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`UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
`WASHINGTON, D.C.
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`Before the Honorable MaryJoan McNamara
`Administrative Law Judge
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`In the Matter of
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`CERTAIN DIGITAL VIDEO
`RECEIVERS, BROADBAND
`GATEWAYS, AND RELATED
`HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
`COMPONENTS
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`COMPLAINANTS’ IDENTIFICATION OF EXPERT WITNESSES
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`Pursuant to Order No. 3 (June 7, 2019), Order No. 4 (June 21, 2019) and Ground Rule 5,
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`Complainants Rovi Corporation and Rovi Guides, Inc. (Rovi) identifies the following individuals
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`as experts who may testify on behalf of Rovi in this Investigation. This identification of experts
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`and expected areas of testimony is based on Rovi’s current understanding of the evidence
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`produced during discovery. Discovery is ongoing, and Rovi reserves the right to supplement this
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`identification as additional information becomes available.
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`Jim Williams
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`Mr. Williams is an expert in the areas set forth in his curriculum vitae, including the field
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`of art of interactive program guides, digital video recorders, and related subject matter. A copy
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`of Mr. Williams’ curriculum vitae is attached hereto as Exhibit 1. Mr. Williams may testify
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`regarding the technical background and state of the art relevant to the Asserted Patents, the
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`design and operation of the domestic industry articles, the design and operation of the Accused
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`Products, and any other matters that may arise within Mr. Williams’ expertise. Mr. Williams
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`may testify as part of Rovi’s case-in-chief as well as in rebuttal to address Respondents’ expert
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`reports and any fact and expert testimony regarding the same.
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`Ryan Sullivan, Ph.D.
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`Dr. Sullivan is an expert in the areas set forth in his curriculum vitae, including the field
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`of intellectual property, antitrust, economics, finance, and statistics. A copy of Dr. Sullivan’s
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`curriculum vitae is attached hereto as Exhibit 2. Dr. Sullivan may be called on to testify
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`regarding the existence of a domestic industry as to the Asserted Patents, including the
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`associated investments and other related expenditures relevant to the same, commercial success,
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`the appropriate remedy and bond in the event a violation of Section 337 is found, and any other
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`matters within Dr. Sullivan’s expertise. Dr. Sullivan may testify as part of Rovi’s case-in-chief as
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`well as in rebuttal to address Respondents’ expert reports and any fact and expert testimony
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`regarding the same.
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`Dr. Samuel H. Russ
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`Dr. Russ is an expert in the areas set forth in his curriculum vitae, including the field of
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`art of interactive program guides, digital video recorders, and related subject matter. A copy of
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`Dr. Russ’ curriculum vitae is attached hereto as Exhibit 3. Mr. Russ may testify regarding the
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`technical background and state of the art relevant to the 7,386,871 and 8,156,528 Patents, the
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`interpretation of the asserted claims of the 7,386,871 and 8,156,528 Patents, the validity of the
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`asserted claims of the 7,386,871 and 8,156,528 Patents, the design and operation of the domestic
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`industry articles and whether those articles are protected by any claim of the 7,386,871 and
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`8,156,528 Patents, the design and operation of the Accused Products, the infringement of the
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`asserted claims of the 7,386,871 and 8,156,528 Patents, and any other matters that may arise
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`rebuttal to address Respondents’ expert reports and any fact and expert testimony regarding the
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`Kevin Almeroth
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`Mr. Almeroth is an expert in the areas set forth in his curriculum vitae, including the field
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`of art of interactive program guides, digital video recorders, and related subject matter. A copy of
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`Mr. Almeroth’s curriculum vitae is attached hereto as Exhibit 4. Mr. Almeroth may testify
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`regarding the technical background and state of the art relevant to the 7,779,445 and 8,001,564
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`Patents, the interpretation of the asserted claims of the 7,779,445 and 8,001,564 Patents, the
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`validity of the asserted claims of the 7,779,445 and 8,001,564 Patents, the design and operation
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`of the domestic industry articles and whether those articles are protected by any claim of the
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`7,779,445 and 8,001,564 Patents, the design and operation of the Accused Products, the
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`infringement of the asserted claims of the 7,779,445 and 8,001,564 Patents, and any other
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`matters that may arise within Mr. Almeroth’s expertise. Mr. Almeroth may testify as part of
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`Rovi’s case-in-chief as well as in rebuttal to address Respondents’ expert reports and any fact
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`and expert testimony regarding the same.
