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Nokia shows working digital terrestrial box to key audience
November 20, 1998
Nokia demonstrated a perfect live digital picture at the Voice of the Listener and Viewer (VLV) Conference in London this week. In the depths of Hamilton House, Bloomsbury, 200 people watched a crystal clear picture received through the building's aerial and the digital set-top box, the Nokia Mediamaster 9850T.
Nokia was the only set-top box manufacturer present at the 15th Anniversary meeting of the VLV Conference, invited to demonstrate the future of TV before an influential audience including Sir John Birt, Director-General of the BBC and Mrs Janet Anderson MP, Minister at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
With the keynote address of 'Public Service Broadcasting: Its purpose in the digital age', Nokia showed a comparison between the analogue and digital terrestrial signal.
"I think we impressed a lot of people here today," said David Harby, Commercial Manager at Nokia. "It seems viewers are unsure about the quality of digital as there isn't much product in the market. Although we've shown how far advanced we are today, we are not launching our product until we have completed extensive transmission and box testing."
Nokia is the world's leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile and fixed telecom networks including related customer services. Nokia also supplies solutions and products for fixed and wireless datacom, as well as multimedia terminals and computer monitors. In 1997, net sales totaled FIM 52.6 billion (USD 9.8 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on five European Stock Exchanges and on the New York Stock Exchange (NOK.A), has sales in 130 countries and employs more than 42,000 people world-wide.
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