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To: John Rieman who wrote (44707)	9/13/1999 11:05:00 PM
From: Stoctrash	Respond to of 50808

...hoooo,,,, hummmm...DISH kicking ass, nutin new... EchoStar Communications Corporation Nets 130,000 Customers in August 1999 DISH Network Continues Record Customer Growth LITTLETON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 1999--EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH - news, DISHP - news) announced today it added approximately 130,000 net new DISH Network(TM) customers in August 1999, a record for that month and a 78 percent increase over the number of net new customers added in August 1998. The additions bring DISH Network's total customer base to 2,840,000. This marks the eleventh consecutive month DISH Network has achieved customer growth of over 100,000 net additions. For the first eight months of 1999, DISH Network has added 900,000 net subscribers, an increase

To: John Rieman who wrote (44707)	9/14/1999 12:31:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

From the pump up the volume PR: In fact, C-Cube would look even more attractive if Motorola (NYSE:MOT - news) and General Instrument (NYSE:GIC - news) do in fact merge, since Motorola wants to push its chips into the digital market. What do they mean? Motorola? Cube? Should it read" "Motorola wants to push Cube's chips" ??????? History: Way back in the day, Cube and MOT competed for the first first major MPEG decoder design win. Cube won the contract (at least they thought so) for the rumored 1mm chips. The Cube folks were estatic and celebrated. Next week the customer changed thier minds an went with MOT for their MPEG decoder. The only other choice at the time. That win/loss was for the Philips CDI player (a flop). Pretty much the last time we heard anything of MOT's decoder. So, does MOT have their own MPEG2 decoder? Yep: mot-sps.com Hmm...