Bell Atlantic tests video over phone lines. (Bell Atlantic Information Services)

Broadcasting & Cable, June, 1993 by Scully, Sean

Major programers contribute to development and testing of system, said to be first, of full-motion video via existing fiber optic, copper wiring; programers have not agreed to any future commercial use

Scores of major programers are cooperating with telephone company Bell Atlantic to test the use of digitally compressed, full-motion video over existing telephone lines.

Bell Atlantic demonstrated what it said was the first such transmission over a live telephone network at its corporate headquarters in Arlington, Va., on June 14. Bell Atlantic Information Services President Art Bushkin said that as many as 200 companies contributed material to the development and testing of the system. A partial list included such major names as the BBC, BET,...

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