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To: The Atheist who wrote (6378)9/1/1999 9:45:00 AM
From: mike.com  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 13157
 
Well someone posted that, according to Bloomberg, Tudor still had 1.687 million shares. I hope he is done selling. Here's some industry related news:
Wednesday September 1, 9:02 am
Eastern Time

Company Press Release

SOURCE: Excite@Home

Excite@Home to
Create First Ever Interactive Online
Poll for the 51st Annual Primetime
Emmy Awards to Demonstrate the
Future of Television

Consumers Participate in the 1999 Primetime Emmy
Awards With The Click Of a Mouse

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ --
Excite@Home (Nasdaq: ATHM - news) today marked a milestone
in merging television and the Internet with the Company's
participation in the 1999 Emmy Awards with an interactive poll
and exclusive behind-the-scenes view of the show live on the
Internet. The Excite@Home interactive poll will offer the
''at-home'' audience a rare opportunity to contribute to the
outcome of the 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards by letting
users cast their vote for ''Television's Most Memorable Moments
1999'' through the Internet at emmys.excite.com beginning
September 1st and continuing through the first thirty minutes of
the Primetime Emmy's broadcast.
(Photo:
newscom.com )

On September 12th Emmy night, in a move never before done
during a Primetime Awards telecast, television and online
audiences alike will watch as their choices for the Top Five
Moments are revealed by celebrity hosts during the live 51st
Annual Primetime Emmy's broadcast. In addition, Excite@Home
will host the 1999 Emmycast, the official online site of the 51st
Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which will bring online users
backstage and behind-the-scenes of the gala event.

''This being the last Emmys before the millennium, we are looking
to the future and what better way than letting fans and viewers on
the worldwide web have an exclusive opportunity to take part in
the biggest television event of the year,'' said Don Mischer,
executive producer of the 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
Together, we will help bring television into the future when the
Web user and the television audience integrate with one another to
contribute to the outcome of a live television broadcast.''

START VOTING NOW!

Beginning today and up through the first thirty minutes of the 51st
Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on September 12th, television
aficionados can participate by going to emmys.excite.com, to vote
for the most memorable moment from this past television season.
Users can view stirring streamed clips such as Ben and Felicity's
long-awaited kiss on ''Felicity,'' Ross and Rachel's surprising
Vegas wedding on ''Friends'' or, if you missed Ricky Martin's
show stopping pelvic thrust on this year's Grammy's, the moment
can be re-captured online before casting a vote. On September
12th the results of the Top Five Moments will be shown and
promoted throughout the live telecast. Users will be encouraged to
make their voice heard through the poll as part of the event's
pre-show highlights.

''It's a great opportunity to have such an important part in this
year's Emmy telecast,'' said Fred Siegel, senior vice-president,
Excite@Home. ''With our role in this event, we are taking some
of the critical first steps in bringing together the worlds of
television and the Internet in a way that makes it fun and
interactive for everyone.''

Found at emmys.excite.com, the 1999 Emmycast will offer
consumers an exclusive live backstage Web-cast and pre-show red
carpet coverage at the Primetime Emmy Awards including
one-on-one interviews where the online audience can ask
questions of the 1999 celebrity nominees and winners.
Hollywood's famed reporter Army Archerd will be on hand for
Excite@Home to capture the highlights of the prestigious red
carpet arrivals. In addition, online users will also have the chance
to enter and win a sweepstakes for two tickets (including hotel and
airfare) to the Primetime Emmy Awards 2000.

As host of the 1999 Emmycast, Excite@Home was also
responsible for showcasing exclusive coverage of the 1999
Creative Arts Awards on August 28th and they have recently
announced their future involvement as producer and host of the
official website for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
(ATAS). Coverage of the 1999 Creative Arts Awards is archived
and can currently be seen on the site.

About Excite@Home

Excite@Home is a global media company based in Redwood City,
Calif. Through the company's narrowband portal, Excite
(www.excite.com), and broadband services, @Home and @Work,
the company uniquely offers consumers content and interactive
services across both narrowband and broadband. The rich media
advertising and database marketing solutions of Enliven
(www.enliven.com) and MatchLogic (www.matchlogic.com) offer
advertisers highly targeted interactive marketing and reporting
services across all platforms of delivery. Leveraging the
high-speed, always-on attributes of cable, Excite@Home
empowers unique multimedia applications that go beyond current
Web experiences. The company will combine the Excite
brand-one of the best known names on the Internet with 70
percent recognition among Web users-with the @Home broadband
service's broad distribution, a worldwide footprint of 67 million
cable homes, to deliver on its vision of ''All Band, All Device, All
the Time.''

For more investor information about Excite@Home, please call its
stockholder services hotline at 888-924-9248.

Brand recognition statistics quoted are from Frank N. Magid and
Associates, Inc. (1/99).

About The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) was
founded in 1946 just one month after network television was born.
It is a non-profit organization devoted to the advancement of
telecommunications arts and sciences and to fostering creative
leadership in the telecommunications industry. In addition to
recognizing outstanding programming through its Emmy Awards,
ATAS publishes Emmy Magazine and is responsible for the
Archive of American Television, the ATAS Foundation Library
and the College Television Awards.

SOURCE: Excite@Home