Vol II No 6, June 1993 `Pe °PAN • e -e• .4 7 e. 416 e • ECHNOLOG c3d) International Edition Montreux Symposium Broadens Its Reach Show Hopes to Unite Creative And Technical Professionals MONTREUX, Switzerland Organizers of grams that were made possible by the use the biennial Montreux International Tele- of digital and high definition technology. vision Symposium predict this year's In fact, the emerging digital technolo- event, 10-15 June, will spark interest gies, particularly digital processing and from the creative and business side of the compression, are much of the reason industry as well as the technical side. behind the convergence of the broadcast, The conference sessions and special pro- cable and production communities, a fact grams this year will broaden their focus to recognized by the Montreux ITS. include all aspects of the industry. "The digital invasion is not only in "In the past, we tried to have sessions transmission but in production equip- just for creative people, but they weren't ment," said ITS Director Michel Ferla. well attended, because what they really "We are opening up and trying to be a wanted was to talk to the technical people bridge between the technological world about what they needed and wanted," and the creative one." said Rupert Stow, press officer for the "The trend is that there is a welding Montreux ITS. "So this year in the ses- together of cable and broadcast—creative sions we're introducing people from the and technical—because when you are creative world so they can (interact with) talking about digital compression and the technical world." processing, they share many of the same This effort to unite the creative, engineer- problems," added Stow. ing and business aspects of new technology includes a Weekend Forum, 11-12 June. Preparing for the future Focusing on high definition, the Forum will In addition to the Weekend Forum, include such topics as HD in Cinema Pro- equipment exhibition and a host of ductions, New Panoramas in Creativity, broadcast and cable sessions, there will • • • fr....ir-p• rig., Strategies and Economics, as well as a ses- be a "Future Technology Day," to be vim •4. ".. sion and demonstration on multimedia. held 14 June. This new concept was designed to provide broadcast and cable The digital impact executives with an overview of the ,47 Also, the sixth International Electronic potential applications of imminent Cinema Festival will run concurrently technology, and of their economic . _ _ . • _ P _ with the Symposium, presenting pro- (continued on page 16 irS•1 441114 04i 4 W.T• •1174411&.1:71S16 4 ibra tblirib lir-'wadi t • ! If I • A midst the Alps overlooking Lac Leman, Montreux provides a dramatic backdrop for the International Television Symposiu m, 1 0-1 5 June. A Dream Launches STAR-TV Part One including studios and advanced graphics and post pro- duction, into the heart of one of the most densely popu- by Morris Lee lated sites on earth, where there is no room for anything. Draw your staff from the local population where there is HONG KONG The more you learn about it, the more it overemployment and few available TV professionals. seems like a fantasy. but the fantasy already became Design for expansion and future technology; in fact, TV technology reality once and is about to do so a sec- since technology is changing so rapidly, design for ond time. Decide for yourself. Here were the original equipment that does not yet exist. Do not waste money. parameters: Get on the air on time and never go off. Oh, yes. One Start with a satellite that failed to achieve its intended more thing: Do it all within about three months. Give up? orbit. Add a dream to reach a potential audience of some three billion people, who speak and read the No quitter Hong Kong's new STAR-TV network is a showcase of world's most diverse range of languages. To serve Luckily for STAR-TV, Phil Braden did not. STAR is new and emerging technologies. those people, create five full-time broadcast networks. an acronym for Satellite Television Asia Region, and And now the technology: Braden is its vice president of broadcast operations and 6, when it was launched by a U.S. space shuttle in 1984. Present each network simultaneously in both NTSC and engineering. Alas, it failed to achieve geosynchronous orbit and was PAL. Put the production and origination facilities, The satellite in question was originally called Westar (continued on page 4) Why Have We Sold Thousands Of Our Serial DAs? 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The projector Terminates Patent ica President David E. Acker. equipped 40 kW transmitters operating in obtained a contrast ratio of 50:1, and TI is Acker, who led the defense effort, said alternate main-standby mode, and one currently working on an HDTV display Litigation that fighting the patent claims was 10T-equipped 80 kW system with two 40 that utilizes three DMDs, each containing NATICK, Massachusetts FOR.A Corp. of "almost a full-time job in its own right. kW amplifiers. 2.3 million mirrors. America and its Japanese parent, FOR.A "One of the things that made this entire Deliveries for the contract, valued at The technology was developed as part Company Ltd., have terminated litigation effort tolerable was the immense cooper- more than US$7 million, are scheduled to of a four-year contract under DARPA's that was filed in July 1991 by Video ation which I received from people be completed by the end of the year. $9.8 million High Definition Display Patents Ltd. (Vid Pro). Vid Pro's claims throughout our industry, both in the U.S. The transmitters will be outfitted with (HDD) program. targeted a number of companies that have and in England, as well as Japan, in help- Inductive Output Tubes (10Ts) operating in TI claims its DMD projectors are flick- played a leading role in the manufacture ing to deal with the issues raised by Vid common amplification mode, meaning they er-free and are brighter than CRT dis- and marketing of basic video signal pro- Pro in its lawsuit," Acker added. draw power in relation to the power require- plays. They also display more life-like cessing technology, and singled out ments of a particular signal. This eliminates colors and less visual noise, according to FOR.A for litigation in the context of a Magni, Great Valley the need to continuously operate the trans- the company. campaign to license the entire industry that mitter at a power level higher than what is Quick development of the DMDs may is involved in the distribution of equipment Products Create necessary to cover the broadcast peak. be possible because they can be mass used in video and television broadcast. For more information, contact Comark at produced using TI's existing semicon- The patents involved in the litigation Joint Venture telephone +1-215-822-0777; FAX +1-215- ductor production equipment. included four specifically in the area of BEAVERTON, Oregon Magni Systems 822-9129, or circle Reader Service 99. time base correction and video frame syn- Inc. and Great Valley Products (GVP) chronization which had originally been have created a joint venture to enter the NEW TECHNOLOGY developed by various engineers who had desktop video market. Texas Instruments worked at Consolidated Video Systems, Under the agreement, Magni's new NovaMaterm Inc. (CVS) in the 1970s. Two other patents GLock-VGA+, a VGA-to-video graphics Demonstrates involved video noise reduction for which card, will be marketed under a GVP label. Micromirror Device Vid Pro principal J. Carl Cooper had made The card, based on Magni's VGA Pro- For Vid Pro his exclusive licensing ageni ducer series, will list at US$1,200 and DALLAS, Texas Texas Instruments (T1) FOR.A contends the litigation was will be available from GVP in PAL and has demonstrated a new video projection "nothing more than an attempt by Vid Pro NTSC versions and will work on DOS- system that could revolutionize current Litt to use a 'strike suit' against the industry and Windows-based PCs.