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To: Don Hand who wrote (14734)	11/21/2000 9:05:40 PM
From: Don Hand	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21143

Update on Civic Video ? Federal is a content provider. ref: 4/2000 ccur.com www1.telecomclick.com CW: What's the deal behind Federal Hill teaming with Civic Video to roll out VOD in Australia? Civic Video is essentially the Hollywood Video of Australia because they are the No. 2 provider. They have an agreement with the utility companies for 150,000 homes in Canberra, the capital, to roll out video-on-demand. So we are now in the throes of acquiring content. CW: How does the content acquisition process differ overseas than within the United States? It's not a simple process. It's not like you can call just one guy and say: `I need content for Australia.' Each studio overseas has a different division and ideology, whether it's residential or hotel, there are different windows. So for Civic to deal with any Disney product, for instance, the representative might be in Hong Kong. It doesn't come out of the corporate office. Once you're fortunate enough to license the content, then you have to deal with very different types of masters. Where are the PAL masters located? Where are the NTSC masters located?

To: Don Hand who wrote (14734)	11/22/2000 7:12:04 PM
From: James M. Bash	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21143

Nice find on the article Don, as well as the spotting of Time Warner South Carolina! I thought I read through all the About sections in those three PRs looking for exactly such a change, but I must have missed the one that was different (in 2 out of 3 there was no change from previous). So I hope that [possible tongue-slip on CCUR's part] means we've got South Carolina in the bag (could be worth $10-15M revs), and hopefully a little more of the cat will be let out of that bag next week at the show!