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WORLDGATE TRIALS AND TECHNICAL EVALUATIONS
The WORLDGATE Service is in various stages of trials or technical
evaluations on four continents with a number of cable operators including Time
Warner, the second largest U.S. cable operator, and Cox, the fifth largest U.S.
cable operator. Trials typically start with cable boxes connected to a headend
server system installed at a cable operator's corporate office location for
technical evaluation. Trials are of varying duration and complexity.
The total subscriber base of cable operators currently in trials and planned
trials with WorldGate is approximately 26 million. There can be no assurance
that the current or planned trials will be successful or will lead to commercial
deployment of the WORLDGATE Service by these cable operators. Set forth below is
a table summarizing the current trials and planned trials of the WORLDGATE
Service as of September 1, 1999.
The total number of subscribers served by the cable operator and its
affiliates, including all announced acquisitions, across all of its systems is
based on data provided by the operator or estimates by Cablevision Blue Book
(Summer/Fall 1999) for U.S. operators other than SNET and on WorldGate's
estimates for SNET and international operators.
TOTAL SYSTEM NUMBER OF SYSTEM
CABLE OPERATOR SUBSCRIBERS LOCATION WORLDGATE BOXES TYPE
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UNITED STATES:
Ameritech Corporation.................. 200,000 Chicago, IL (1) Planned Analog
Cable TV of the Kennebunks............. 8,500 Kennebunk, ME Planned Digital
Cox Cable Communications............... 6,000,000 Atlanta, GA (1) Planned Digital
SNET Personal Vision................... 22,000 Hartford, CT 37 Analog
Time Warner............................ 12,600,000 Orlando, FL 50 Analog
(includes Time Warner Cable and Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/
Newhouse) INTERNATIONAL:
Cablevision/TCI........................ 825,000 Argentina Planned Analog
Cablevision S.A. de C.V................ 300,000 Mexico Planned Analog
Image TV............................... 30,000 Brazil Planned Analog
INC, DCS, DNC, BCN, YSC and NIC........ 150,000 South Korea Planned Digital
Retecal................................ 40,000 Spain 17 Analog
Singapore CableVision.................. 160,000 Singapore (1) 5 Analog
Skycable............................... 225,000 Philippines 25 Analog
Telecable.............................. 17,000 Spain Planned Analog
Toya................................... 100,000 Poland Planned Analog
United International Holdings.......... 5,253,070 New Zealand Planned Digital
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