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`Mark Jones
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`Mr. Jones is an expert in the areas set forth in his curriculum vitae, including the field of
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`art of interactive program guides, digital video recorders, and related subject matter. A copy of
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`Mr. Jones’ curriculum vitae is attached hereto as Exhibit 5. Mr. Jones may testify regarding the
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`technical background and state of the art relevant to the 7,301,900 and 7,200,855 Patents, the
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`interpretation of the asserted claims of the 7,301,900 and 7,200,855 Patents, the validity of the
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`industry articles and whether those articles are protected by any claim of the 7,301,900 and
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`7,200,855 Patents, the design and operation of the Accused Products, the infringement of the
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`asserted claims of the 7,301,900 and 7,200,855 Patents, and any other matters that may arise
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`within Mr. Jones’ expertise. Mr. Jones may testify as part of Rovi’s case-in-chief as well as in
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`rebuttal to address Respondents’ expert reports and any fact and expert testimony regarding the
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`Sean Iyer
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`Mr. Iyer is an expert in the areas set forth in his curriculum vitae, including the field of
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`art of applied economics, pricing, damages, surveys, market research methods, and related
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`subject matter. A copy of Mr. Iyer’s curriculum vitae is attached hereto as Exhibit 6. Mr. Iyer
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`may be called on to testify regarding Comcast’s customers use of the Accused Products and
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`Accused Functionalities, and any other matters within Mr. Iyer’s expertise. Mr. Iyer may testify
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`as part of Rovi’s case-in-chief as well as in rebuttal to address Respondents’ expert reports and
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`any fact and expert testimony regarding the same.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Douglas A. Cawley
`Douglas A. Cawley
`Richard A. Kamprath
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`Crescent Court, Suite 1500
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`Telephone: (214) 978-4000
`Telecopier: (214) 978-4044
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`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`300 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2900
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`Telephone: (213) 694-1200
`Telecopier: (213) 694-1234
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`John B. Campbell
`Joshua W. Budwin
`Leah Buratti
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`300 W. Sixth Street, Suite 1700
`Austin, Texas 78701
`Telephone: (512) 692-8700
`Telecopier: (512) 692-8744
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`Matthew Rizzolo
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20006-6807
`(202) 508-4600
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`Counsel for Complainants
`Rovi Corporation and Rovi Guides, Inc.
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`The Honorable Lisa R. Barton
`Secretary to the Commission
`U.S. International Trade Commission
`500 E Street S.W., Room 112
`Washington, D.C. 20436
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`The Honorable MaryJoan McNamara
`Administrative Law Judge
`U.S. International Trade Commission
`500 E Street, S.W., Room 317
`Washington, DC 20436
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`Jae Lee, Esq.
`Attorney Advisor
`U.S. International Trade Commission
`500 E Street, S.W., Room 317
`Washington, DC 20436
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`Cortney Hoecherl
`Office of Unfair Import Investigations
`U.S. International Trade Commission
`500 E Street, SW, Room 401
`Washington, DC 20436
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`Bert C. Reiser
`LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
`555 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite 1000
`Washington, DC 20004
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`Counsel for Comcast Respondents
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`Tanya J. Wood
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`Jim C. Williams
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`3259 Silver Maple Drive, Yorba Linda, CA 92886
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`jimwilliams@mediasands.com
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` +1-818-633-5181
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`Summary
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`An executive with a broad spectrum of leadership, management, technology,
`operations and business experience.
`• Founded Media Strategies and Solutions, LLC, a
`media and entertainment consultancy whose
`clients include content producers, distributors and
`technology companies.
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`• Serves as an expert witness.
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`• Led Hollywood industry’s efforts to facilitate a
`smooth digital transition, working with content
`producers, distributors, technology companies,
`advocacy groups and governments.
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`• Worked closely with the six major motion
`picture studios to advance movie and television
`producer’s interests in various technology-related capacities, including content
`protection
`license negotiation,
`license enforcement,
`industry
`relations,
`government relations, pro-technology public outreach and standardization.
