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Strategies & Market Trends : Rande Is . . . HOME
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To: Kevin Shea who wrote (8539)6/22/1999 3:52:00 PM
From: Rande Is  Read Replies (3) of 57584
 
Kevin, sorry if I was not clear. BDE is NOT in the auction biz, like EBAY and UBID. . . they are in the internet television biz. . . like nobody. In other words, they bought a TELEVISION company . . . NOT an AUCTION company. They will be BROADCASTING popular television programs, like auctions over the internet. . . . I am sure they could care less whether they broadcast an auction at Sothebys or a soccer match from Spain. . . they are probably just interested in providing what the people want. . . and these days, auctions are big business.

So please do not confuse the issue. BDE is NOT becoming an EBAY. . .as I understand it. What they bought is more like the Home Shopping Network of England. . . .with the full intent of providing this programming and other programming to broadband service providers such as ATHM and Roadrunner.

We need to get clear that BDE is in the television/video/film business. . . in that they take programming, digitize it. . .make it interactive. . .then make it available via the Next Generation Internet.

So while we are clicking on words . . page after page on EBAY on the present internet. . . . .we will soon be watching live broadcasts of auctions and bidding live on Mark McGuire's autographed bat by clicking on the bat and entering our bid in much the same way as we bid on stocks.

We must look at this NGI with an open mind. It is totally different than anything we have seen before.

Rande Is
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