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To: Peter V who wrote (42297)	6/18/1999 7:00:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Perhaps the order triggered an automated system that didn't pick up the cancel. Bogus report.

To: Peter V who wrote (42297)	6/20/1999 2:53:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Canal Plus in India........................... multi-international.com June 1999 \| Updated 15-Jun-1999 02:21 PM EST Zee, Canal Plus Work on Indian Platform By CHRIS FORRESTER June 14, 1999 Asian pay TV programmer Zee Networks is teaming with Canal Plus S.A. to launch a digital pay TV programming package in India and Bangladesh this September, according to an executive working on the project. Zee Network managing director Bhaskar Majumdar said the unnamed platform will use Canal Plus' digital technology, including its Mediaguard conditional-access system and Mediahighway interactive-TV products. However, Canal Plus will not hold an equity stake in the project. "Our aim is to have a large direct-to-home (DTH) package for India," Majumdar said. "But this is currently not allowed and must wait for the Indian Broadcasting Bill to be passed. Meanwhile, we will launch what we call a DTO service -- direct-to-operators -- which will offer around 14 to 21 channels, initially to cable MSOs." Such a service would resemble AT&T Corp.'s Headend in the Sky in the U.S. or United Pan Europe Communications N.V.'s "EuroHITS" service. Majumdar said there are 70,000 to 80,000 cable operators in India, including Zee's own Siti Cable, and about 20,000 operators in Bangladesh. "This is the first step of the agreement. Zee and Canal Plus are looking at working very closely together, with Canal Plus as a strategic partner. They are looking at bringing their own channels into the bouquet," Majumdar said. Zee's four existing channels -- Zee TV, Zee News, Music Asia and Zee Cinema -- will form the backbone of the service, and will be dubbed into India's major regional languages, Gujurati, Punjabi and Bengali. Zee is currently "channel shopping" in London and elsewhere for additional channels, Majumdar said. "Most of the English-language channels currently available to India are American," he said. "However, India has grown up [with] and is more comfortable with the [British] accent." High on Zee's radar are channels from Granada Media plc, Flextech plc, Discovery Communications Inc. and the British Broadcasting Corp. Further down the road, and key to Canal Plus' involvement, is the introduction of pay-per-view movies. Zee has been involved in a cutthroat battle with Sony Entertainment Television to acquire top Indian movies. Majumdar said Zee is increasingly comfortable about securing access to the rights, especially for PPV product. However, PPV services depend on the approval of DTH in India.