`Expanded such initiatives internationally into Europe, Latin America, Asia-
`Pacific and, specifically, into China.
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`• Led business startup of DIRECTV Japan, the fastest full-scale Direct Broadcast
`Satellite startup in history.
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`• Led the launch team for the first U.S. nationwide HDTV service.
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`• Formed and led DIRECTV set-top box development team.
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`• Managed up to 300 employees and up to 70 development engineers.
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`• Managed a $20M/year research and development budget.
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`• Holds fifteen (15) US Patents plus numerous foreign patents (see attachment for
`details).
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`• Has won six (6) Technology and Engineering and Advanced Media Technology
`Emmy Awards as part of various engineering teams (see attachment).
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`• Prolific public speaker and author able to communicate complex ideas in
`understandable terms having delivered over fifty addresses on five continents.
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`• Well-rounded systems engineer with strong background in hardware, software,
`and chip design.
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`• Member of Board of Directors, Mastermedia International.
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`Education
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`▪ MS, Electrical Engineering, California State University, Long Beach.
`▪ BS, Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles.
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`Professional
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`experience
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`2010 – present
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`Media Strategies and Solutions, LLC
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`▪ President & Founder
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`Founded a consultancy to bridge the traditional divide between technology
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`providers and major media producers, helping each to understand and work
`well with the other. Clients include content producers and distributors,
`security technology providers, computer/information technology providers,
`consumer electronics companies, mobile and semiconductor companies and
`Internet infrastructure providers. My consultancy works with clients to
`define and implement new media distribution and product strategies with
`special focus on technology, business, copyright protection and regulatory
`matters. A foundational objective is lowering legal, technical and business
`risk for my clients. I also serve as an expert witness.
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`2002 – 2010
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`Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.
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`▪ Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer (2007 – 2010)
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`Led the Office of Technology for the Motion Picture Association of America,
`Inc. (MPAA) in its efforts to facilitate a smooth digital transition that provides
`consumers new ways to enjoy Hollywood content when, where and how they
`want. Worked closely with the six major motion picture studios to advance
`movie and television producer’s interests throughout the world in various
`capacities, including content protection license negotiation, license enforcement,
`industry relations, government relations and standardization. Worked closely
`with other departments to align technology activities with the overall priorities of
`the MPAA.
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`▪ Vice President, Television & Video Systems (2002-2007)
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`Led motion picture industry participation in a broad range of television and
`video engineering standards-setting activities. Worked proactively with the
`consumer electronics and computer industries to safeguard motion picture
`and television content in future products. Spot checked products as they
`entered the market to ensure that they fulfilled legal and contractual
`commitments. Supported lobbying and regulatory activities throughout the
`world. Led all international technology initiatives of the MPAA’s
`international counterpart, the Motion Picture Association (MPA).
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`2001 – 2002
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`Independent Consultant
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`Performed strategic planning, systems engineering and program management
`in digital television, digital entertainment and digital rights management on a
`key project for a leading conditional access system provider.
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`1995 – 2001
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`DIRECTV, Inc. (GM Hughes)
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`▪ Director, Product Development (1999-2001)
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`Formed and led DIRECTV’s first receiver development team.
`• Hired & managed a multi-disciplined team of 70 engineers.
`• Managed a $20M/yr research and development budget.
`• Established design processes and support infrastructure.
`• Formed external relationships and managed contracts.
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`jimwilliams@mediasands.com
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` +1-818-633-5181
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`▪ Director, HDTV Program (1998-1999)
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`Launched first nationwide HDTV service.
`• Directed all HDTV start of service activities of DIRECTV.
`• Built cross-functional team from engineering, broadcast operations, sales,
`programming, customer service, IT, finance, legal and public relations.
`• Rolled out high definition channels and receivers on budget and on schedule.
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`▪ Director, DIRECTV Japan Enterprise Startup Team (1997-1998)
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`Launched DIRECTV Japan (DTVJ), the fastest full-scale Direct Broadcast
`Satellite (DBS) business startup in history.
`• Reported to the Chairman of DTVJ acting as COO during startup.
`• Directed day-to-day activities/priorities of the 300+ person company.
`• Formed business launch team from key Japanese senior managers and U.S.
`experts from Corporate Planning, Sales, Programming, Finance, Engineering,
`Operations, IT, and Customer Service departments.
