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To: Steve Hausser who wrote (6113)	8/15/1999 5:40:00 PM
From: whitephosphorus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13157

TCI Music and ACTV This article is dated but I don;t recall seeing it before and it's REAL CLEAR!! ACTV and TCI Team to Spin Music onto the Internet By Alan Breznick In another sign of convergence between the television and computer, ACTV Inc. and TCI Music Inc. will team up to offer music videos on cable linked to synchronized music content on the Internet, starting later this year. The two companies, both partly owned by Liberty Media Group, will use ACTV's HyperTV technology to dish up the TV-Web service to cable subscribers with PCs. Viewers watching a music video on the Box Music Network will be able to log on to a special Web site for song lyrics, band member biographies, feature stories on the musicians, trivia questions and CD purchases, among other things. The two partners hope to generate revenues through interactive TV and Web ads and increased home shopping sales. "I think we'll have an immediate revenue stream from advertising," said Alan McGlade, president/CEO of the Box. Designed to entice consumers to use their TV sets and personal computers in tandem, HyperTV is similar to the "enhanced TV" service that ABC Sports and ESPN Internet Ventures have been testing with football telecasts, most recently with the Fiesta Bowl last January. It's also similar to Showtime's online scoring of boxing matches that it televises and synchronized TV-Web content tests occurring at A & E Networks. ACTV executives aim to go beyond these TV-Internet convergence experiments, however, and offer a comprehensive commercial service that supplements music, sports, news and other TV programming with Web content automatically delivered to a viewer's PC. They're pursuing strategic partnerships with cable operators and other content licensing deals with cable networks, broadcasters and syndicated programmers. "We are looking to leverage off the programming we're aligned with, particularly Liberty Media," said David Reese, president/COO of ACTV, whose company is 10% owned by Liberty. Analysts praised the move by ACTV, which has been seeking to license its HyperTV technology to programmers for months. "It's a real score for ACTV," said Gary Arlen, a new-media consultant in Bethesda, Md. "Multi-tasking is definitely on the rise, especially with short-form entertainment programming." (June 7, 1999) More Cable World

To: Steve Hausser who wrote (6113)	8/15/1999 9:21:00 PM
From: art slott	Respond to of 13157

How anyone could continue to be short after reading that imo will eventually find his money separated from his person. There is only one ITV company(ACTV) in Liberty Digital'stable. And they are guaranteed a 12 channel spectrum and preferred status on additional channels. No other ITV company has a guarantee of anything on T's cable outlets. Mike are you catching on?

To: Steve Hausser who wrote (6113)	8/15/1999 10:02:00 PM
From: art slott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13157

It will be ACTV who will be doing the interactive enablement. Liberty Digital Interactive=ACTV. >>For a five-year period, renewable for an additional four-year period, and then on most favored nation terms, AT&T will make available to Liberty Media and its affiliates guaranteed access to a full 6 MHz channel (in digital form, and including interactive enablement and first-screen access and hot links to relevant Web sites) for the purposes of transmitting interactive, category-specific video channels offering entertainment, information, and merchandising programming<<

To: Steve Hausser who wrote (6113)	8/16/1999 6:39:00 AM
From: Steve Hausser	Respond to of 13157

>In terms of value the largest single asset is Liberty's ownership position in Time Warner (14%), followed by its ownership position in the newly formed Liberty Digital (just formed), which houses the company's nascent Internet and interactive television businesses....The Importance of the Agreement with AT&T Should Not Be Underestimated[12-15 digital channels]- There are two key elements to the agreements, the preferred vendor status and the agreement on interactive video services. Both in our judgement, particularly the latter, are potentially of enormous value to Liberty Media and its shareholders....Liberty Digital - The Most Open Ended Opportunity. The activity that has been most exciting recently and has attracted the most attention of Liberty watchers was the creation of Liberty Digital as a separate publicly traded, but almost entirely owned subsidiary of Liberty Media.< ACTV has such an important part to play in Liberty Digital. I find that very reassuring. Its obvious that Malone sees great opportunity in this sector and ACTV as well.