The Internet is emerging as a significant medium for commerce. In addition, over the last several years, consumer video
spending habits have shifted from renting video cassettes to purchasing them due to falling prices and broader distribution. Paul
Kagan Associates estimates that annual retail sales of videos and DVDs in the United States will increase to $12.8 billion in
2003, up from $9.1 billion in 1998. We believe that as commerce on the Internet increases, sales of online filmed entertainment
will also increase......spells Bigstar!
Storie Partners, L.P.(1)............ 919,158 14.9% 10.6%
100 Pine Street
San Francisco, California 94104
Morton H. Meyerson(2)............... 320,100 5.3 3.7
4514 Cole Avenue, Suite 400
Dallas, Texas 75205
David Friedensohn(3)................ 1,091,278 18.0 12.7
David Levitsky(4)................... 873,000 14.4 10.2
D. Jonathan Merriman(5)............. 295,191 4.7 3.3
William Lansing(6).................. 2,535 * *
Steven A. Ledger(7)................. 919,158 14.9 10.6
Marleen McDaniel.................... 0 * *
I. Martin Pompadur.................. 0 * *
All directors and executive officers
as a group (12 persons)(8)........ 3,461,510 51.2% |
