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Strategies & Market Trends : e-Commerce the Next 100 Months......
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To: TLindt who wrote (1042)5/27/1998 9:53:00 PM
From: cm  Read Replies (1) of 2882
 
Tom, I Didn't Mean Last Post As In LAST Post...

I just meant there's little point in my bringing articles
that people can find just as easily I can about something
we all already know: E-COMMERCE IS BIG! (BTW, the Dilbert
Online deal we did for a certain PC company effectively
tripled their site visits from day one. We did the deal
through DCLK... and they delivered a good package.)

Now, onto something else completely different. A TCI,
the cable giant spin-off, symbol TUNE. Almost profitable.
Positioning for the DVD market and digital distribution
of video over the Net. Here's stuff lifted from the
TUNE thread here at SI. I think this merits some attention.
Please note the interesting "rights" situation that comes
with each share purchase.

********

Cable giant TCI has quietly been assembling an independent small cap company-TCI
Music/Sonicnet for a move into the fast approaching internet music boom.
Those that follow NTKI and CDNW know that music on the net will be a huge business-
larger even than the success that AMZN has had with the book market.
But TUNE seems to have its eyes on a an even larger market- they aim to become the
internet's version of MTV- a worldwide 24 hour video channel network
Here's their site
sonicnet.com
TUNE seems to be setting itself up to take internet music commerce
1 step further. This year rewritable DVD will become standard in most PCs; and TUNE
with its backing from TCI will be in a position to be a leader in music + video distribution.
In other words- see a music video clip; download the music+video to dvd disc via TCI's
cable connection-pay via ecommerce.a See it-buy it experience if there ever was one.
About the stock-as other internets have run-up this one remains largely unknown. TUNE
trades just under 8 and comes with a right;the right guarantees that TCI will buy all TUNE
shares from holders at 8 if the stock does not trade above 8 for 20 consecutive days prior
to july 98.
Now the good part; TCI also owns a chunk of ATHM; cnet briefly mentioned that TUNE
and ATHM have been in talks-
news.com
"In addition, the company is laying the groundwork
to strike deals for providing music to high-speed
Internet access providers, such as the Australian
telco Telstra and @Home, whose major
stakeholder is TCI. SonicNet already has held talks
with @Home, executives said."
So how much is a world wide internet MTV-backed by a cable industry giant -aiming at
music/video commerce market and in talks with the leading cable internet service ATHM
-worth in this market?
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