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To: BillyG who wrote (46573)	10/27/1999 3:32:00 PM
From: Black-Scholes	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50808

I think CUBE is going to win the WebTV/Echostar new box contract. Someone ask me why.

To: BillyG who wrote (46573)	10/27/1999 3:48:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

DVD Report 10/25/1999 (c) 1999 Phillips Business Information, Inc. C-Cube Microsystems (Milpitas, CA) last week said it shipped more than 1 million DVD decoder chips for the second straight quarter, with shipments during Q3 up more than 25% over Q2 shipments. C - Cube reported net income of $14 million on revenues of $101.4 million for the quarter ending October 19, an increase of 7.7% over income of $13 million on revenues of $86.2 million in the same period last year. Of total revenues, $52.3 million (51.6%) were generated by C - Cube 's semiconductor division, which includes DVD, set-top box, and codec applications. During a conference call, semiconductor division president Umesh Pavdal said DVD volume is starting to accelerate, and noted that the "road map" for DVD silicon calls for integrating more functions on the motherboard. ( C - Cube : 408-490-8000) The Electronic Engineering Times reports that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and member studios are once again carping over the specifics of the Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) agreed on by the consumer electronics and PC industries, as embodied by the "5C" group of companies (Hitachi, Intel, Matsushita, Sony, and Toshiba). The MPAA members are reportedly asking developers to institute a number of new safeguards, some of which are aimed at restricting Internet transmissions or protecting the interface between a PC and a display device. One of Hollywood's suggestions apparently involves restricting analog output of high- definition content to standard-definition resolution only. Responded an Intel spokesperson, "Telling [users] that three-quarters of the HD picture they paid for needs to be taken away over some hypothetical concerns that Hollywood studios have is a difficult story to sell." * DVDauthors.com, a new division of TV production facility EagleVision (Stamford, CT), purchased a DVDMaestro system from Spruce Technologies. (EagleVision: 203-359-8777) * Ricoh Corporation will ship combination DVD-ROM/CD-RW drives in Japan later this year and "soon" in the U.S., the company's Disc Media and Systems Center (Tustin, CA) said last week. The drive will read DVD at 4x and CD at 24x, and will write CD-R at 6x and CD-RW at 4x. Ricoh's announcement follows Toshiba's introduction of a similar drive (DVD Report, August 9). (Ricoh DMS-C: 877-742-6497) * Warner Home Video (Burbank, CA) announced plans for an online chat with The Matrix directors Andy and Larry Wachowski for owners of the top-selling DVD. Setting the event apart from similar filmmaker chats is Warner's plan to queue the PCs of all participants to start playing the film at the same time. As the movie unspools, users can ask questions of the filmmakers. The event begins at 9 p.m. ET on November 6; users can register in advance using menus on the disc, or by visiting www.warnervideo.com/matrixevents. Also on tap is a Matrix sweepstakes, with prizes including an IBM laptop computer, signed Matrix DVDs, and free DVDs. (Warner Home Video: 818-954-6000) * Pinnacle Systems (Mountain View, CA) announced its $999 DV500, a real-time nonlinear editing system bundled with Minerva Impression. (Pinnacle Systems: 650-526-1600) * Sigma Designs (Milpitas, CA) released a raft of enhancements to its REALmagic Hollywood Plus PC DVD decoder card, including DTS support, drivers for the Windows 2000 beta, and a wireless remote control. The remote can be ordered for $19.99 from the Sigma Web site (www.sigmadesigns.com), where the new drivers are also available. (Sigma Designs: 408-957-9891)