Foster City, California-based NCube Corp has announced development agreements with Pioneer Electronic Corp and Stellar One Corp. With Pioneer, nCube will couple Pioneer’s optical disk technology with its digital media server products to create video-on-demand systems. The two companies are also developing a system that enables users to customise video-server implementations specifically for their application and storage requirements. With Seattle, Washington-based Stellar One the idea is to ensure technical interoperability between the companies’ products. Stellar One and nCube systems have already been used together in interactive digital video trials at Bell Atlantic Corp and Telecom Italia SpA. Stellar One makes set-top interactive video terminals while nCube’s parallel processors store the video. As the interactive industry has emerged, the introduction of new transmissions media, new communications protocols such as the ATM Adaptation Layers, and industry standards like Digital Storage Media-Control Command, makes it vital that all can be integrated. The two companies plan to focus on joint sales and marketing.
