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To: James Connolly who wrote (8789)	11/13/2000 9:23:05 PM
From: Carpe per Diem	Respond to of 10309

Motorola's DTV module will retail for $150....does anyone have an educated guess what WIND's royalty per chip set will be? Does Motorola have a proprietary in-house RTOS that could have been modified for this application? With the price of digital televisions in the stratosphere, this could be a killer app for WIND if folks can just pop one of these DTV modules on their existing TV and reap the benefits of a digital signal. Hell, I'll buy one. OT: another interesting HDTV play is Leitch Technologies. They are the leading manufacturer of the hardware all broadcasters must convert to, in order to process and transmit digital signals. (LTV:TSE) Rinks

To: James Connolly who wrote (8789)	11/17/2000 7:32:01 AM
From: James Connolly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10309

TV makers want to force broadcasters to add digital shows news.cnet.com If I am reading this correctly by 2003 all new TV’s sold must be capable of receiving digital signals. This brings up some obvious questions: 1. How many TV’s are sold in the US per year ? 2. What market share might WIND get ? and what sort of royalty will WIND get ? 3. TV’s that don’t have the digital functionality built in can be upgraded via a STB. How big is that market ? 4. Does Digital TV fall under WIND’s Platform group or Consumer group ? Regards JC.