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To: steve harmon - analyst who wrote (4176)	3/27/2000 6:23:00 PM
From: art slott	Respond to of 4337

Great call Steve. Here's another top 10 winner(Crowley). bj: ACTV's Bruce Crowley Named One of Top Ten Internet... Date: 3/27/00 5:04:13 AM Pacific Standard Time From: AOL News ACTV's Bruce Crowley Named One of Top Ten Internet Executives the TV Industry Can't Afford to Ignore NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2000-- President of ACTV's HyperTV Networks Honored by Crain's ELECTRONIC MEDIA, a Leading TV Industry Trade ACTV, Inc., (NASDAQ:IATV) today announced that Bruce Crowley, president of the company's HyperTV Networks subsidiary, has been recognized as "one of the top 10 Internet executives you can't afford to ignore." The honor was bestowed upon Mr. Crowley in the March 27 edition of Crain's ELECTRONIC MEDIA, one of the TV industry's leading trade publications. The special report, titled "10 Internet Executives You Can't Afford to Ignore," profiles Mr. Crowley among other executives. Since its introduction to the entertainment community in April 1999, Mr. Crowley has been a driving force in establishing HyperTV as the leading solution for the convergence of traditional TV programming with the Internet. Some of the entertainment industry's highest profile companies are among HyperTV Network's clients. Recent HyperTV events include: - Turner Entertainment Group's TBS Superstation two-week James Bond movie festival; Turner Network Television's (TNT) special event, One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute, and The Sixth Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards; BOX FUSION from The Box Music Network, an MTV Networks company, the first fully-programmed 24-hour-a-day TV/Web convergence service; New Line Cinema's nationwide Pay-Per-View airings of Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me; and Showtime Networks original series, STARGATE SG-1. "Bruce has worked tirelessly for many years, and it is gratifying that he and our company are now being recognized for the leading role HyperTV will play in the future of TV and the Internet," said William C. Samuels, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ACTV, Inc. "We congratulate Bruce and share his honor with ACTV's entire team." ACTV's patented HyperTV software enhances a TV program or advertisement with related and synchronized content delivered through the Internet. HyperTV enables TV networks, programmers and advertisers to automatically deliver compelling interactive Web content, Web-based advertising, e-commerce, and community chat features that are synchronized to correspond with a live or pre-recorded TV program (or any other video-based content). Today, HyperTV offers a "two-screen" solution for TV/Web convergence, serving the growing number of TV viewers who simultaneously use the Internet to complement and enhance their TV viewing experiences. According to Media Metrix, more than half of all personal computers, or approximately 22.6 million, are in the same room as a television, and of those households, nearly all, or about 21.8 million, use the television and personal computer simultaneously at least some of the time. As more sophisticated and powerful digital set-top box technology proliferates, and as more cable operators offer high-speed Internet access, ACTV anticipates that viewers will enjoy a HyperTV experience with both video and synchronized Internet content and functionality delivered simultaneously to their TV or their computer. For more information, and to download the HyperTV plug-in, visit hypertv.com. ABOUT ACTV, INC. ACTV, Inc. (NASDAQ:IATV) has pioneered TV/Web convergence programming with its patented HyperTV(R) software solution. The company also created interactive one-to-one digital television with its proprietary "Individualized TV" software and programming capabilities. ACTV offers superior, practical solutions for television programmers, advertisers, cable operators, educators and consumers looking to leverage the emergence of digital television and the broadband delivery infrastructure. ACTV has relationships with many of the dominant players in the Internet, television and digital technology fields, including key strategic investments from Liberty Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ:LDIG) and Motorola's (NYSE:MOT) Broadband Communications Sector (formerly General Instrument Corporation (NYSE:GIC)). For more information, visit ACTV's Web site at actv.com.

To: steve harmon - analyst who wrote (4176)	3/31/2000 7:46:00 PM
From: art slott	Respond to of 4337

By: Convergence Reply To: 34606 by wcreekbob98 Friday, 31 Mar 2000 at 2:37 PM EST Post # of 34671 Creek, thanks for the email address. I just sent the following message, and would encourage others here to make their preferences known to CNBC: During today's segment of Powerlunch, the CEO of WGAT made many broad claims regarding his company's ownership of patents covering analog and digital convergence of TV and the internet. As a longtime holder of ACTV, Inc (IATV) I take strong issue with what I believe is a serious misrepresentation of the patent situation in the convergence arena. IATV has a patent portfolio consisting of 19 or 20 patents covering, among other things, the ability to "push" and "pull" streaming media content to and from the internet onto the TV screen while simultaneously watching the broadcast content. One of these patents was acquired earlier this year from media analyst Tom Wolzein, a well respected expert in the field. Another patent acquired this year from CatchTV enables a viewer to bookmark an advertisement on the TV for later viewing. Finally, and potentially most lucrative, ACTV holds patents covering interactive, individualized advertising, which it recently contributed to a joint venture it established with General Instruments (now part of MOT). GIC contributed 5 patents and $5 million in order to obtain a 49% interest in the Joint Venture. That fact, coupled with the recent announcement by MOT that it is including ACTV software in all of its cable head-end equipment, is a strong endorsement from the leading head-end and set top box supplier of the importance and value of ACTV's patents. In my view, WGAT's technology is inferior to that of ACTV, and the claims made during today's program misrepresent the facts by omitting to mention the central position occupied by ACTV. Accordingly, I would respectfully request that you invite ACTV to present its position during an upcoming segment of Powerlunch. Thanks for your consideration of my request. Sincerely, (Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy;