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To: BillyG who wrote (42244)	6/17/1999 10:46:00 AM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

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To: BillyG who wrote (42244)	6/17/1999 12:44:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

Shaw Digital Cable Launches Next Generation Television Service in Thunder Bay (Shaw uses a GI box as I recall) 06/17/1999 Canadian Corporate News Copyright 1999 Canadian Corporate News NEWS RELEASE TRANSMITTED BY CANADIAN CORPORATE NEWS CALGARY, ALBERTA--Today, SHAW unveiled the future of cable television to residents of Thunder Bay through Shaw Digital Cable. "Thunder Bay residents will now enjoy the unmatched clarity of digital technology. Not only will they receive improved picture quality and sound, they will have more entertainment options including the ability to control what they see and when they see it," says Ron Bell, Vice President Operations, SHAW Cablesystems, Manitoba and Ontario. Digital cable is a new kind of connection that offers superior Dolby Digital(TM) (AC-3) sound and picture clarity with up to 200 channels of viewing and listening options. The switch to digital is easy. The signal travels through the cable already installed in the home to a set top box. There is no rewiring, no satellite dishes, no weather interference and no cost for follow up service. Unique to SHAW Digital Cable is the Navigator, an interactive program guide and 30 channels of commercial-free Digital Music Express (DMX). Customers can use the Navigator to sort program listings by time, channel and theme for special programming such as movies, sports and children's shows. A viewer can also set a reminder to watch a program in the future, select favourite channels and set parental control codes. Digital Music Express has CD quality sound on 30 channels with a variety of different music formats. Available 24 hours a day, DMX is already used as a continuous music source in thousands of commercial establishments and now, as part of Shaw Digital Cable, is available for consumers to enjoy in their homes. "Launching new and exciting services is part of SHAW's ongoing commitment to our customers as we continue to upgrade our distribution systems nationwide," says Peter Bissonnette, Senior Vice President of Operations for SHAW Cablesystems. "Today's launch of digital cable enables us to provide a leading edge digital delivery system to our Thunder Bay customers. With our high bandwidth network, there's virtually unlimited capacity to offer even more to our customers in the near future." Over the next few weeks SHAW will be contacting all current Premium Pay TV customers to advise them of the coming changes. By August, SHAW expects to have visited all current Premium Pay TV customer homes to exchange their current decoders for new digital cable equipment. The service fee for digital cable is only $4.00 more than the existing analogue decoders, and includes the Navigator, 30 channels of Digital Music Express and access to more Pay TV services. In addition to Digital Basic Services, customers can order any Pay TV or Pay Per View service offered by Shaw including the commercial free, movie service TMN 1, 2, 3, 4 and Moviepix. When any of these channels are ordered, customers automatically receive four US Superstations WGN, WSBK, WPIX, and KTLA. Digital Cable will offer a choice of 15 channels of interactive Per Per View movies and special events, plus access to the popular sports package, NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM). By fall, SHAW expects to have more than 200 audio and video choices for digital cable customers in all SHAW markets, including CTV Sportsnet regional programming, Star TV, Canadian Learning Television (CLT), and Talk TV, along with Deutsche Welle (German/European news), TV Japan, Asian Television Network (South Asian), Odyssey Television (Greek), and Fairchild television (Chinese) and other multilingual video and audio services. SHAW Digital Cable is currently available in Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Red Deer, Prince George, Kelowna, Scarborough, Pickering, Richmond Hill, Winnipeg, Orangeville and Barrie. Earlier this year, the company announced a $100 million investment to expand digital service to most of the 1.5 million customers in its service areas. SHAW Communications Inc. is a diversified Canadian communications company whose core business is providing broadband cable television and Internet services to approximately 1.5 million customers. Shaw also has significant interests in radio broadcasting, television networks and direct-to-home satellite television services as well as providing telecommunications and paging services to individual and business customers. Shaw is traded on the Alberta, Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges. NFL SUNDAY TICKET is a registered trademark of NFL Enterprises L.P. (C)1998 Contact: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: SHAW Cablesystems G.P. Peter Bissonnette (403) 750-4631 or SHAW Cablesystems G.P. Ron Bell (403) 750-4789 11:47 EDT JUNE 17, 1999

To: BillyG who wrote (42244)	6/17/1999 12:54:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

LGE aims to become No. 1 player in British DTV market 06/17/1999 The Korea Herald Copyright (C) 1999; Source: World Reporter (TM) - Asia Intelligence Wire By Nam In-soo Korea Herrald corrrespondent BERKSHIRE, U.K. - LG Electronics Inc., which is aggressively exploring the European electronics market, aims to become the No. 1 player in the British digital TV market by 2002, the chief sales official of its subsidiary said here. Barry Willmore, managing director of LG Electronics U.K. Ltd., said the company will make the United Kingdom the outpost for LG to attack the European electronics market. "We are delighted to be the first on the (British) market with digital satellite integrated TV," Willmore said in a recent interview with The Korea Herald. "It confirms our position as a leader in digital technology as well as in the design and manufacture of innovative televisions." While its global competitors, including Philips and Toshiba, are marketing TVs with separate set - top boxes for the reception of digital signals, LGE has developed a TV with a built-in satellite receiver and decoder. LGE, which began to ship 28-inch satellite digital TVs to Britain last November, also plans to market 28-inch terrestrial DTVs as early as next month and release a flat-screen 32-inch terrestrial DTV at a reasonably low price in the British market beginning in January next year. "Our mid- and long-term strategy is to move from low tech, low priced goods to leading edge, high tech and higher-value propositions," said Willmore. "We are confident that we will dominate the digital categories not only in the British market but throughout Europe in the not-too-distant future." LG's DTV has been cited as a "best buy" by leading British home electronics magazines and newspapers, including the Times, after it was displayed on an electronics retail show which was held early this year. The top official quoted Home Entertainment, a British entertainment magazine, as saying, "In many ways, it (LG's digital TV) has proved a master in that category." He said LGE will sell 20,000 DTVs in the British market by the end of this year and expand sales to 100,000 units in 2000 and 250,000 units to achieve a 10-percent market share by 2002. To venture into the European market, LG forged a strategic alliance with Pace Micro Technology Co., a British-based set-top box supplier to develop an integrated DTV last year. It also maintains a partnership with BSkyB, a satellite digital TV broadcasting service provider. Besides digital TVs, LGE also aims to become a leading supplier of other home appliances, including VCRs and microwave ovens. The company particularly expects drastic growth in sales of refrigerators this year. "We expect refrigeration to be a significant factor in our firm's marketing goals for this year," said Willmore. He posted its sales target of refrigerators at 120,000 units by year-end. Altogether, LGE's sales company in charge of the entire European market expects sales revenues of 112 million pounds this year from LG-brand goods alone. With sales of electronics goods produced on an original equipment manufacture (OEM) basis included, LGE forecast its sales will reach 180 million pounds.