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Dotcast, a privately held broadband communications technology
developer, was founded in May 1999, and is currently headquartered
in Kent, Washington.
The technology underlying Dotcast was developed over years of research
by renowned cable and broadcasting engineers. The company received
FCC authorization to operate in July 2002.
Additional operating milestones:
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In October 2003, Dotcast launched service in
three U.S. cities with Buena Vista Datacasting. |
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Our e-field antenna design premiered at the
Consumer Electronics Show in January 2005. |
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In March 2005, Dotcast began trials on major
cable TV plants for our embedded digital bandwidth upgrade for
cable. |
This innovative company has engineered a number of breakthrough
digital broadcast technologies that provide comprehensive value
for companies seeking digital data distribution solutions.
Dotcast delivers these solutions in several forms:
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Cable Solutions
that enable a fully digital tier of service within a fixed analog
system – without requiring additional bandwidth or a plant
rebuild. This enables cable operators to offer full digital
services using existing infrastructure without sacrificing any
current capacity or program offerings. |
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Terrestrial
Datacasting Solutions enable broadcasters and content
providers to send a high capacity data stream over the air using
the existing television infrastructure. This enables content
providers to cost effectively deliver large volumes of digital
data while providing broadcasters a new revenue stream. |
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Innovative
Antenna Products, which improve reception for both
digital and analog broadcast signals. |
One of Dotcast’s datacasting customers is The Walt Disney
Company. Disney uses Dotcast dNTSC® technology to provide subscribers
with immediate access to the latest Hollywood movies. Disney’s
MovieBeamsm movies-on-demand service is available in
several US markets.
Dotcast’s patented dNTSC® technology allows simultaneous
delivery of analog TV programming and digital content – without
disrupting the integrity of the analog or digital signal.
Dotcast’s patented dNTSC® technology enables over-the-air
distribution of a broadband data stream.
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dNTSC® uses proprietary signal processing
techniques to insert a digital signal into the analog NTSC signal,
so they share the same 6 MHz slot. |
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Digital data is inserted across an entire analog
TV channel, allowing higher data rates of up to 3.9 Mbps. |
Our dNTSC® technology offers advantages to cable operators
as well:
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dNTSC® technology can be used to place up
to 3.9 Mbps of digital data inside each analog channel of a
cable TV plant. |
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This allows a digital copy of an analog television
program to be carried inside its own analog channel; the analog
channel can effectively carry its own digital program in parallel. |
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