Very interesting piece at the EETimes about the cable industry adopting MPEG-4 as their streaming media standard (over closed proprietary systems from microsoft, real and apple.) Sounds like some good thinking. I like this part: "...with channels 1 to 300 dedicated to broadcasting digital TV programs and channels 301 to 3 million [reserved] for streaming high-quality video on demand." I can hear it now, "Please tune in to channel one million seven hundred and fifty thousand four hundred and twenty three..."
- jim 5-15-2000 6:02 pm




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