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To: Stoctrash who wrote (46187)	10/18/1999 1:31:00 PM
From: Black-Scholes	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

Anyone here a student of option trading? Almost 2000 CUBE Nov. 35 PUT contracts have traded today (accounting for almost 90% of the open interest). This is an extremely bullish signal. Institutions are selling the PUTS with confidence. They know they'll keep that hefty premium.

To: Stoctrash who wrote (46187)	10/18/1999 2:22:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 50808

BSkyB signs up 1.8m to digital (cube inside) news.bbc.co.uk Pay TV company BSkyB has signed up 1.8m customers to its digital television service - higher than expected by analysts. But the company's financial results were hit by the promotion that drove demand. In the three months to 30 September, BSkyB reported losses of £13.6m, against a profit of £52m in the previous period. The driver of demand for BSkyB's 140-channel service has been the offer of free equipment and a special rate of installation for subscribers taking the package for a year. This deal, which was announced in early May, triggered similar schemes from rivals ONdigital, owned by Granada group and Carlton Communications. Earlier this month, Sky Digital's rival ONdigital said it had signed up 411,000 subscribers up to end September. It also announced a new pre-paid digital service to entice subscriptions in the run-up to Christmas. BSkyB added that 52% of its digital sales were to new subscribers and its total customer numbers were 7.86m in the year to the end of September.