`• Launched service on December 1, 1997, beating expectations.
`• Directed operations of company for first 2 months of service.
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`▪ Director/Sr.Manager, Multi-user Systems (1995-1997)
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`Formed, hired and led engineering team within DIRECTV to address the
`apartment, condominium, hotel, and airborne markets.
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`1982 – 1995
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`GM Hughes Electronics
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`▪ Manager/Sr. Staff Engineer, Display Systems Laboratory (1991-1995)
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`Led R&D activities in multimedia technologies for entertainment, security,
`financial, medical, and command and control business initiatives.
`• Developed real-time image compression and processing technologies.
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`• Performed research on Digital Cinema and HDTV display systems.
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`• Developed digital video solutions for in-flight entertainment (IFE) & founded/
`chaired an IFE standards committee to transition IFE to digital movies.
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`International Standards – Led US delegation to JBIG. Participated in MPEG
`and JPEG. Founding member of Digital Audio-Visual Council (DAVIC).
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`▪ MTS, Staff & Sr. Staff Naval & Maritime Systems (1982-1991)
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`Developed from a prolific hardware, software, and chip designer into a well-
`rounded systems engineer.
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`• Performed several hardware designs for sonar array test set, naval display
`systems, and air traffic control display systems. Most designs were error free.
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`• Developed a high performance, computer graphics rendering ASIC.
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`• Performed high-level language coding, assembly language coding and machine
`language coding for several projects.
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`• Managed groups of hardware, software and test engineers and proposal teams.
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`Patents, awards and publications attachment
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`Patents
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`1. US Patent 5,557,298. Method for receiving a video window's boundary coordinates to
`partition a video signal and compress it's components. Awarded 9/17/1996.
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`2. US Patent 5,790,175. Aircraft Satellite Television System for Distributing Television
`Programming Derived from Direct Broadcast Satellite. Awarded 8/4/1998.
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`3. US Patent 5,926,611. High resolution digital recorder and method using lossy and lossless
`compression technique. Awarded 7/20/1999.
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`4. US Patent 5,970,386. Transmodulated Broadcast Delivery System for Use in Multiple
`Dwelling Units. Awarded 10/19/1999.
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`5. US Patent 6,005,620. Statistical Multiplexer for Live and Pre-Compressed Video. Awarded
`12/21/1999.
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`6. US Patent 6,100,853. Receiver/Transmitter System Including a Planar Waveguide-to-stripline
`adapter. Awarded 8/8/2000.
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`7. US Patent 6,134,419. Transmodulated Broadcast Delivery System for Use in Multiple
`Dwelling Units. Awarded 10/17/2000.
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`8. US Patent 6,188,436. Video Broadcast System with Video Data Shifting. Awarded 2/13/2001.
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`9. US Patent 6,216,250. Error encoding method and apparatus for satellite and cable signals.
`Awarded 4/10/2001.
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`10. US Patent 6,493,873. Transmodulator with dynamically selectable channels. Awarded
`12/10/2002.
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`11. US Patent 7,047,029. Adaptive transmission system. Awarded 5/16/2006.
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`12. US Patent 7,450,930. Digital rights management using a triangulating geographic locating
`device. Awarded 11/11/2008.
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`13. US Patent 7,454,019. System and Method for controlling display of Copy-Never content.
`Awarded 11/18/2008.
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`14. US Patent 7,512,987. Adaptive digital rights management system for plural device domains.
`Awarded 3/31/2009.
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`15. US Patent 7,676,219. Digital rights management using a triangulating geographic locating
`device. Awarded 3/9/2010.
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`16. – on. Numerous foreign patents.
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`Patents, awards and publications attachment (continued)
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`Awards
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`1. Hughes Electronics Corporate Patent Award 1996 for Transmodulator patents.
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`2. Hughes Electronics Corporate Patent Award 1999 for various patents.
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`3. Hughes Electronics Corporate Patent Award 2000 for Statistical Multiplex patent.
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`4. Several Hughes Achievement, Superior Performance, Outstanding Contribution and
`Outstanding Team Contribution awards.
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`5. Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for “Pioneering Development of Direct to Home
`Digital Satellite Broadcasting”, DIRECTV, 1995.
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`6. Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for “Standardization of JPEG, MPEG 1 and MPEG
`2”, ISO and IEC, 1996.
