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To: Humblefrank who wrote (48822)	3/17/2000 2:42:00 PM
From: Lane Weatherly	Respond to of 50808

When will we receive our proxies....if it takes 30 days to process then time is running out if they are to finish this by EO April. I thought, initially, they said everything would done by 3/31.

To: Humblefrank who wrote (48822)	3/18/2000 2:24:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Divi does Dubai...................................... multi-international.com Show Indicates Hot Times in Mideast Pay TV By CHRIS FORRESTER March 20, 2000 Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- The Middle East pay TV market is full of action, illustrated by the spate of activity at the recent 6th Middle East International Cable, Satellite & Broadcast Exhibition (CABSAT 2000) trade show here. Both equipment suppliers and distribution platforms were busy at the show, which saw attendance rise a healthy 25 percent from last year. Hardware vendors said they were upbeat amid increased sales of digital set-top boxes, which have higher profit margins than analog equipment. But much of the action came amid dueling by two local distribution players: telco Etisalat and state broadcaster Dubai Television. Over the past two years, Etisalat has played up its plans to test-launch a digital-cable platform named "E-Vision" to 20,000 homes in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates' capital of Abu Dhabi. However, E-Vision has yet to launch. Dubai Television, seeking to one-up those plans, announced that it has its own plans to test a 6-channel digital-terrestrial pay TV (DTT) system. It aims to commercially launch a 30- to 36-channel DTT platform in about six months. For the past decade, Dubai TV has operated Dubai Cable Vision, a 10-channel analog wireless pay TV system. It intends to migrate those subscribers to the DTT platform. Dubai special advisor on broadcasting Riyad al-Shuabi said Dubai TV aims to migrate current subscribers to the new platform due to its better transmission quality and ability to reach a 25-mile radius around the city. The broadcast radius is key because of the adjacent large populations it could reach in the neighboring emirates of Sharjar and Ajman. Dubai TV chief engineer David Boxall said the company is using DiviCom Inc. and Hirschmann Group transmission equipment, along with set-top boxes from Nokia Corp., to test the DTT platform. Rival E-Vision's general manager, Humaid Sahoo, said his system will pass "a total of 100,000 homes by the end of the year 2000." But at least one local industry executive questioned that forecast, noting that the platform still has a number of technical and supply issues to resolve. Sahoo, however, said that in addition to the "many channels that are on board, discussions are progressing well with other channels and program providers to finalize our product offerings." Etisalat declined to identify the channels, but it confirmed that the platform will create two channels of its own in the documentary and kids' genres. Bloomberg Television is the only channel that confirmed a carriage agreement with E-Vision. E-Vision represents a major dilemma for all direct-to-home players in what is now an increasingly confused market, with Robert Lakos, who represents EchoStar Communications Corp. in the region, suggesting, "This confusion extends to would-be subscribers." Additionally, most content owners have struck exclusive distribution contracts, either for DTH satellite or terrestrial retransmission. In other words, E-Vision has to go cap-in-hand to existing rights-holders for the more popular channels, with no great enthusiasm by Orbit Satellite Television and Radio, Showtime Networks Inc. or others to "give away" their key channel assets.

To: Humblefrank who wrote (48822)	3/19/2000 11:41:00 AM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Digital Bitcasting, a C-Cube customer................. bitcasting.com Digital Bitcasting Corp works with leading companies on each step streaming solution deployment to make broadband multimedia easy to use. Some of our partners: The market leader for distributing streaming media over networks, RealNetworks has over 80 million players distributed to users worldwide. Digital Bitcasting is the sole provider of MPEG streaming capability for the RealNetworks platform and a RealNetworks Enterprise Solution Partner. bitcasting.com C-Cube Key technology partner with whom Bitcasting enabled Thinned MPEG. C-Cube manufactures the MPEG encoding chips (CML4111, CML4120) used in their MovieMaker and ShowSite Encoders for RealSystem . C-Cube, founded in 1988, is based Milpitas, CA and employs over 700 people worldwide. C-Cube pioneered the MPEG digital video standard. C-Cube brought to market the first MPEG-1 video encoding chip as well as the more complex encoder for the MPEG-2. In 1995, C-Cube enabled the first high-volume digital video consumer electronics product, the VideoCD player and was awarded an Emmy award for its technological contribution to fundamentally changing the world of digital broadcast television. In 1997, C-Cube introduced the world's first single-chip MPEG-2 codec. C-Cube sells more digital video solutions to the consumer electronics market than any other company in the world.