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TELE-satellite Magazine Industry Interview of the Month
TELEMANN
Christian Mass
TSI: Mr. Yong Man Kim, TELEMANN presented
the first pc-card, able to receive
MPEG-II-signals on the world-market. Shortly
followed by the more sophisticated SKyMedia
200-card. What are the main differences
between this two products?
YMK: To the SkyMedia-200 we added the
following functions: more data throughput
rate from 5 Mbps to 60 Mbps, on board
graphic-overlay function, external smartcard
reader, remote control for the tvfunction
and DiSEqC 1.0. All application
software as upgrade is downloadable via
Internet and satellite.
TSI: You just mentioned the smartcardreader.
What is the meaning of this additional
device?
YMK: The external smartcard-reader is
for CAS. We will soon launch Viaccess.
TSI: Besides the function as a MPEG-II
receiver, the card also could be used to get
access to the Internet via satellite?
YMK: Yes, this makes our product universal
TSI: Fine, but a such feature is worthless, if
you got no agreement with one or more satellite
organizations and net-providers.
TELEMANN’s PC card
YMK: In Italy our card are used by
COMNET, in France it is VISIOSAT, in
the UK our maincustomer is EASYNET.
Additional we have agreements with
ASTRA-NET, the DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
and EUTELSAT.
TSI: Coming back to the features of this
The
TELEMANN
team at their
workplace
product. Usual tv-cards display the signal just
on the monitor of the PC. Very often connectors
to a external PAL/SECAM/NTSC-monitor
are missing and the audio is passed on to the
soundcard. Does the SkyMedia-200 allow the
the use of external A/V-equipment?
YMK: Our PC card can be connected to
all external AV-devices via RCA-ports.
TSI: So this card is able to work on MPSC
and SCPC signals in the c- and ku-band and
is fully DVB-compatible. But how is the situation
on PowerVu, to make ist universal?
YMK: In Asia we did not have any problems
to receive PowerVu and - as your
magazine stated in a test of our product
- the same is valid for Europe. We did not
TELE-satellite interviewed Yong Man
Kim from TELEMANN
test the card yet in the USA.
TSI: In Europe emerged a new standard.
The so called OPEN TV. Will you adapt the
card to this standard?
YMK: Yes, if successful, we will adapt to
this standard in 1999.
TSI: It looks like the SkyMedia-200 is in
deed a universal device. Which are the main
markets of this product?
YMK: The first target market is data/
Internet/multimedia via satellite. But at the
same time, we start to sell into the digital
STB-market for computer-users, who want
to watch TV on the PC-monitor.
TSI: What are you expecting from a future
importer of the SkyMedia-200 and what can
the importer expect from you?
YMK: Flexibility and market-knowledge.
We offer a easy-selling product and technical
support. One technical training we had
alreday last November at the EUTELSATseminar
in Paris for the engineers of our
European dealers and a second seminar
will follow this year in March.
TSI: Do you think multmedia - and your
card is a part of it - will be accepted on a
world-wide basis during the next years, or
only in certain regions?
YMK: I have confidence in data and
multimedia services via satellite. It is the
best solution and will be commercialised
very soon. I alreday contacted many satellite
companies and digital TV broadcasting
companies in Europa, the US and in Asia.
Surprisingly, many of the companies are
now planing, considering or preparing
their “Internet+Data+Multimedia”-services.
During 1999, in Europe more then
10 companies will start their commercial
services. Also in the USA more then 10
and in Asia more then 6 companies will
follow.
This is due the lack of bandwidth capac-
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