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`7. Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for “Pioneering Application of SMPTE 270 Mb/s
`Technology to Large Scale Television Facilities”, DIRECTV, 1997.
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`8. Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for “Preprocessing of baseband video for digital
`compressed transmission system to deliver pictures with maximum subjective quality and
`minimum bit rates”, DIRECTV, 2000.
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`9. Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for “Pioneering Efforts in the Development of Spot
`Beam Satellites for Distribution of Local Broadcast Channels Directly to Home Receivers”,
`DIRECTV, 2004.
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`10. Advanced Media Technology Emmy Award for “Closed Caption Standardization”, CEA,
`National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Outstanding Achievement
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`Technical/Engineering Development Award, 2005.
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`Publications
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`“Tactical Sensor Data Compression for Military Multimedia Systems”, AIAA Conf., San Diego,
`October 1993.
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`“Airborne Satellite Television”, Avion magazine, Fourth Quarter, 1994, pp 43-54.
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`3.
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`Indian Sub-Continent Aircraft Technology &
`In-flight Entertainment Revolution”,
`“The
`Maintenance Conference, Bombay, June 1995.
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`“HDTV on the DIRECTV Platform”, SMPTE/USC Seminar - Production and Display
`Technologies for Advanced Television, Los Angeles, May 1998.
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`5.
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`“HDTV Rollout: Technical Hurdles”, DBS Summit, Denver, June 1998.
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`“HDTV on DIRECTV”, SBCA Distributor Forum, Nashville, July 1998.
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`“DBS Opportunities for China”, State Administration for Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT)
`conference, Beijing, June 1999.
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`“MPAA Views on Secure Home Networking”, ITU Home Services and Home Networking
`workshop, Tokyo, June 2004.
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`9.
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`“Deploying a Viable Digital Television System”, SET (Brazilian Society of Television and
`Telecommunications Engineering) Conference, Sao Paulo, August 2004.
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`10. “Content Interoperability on Secure Home Networks”, Digital Hollywood, Santa Monica,
`September 2004.
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`11. “MPAA Views on TelcoTV Content Protection”, TelcoTV 2004, Orlando, November 2004.
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`12. “DVB Content Protection and Copy Management”, DVB World 2005, Dublin, March 2005.
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`13. “Content Owner’s Views on Digital Cable Ready Products and Secure Home Networking”,
`The National Show (NCTA), San Francisco, April 2005.
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`14. “Managing Rights in a Digital Home”, Connections Conference, San Francisco, May 2005.
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`15. “Protecting Digital Broadcast Content from Unauthorized Redistribution”, BroadcastAsia 2005,
`Singapore, June 2005.
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`16. “Preserving the Viability of Digital Broadcast TV”, Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU)
`Technical Review, No. 219 July-August 2005, pp 14-21.
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`17. “Challenges in Content Protection”, IBC, Amsterdam, September 2005.
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`18. “Hollywood Views on Enabling Content Interoperability in the Digital Home”, Digital Home
`Developer’s Conference, Taipei, September 2005.
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`19. “Preserving the Viability of Digital Broadcast TV”, ABU 1st Annual International DTV
`Symposium, Kuala Lumpur, October 2005.
`
`20. “Content Copyright and Broadcast Legislation”, ABU 1st Annual International DTV Symposium,
`Kuala Lumpur, October 2005.
`
`21. “Protecting Movies and TV: Traditional and New Media”, 12th Shanghai TV Festival, Magnolia
`International Forum, People’s Republic of China, June 2006
`
`22. “Worldwide Content Protection Systems (including DVB CPCM)”, Broadcast Asia, Singapore,
`June 2006.
`
`23. “The Entertainment Experience”, Digital Living Conference, Singapore, June 2006.
`
`24. “Worldwide Content Protection Systems – A Primer for Chip Developer’s”, ARM Partner’s
`Meeting, St. John’s College, Cambridge, UK, August 2006.
`
`25. “The Transition to Digital TV: Prevention of Unauthorized Redistribution”, SET (Brazilian
`Society of Television and Telecommunications Engineering) Conference, Sao Paulo, and
`seminars in Brasilia and Buenos Aires, August 2006.
