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To: david n bower who wrote (3780)	12/30/1997 10:12:00 AM
From: Robert Utne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6570

David, Zenith isn't a partner in the TCI program. However, Zenith will benefit from the TCI cable alliance to produce STBs by: 1. receiving licensing fees from every STB sold (for its VSBi patents). 2. pushing the Americast group, a major competitor of the cable companies, to more quickly implement their own STB plans to compete against the cable group. Members of Americast include Ameritech, Bell South and Disney. Zenith has a $1 billion STB contract with Americast. 3. expanding the market for Zenith's HDTVs and SDTVs.