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To: stockman_scott who wrote (46140)	1/10/2002 4:39:35 PM
From: Dealer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Check out RNWK up 7.9 percent. I would love to see this stock make a comeback. We made a lot of money in RNWK in the good days and it is on our afterhours list. dealie NEWS:RealNetworks in Entertainment Pact with TiVo Audio/Video Market Update: Opening Bell - (Yahoo! Finance Vision) Stock Spotlight: RealNetworks deals all about the long-term - (ON24) Stock Spotlight: RealNetworks deals all about the long-term - (ON24) SEATTLE (Reuters) - RealNetworks Inc. (Nasdaq:RNWK - news), a top maker of software for playing video and audio over the Internet, on Tuesday announced deals to include its technology in TiVo (news - web sites) Inc.'s (Nasdaq:TIVO - news) digital video recorders and an array of other consumer devices. The deals are part of the Seattle-based company's strategy to expand beyond its traditional personal computer market and bring digital music and video to new gadgets. Those plans have gathered steam over the past year and Tuesday's announcements are among the most significant yet. Shares of RealNetworks and TiVo advanced on the news. TiVo climbed 99 cents, or about 15 percent, to $7.29, its highest level in 5 months, on Nasdaq. RealNetworks gained $1.06, or 17 percent, to $7.11. The deals, to be announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which runs through Friday in Las Vegas, call for TiVo and television set-top box start-up Moxi to include Real's new RealOne Player into their products, Chief Executive Rob Glaser told Reuters in an interview. Moreover, electronics firms Hitachi (6501.T) , NEC Corp. (6701.T), Philips (PHG.AS) and STMicroelectronics (STM.PA) would all support Real technologies in chips to be used in everything from DVD players to handheld computers and digital cameras. The prize deal is the relationship with TiVo, whose line of machines customize TV viewing by recording shows to a hard drive, and allow the company to track viewing habits and make suitable program recommendations. The devices have become increasingly popular, and had about 280,000 subscribers as of Oct. 31. The arrangement also calls for TiVo to start offering its users the RealOne subscription service, which pipes exclusive entertainment, sports and news content to customers paying a monthly fee. TIVO, REALNETWORKS EACH PURSUE PARTNERSHIPS For San Jose, California-based TiVo, the deal reflects its plans to form partnerships and licensing pacts for its TV recording technology, that it hopes will lead to stronger brand awareness and, eventually, more subscribers to its service. Robertson Stevens analyst Lowell Singer, in a note to clients, on Tuesday said he believes incremental licensing deals could serve as a near-term catalyst for TiVo shares. TiVo late on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its set-top box, bolstered by partnerships that equip the device to access services such as music, video-on-demand, and games via high-speed Internet connections. The addition of the RealOne Player software to TiVo's upcoming line of second-generation boxes would let users record music from CDs onto the devices, as well as download music from the Internet. ``One of the emerging themes this week (at CES) is the whole digital convergence in the home, and what we have in place with TiVo is what I think is the most concrete practical example of that,'' Glaser said. The support of Real's technology by more chip-makers meant the company was laying the groundwork for delivering audio and video to a wide range of non-PC devices over the next few years, Glaser said. Glaser said those arrangements were long-term bets but he believed that in 10 years most Internet content would be accessed by devices other than traditional personal computers. Real already has deals to include its technology in the Sony PlayStation 2 (news - web sites) video game console, Nokia (news - web sites) mobile phones and chips made by Texas Instruments. ``We're now in basically all the leading current platforms,'' Glaser said. ``That positions us marvelously for this digital convergence of the future,'' he added. (additional reporting by Franklin Paul in New York)

To: stockman_scott who wrote (46140)	1/10/2002 4:58:10 PM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (11) \| Respond to of 65232

you can be sure that many Enron documents are in vaults plenty of leverage for bargaining this will very likely destroy Anderson altogether if not with lawsuits, then lost future business a reputation has been lost, gone / jim