`
`26. “A Promising Future: Content Protection and Anti-Piracy”, SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal,
`September 2006, pp. 334-341.
`
`27. “Content Protection/Piracy”, Session Chair, SMPTE Technical Conference, Hollywood,
`October 2006.
`
`28. “Views from Hollywood: Offering Consumers Choice through Digital Cable TV”, European
`Cable Congress, Amsterdam, February 2007.
`
`29. “Content Protection – Protecting Digital Broadcast TV”, session chair, Asia-Pacific
`Broadcasting Union (ABU) 2nd International DTV Symposium, Kuala Lumpur, March 2007.
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`Jim C. Williams
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`3259 Silver Maple Drive, Yorba Linda, CA 92886
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`jimwilliams@mediasands.com
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` +1-818-633-5181
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`Publications
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`continued)
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`30. “Preserving the Viability of Australian Digital Broadcast TV”, Television Industry Forum hosted
`by University of Melbourne Center for Media and Communications Law, Sydney, Australia,
`April 2007.
`
`31. “Content Protection in the Digital Age”, Ernst & Young Partner’s Conference, May 2007.
`
`ISPs”, 5th Annual Australian
`collaboration between Hollywood and
`32. “Growing
`Telecommunications Summit, Sydney, Australia, August 2007.
`
`33. “Worldwide Content Protection Systems – Enabling New Choices for Consumers”, IBC,
`Amsterdam, September 2007.
`
`34. “New Technical Developments in Content Protection”, American-German Copyright Law
`Summit, Los Angeles, October 2007.
`
`35. “Content Protection – Enabling New Choices for Consumers”, Digital Future Symposium,
`Singapore, November 2007.
`
`36. “New Media and Distribution”, panel moderator, Digital Future Symposium, Singapore,
`November 2007.
`
`37. “Global directions in the use of technology to fight movie theft”, keynote address, Independent
`Cinemas Association of Australia (ICAA), Sydney, Australia, February 2008.
`
`38. "Enforcing DMCA on the Web: What's Working, What's Next?", Tech Policy Summit,
`Hollywood, March 2008.
`
`39. “Service Providers and Content Providers Talk the Digital Rights Management Language”,
`NXTCOMM TechThink, Las Vegas, June 2008.
`
`40. “Content protection enables consumer choice”, Global Forum 2008, Athens, Greece, October
`2008.
`
`41. “The Dynamics of China’s Coming IPTV Revolution”, CASBAA Legal Seminar, Hong Kong,
`October 2008.
`
`42. “Free-to-air television protection – a US perspective”, World Content Protection Seminar,
`Tokyo, November 2008.
`
`43. “Protecting Copyright in a Digital Age”, Korean Copyright Commission, Korean Cultural
`Center, Los Angeles, November 2008.
`
`44. “DRM Implementation in New Media and Entertainment”, Digital Hollywood, Consumer
`Electronics Show, Las Vegas, January 2009.
`
`45. “Early collaboration for better security and better consumer experience”, HDBaseT technical
`symposium, Tokyo, January 2009.
`
`46. “Interview with Jim Williams – CTO of the MPAA”, Thomson Security Newsletter, Spring 2009.
`
`International
`Televisions Systems”,
`for Asia-Pacific Digital
`47. “Recommendations
`Telecommunication Union - Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (ITU-AIBD)
`Workshop on Content Protection, Singapore, June 2009.
`
`48. “DRM enables Consumer Choice”, Broadcast Asia, Singapore, June 2009.
`
`49. “Bringing Early Window Movies into a Networked Home”, CommunicAsia, Singapore, June
`2011.
`
`50. “Privacy of whom from whom? Tradeoffs that consumers seem willing to make (but pirates are
`not)”, Global Forum 2011, Brussels, Belgium, November, 2011.
`
`51. “Technology Piracy and Countermeasures”, Moderator, SMPTE Technology Summit for
`Cinema, NAB conference, April 2012.
