Port. rē`  thĭ zhənĕē`r and Sao Paulo. The installed eXcel 2000 systems manage over 650,000 PhaseKrypt-based addressable Reachable. When something is addressable, it can be identified and manipulated independently of its surroundings. For example, screen pixels and RAM memory are addressable. Each of the screen's picture elements can be individually turned on and off, and each of the memory's bytes can be decoders that have been sold by Eastern Electronics to Net Brazil for its cable operations. "The successful installation of our eXcel 2000 system at Net Brazil is a true testament to the performance and security of Macrovision's PhaseKrypt technology," stated Eugene Yen, president of Eastern Electronics. "With this enormous network installed, we have easily surpassed our initial order of 500,000 set-top decoder units and had to establish a local manufacturing site in Manaus, Brazil to meet price and delivery targets in the region." "We are very pleased with the success of the eXcel 2000 in the Brazilian market," said Heinz Griesshaber, vice president of transmission system technology support at Macrovision. "In order to ensure the eXcel 2000 network reaches its full potential we will continue to offer our technological expertise to both Eastern and Net Brazil." Macrovision licenses its patented PhaseKrypt technology to cable TV hardware manufacturers, such as Eastern Electronics, for development of complete analog addressable Pay TV systems. PhaseKrypt uniquely employs advanced digital video encoding for signal security while using analog decoding de·code tr.v. de·cod·ed, de·cod·ing, de·codes 1. To convert from code into plain text. 2. To convert from a scrambled electronic signal into an interpretable one. 3. techniques to minimize the cost of the set-top decoder. As a result, PhaseKrypt can be implemented at a low cost comparable to basic sync suppression and inversion scrambling, yet PhaseKrypt offers substantially greater signal security and better video quality. PhaseKrypt also supports individual decoder addressability, 16 program tiers and Pay-Per-View functions. About Eastern Electronics Corporation Eastern Electronics Corporation manufactures analog, digital and RF products, including cable television converters and addressable Pay TV systems. The Taiwan-based company has more than 20 years of experience in RF tuner production and 12 years in 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. decoder manufacturing. The company's addressable Pay TV decoders have been installed in 12 countries. Eastern, in conjunction with technical and marketing partners, Vision Tecnologia and Elsys Equipamentos de Seguranca, recently established a state-of-the-art manufacturing site in Manaus, Brazil. The manufacturing site in now in full operation and has already produced over 100,000 decoders out of the plant. Eastern has 1,000 employees worldwide. About Net Brazil Net Brazil is a service company which provides programming, marketing, technological and administrative services to leading Pay-TV MSOs in Brazil. Globo Group, the largest media company in Brazil, is the majority owner of Net Brazil and most of its affiliated operators which serve 1.4 million cable TV subscribers. At the 1998 Western Cable Show in Anaheim, CA, Net Brazil's operation in Sao Paulo was awarded as 'System of the Year.' About Macrovision Macrovision Corporation develops and markets technologies to prevent the illicit duplication, reception or use of video and audio programs and computer software. The Company provides its products and services primarily to the home video, consumer multimedia software, pay-per-view, cable, satellite, and video security markets. Macrovision has its headquarters in Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. with subsidiaries in London and Tokyo. All statements contained herein, as well as oral statements that may be made by the Company or by officers, directors or employees of the Company acting on the Company's behalf, that are not statements of historical fact, constitute "forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. " and are made pursuant to the Safe-Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual results of the Company to be materially different from the historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties are outlined in the Company's Registration statement on Form S-3 and in its reports on Form 10QSB QSB Fading QSB Qualified Small Business (IRS category) QSB Queen Street Backpackers (Auckland, New Zealand) QSB Quality System Basics QSB Qualified Supplemental Benefit QSB Quantum Singleton Bound and Form 10KSB KSB Kogod School of Business (American University) KSB Kelley School of Business (Indiana University) KSB Kantonsschule Am Brühl St. . The Company is not obligated ob·li·gate tr.v. ob·li·gat·ed, ob·li·gat·ing, ob·li·gates 1. To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force. 2. To cause to be grateful or indebted; oblige. to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release. Note to Editors: PhaseKrypt is a registered trademark of Macrovision Corporation. Additional background information can be obtained from Macrovision Corporation's Web Site at http://www.macrovision.com |
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