As a result, we are pleased to announce that both the General Instrument and DiviCom encoders have demonstrated conformance to all our checked compliance requirements to the MPEG-2 video and system layer specifications by successfully completing our first battery of more than 200 tests. Dr. Richard R. Green, CableLabs president and CEO, said the success by these companies was critical to the cable television industry. The industry appreciates the effort and refinements that these companies have made during the last year in their products. The testing currently involves verifying some 104 system transport stream elements and 73 video stream elements. These elements are checked to comply with the MPEG-2 Main Profile at Main Level definition.
Further enhancements are under development to augment current conformance testing capabilities.
Final, detailed results of the testing will be made available to CableLabs members later this year. This comparison of cable modems to phone company technology was shown to an audience of FCC commissioners and key members of Congress. Dick Green walked the guests through the demonstration and answered questions about the costs and viability of cable's high-speed data transmission technology. Green followed up the demonstration by escorting FCC Commissioner Susan Ness on a tour of the exhibit floor. CableLabs helped assuage the concerns of financial analysts about technology deployment by leading tours of the exhibit floor and providing intelligent guidance to working, real-world hardware and software being shown by various vendor companies.