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`Jim C. Williams
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`3259 Silver Maple Drive, Yorba Linda, CA 92886
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`jimwilliams@mediasands.com
`
` +1-818-633-5181
`
`Media Strategies
`
`and Solutions
`
`Led MPAA activities
`
`
`
`Technical skills attachment
`
`Areas of expertise include:
`
`• Movies, Television, HDTV, UHD, HDR, and Media, in general
`
`• Patents, Copyrights, and IP, in general
`
`•
`
`Internet, Broadband, Mobile, and Telecommunications, in general
`
`• Cable, Satellite, IPTV, Internet TV, Over-The-Top (OTT) TV, Adaptive Bitrate
`Streaming and Distribution
`
`• DRM, Conditional Access, Copyright Protection, and Security, in general
`
`• MPEG Video, Audio, and Transport, and Other Audiovisual Compression and
`Communications Algorithms
`
`• Piracy, Anti-piracy, Cyber-security Technologies, and Related Copyright
`Regulations, Laws, and Practices
`
`• Consumer Electronics, Computers, Tablets, Phones, and Mobile Electronics
`
`• Software, Firmware, Hardware, and ASIC Design, Test, and Deployment
`
`• Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Engineering, in general
`
`
`
`• Worldwide television and movie distribution systems; consumer electronics
`technologies and products;
`computer
`technologies and products;
`communications technologies; and integrated circuit technologies.
`
`•
`
`Free-to-air, pay television and electronic sell-through protection technologies
`and systems including various Conditional Access (CA) systems (e.g., NDS,
`Nagra and Irdeto), various Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems (e.g.,
`Windows Media DRM and Marlin), Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem
`(DECE), the Open Cable system, the free-to-air protection methods, the Cable
`Plug and Play & tru2way protection regimes and other emerging systems.
`
`• Digital link protection technologies, systems and license regimes including
`Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) and High-bandwidth Digital
`Content Protection (HDCP).
`
`• Digital storage protection technologies, systems, and license regimes including
`the DVD Content Scramble System (CSS), Advanced Access Content System
`(AACS) and Content Protection for Recordable Media and Pre-Recorded Media
`(CPRM / CPPM).
`
`• Digital content protection and copy management systems including DVB
`Content Protection and Copy Management (CPCM), Secure Video Processor
`(SVP), Motorola’s IPRM, SmartRight and IBM’s xCP.
`
`• Specific standards development activities in the Digital Video Broadcasting
`(DVB) consortium,
`the Consumer Electronics Association
`(CEA),
`the
`International Telecommunications Union (ITU),
`the Advanced Television
`Systems Committee (ATSC), the Society of Motion Picture and Television
`Engineers (SMPTE), Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) and High-
`Definition Audio-visual Network Alliance (HANA).
`
`• Analog copy protection systems including Macrovision and Dwight Cavendish.
`
`• Watermarking and fingerprinting systems and technologies for audio and video
`in analog and digital forms.
`
`• Copy protection and content protection technology testing systems and
`techniques.
`
`• Provided expert witness affidavits to numerous entertainment technology legal
`cases.
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`Jim C. Williams
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`
`
`3259 Silver Maple Drive, Yorba Linda, CA 92886
`
`jimwilliams@mediasands.com
`
` +1-818-633-5181
`
`
`
`Led receiver
`
`Technical skills attachment (continued)
`• Software included C/C++ coded modules using OO techniques, client/server
`architecture. Advanced UI, view TV, PIP, program guide (APG/EPG), digital
`video recording (DVR/PVR), internet access, web apps, email, enhanced TV
`(with Wink and ATVEF), customer self help, music, games, ad insertion, data
`mining, trusted boot, and downloadable applications.
`
`development team
`
`• OS included Linux with real-time extensions, MS Windows, NT, and RTOSes.
`
`• Middleware included app manager, data broadcast manager, digital rights
`manager (DRM), X server, Motif, Java and Qt widgets, JVM, browser, HTML
`renderer, DES/AES encryption manager, an I/O manager and an MSTV
`framework; performed analysis on OpenTV, Canal+, Liberate, and Spyglass.
`
`•
`
`Interfaces included IR & RF remotes, V.90 & DSL modems, 1394, HPNA 2.0
`home network, USB 1.1, Ethernet and QPSK modulated satellite input.
`
`• Hardware included advanced, customized ASICs, 300+ MIPS processors with
`FPU and MMU, DDR SDRAM, 100GB+ Ultra ATA/66 hard disk drives, multiple
`QPSK tuner/demods, Reed-Solomon decoders, Viterbi convolutional decoders,
`DES descramblers, AES encrypt/decrypt,