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To: Ali Khaman who wrote (1362)	1/5/1998 2:33:00 PM
From: ed doell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4748

Good question. I've seen this before in other Naz stocks and wondered the same thing. Ed

To: Ali Khaman who wrote (1362)	1/5/1998 2:34:00 PM
From: art slott	Respond to of 4748

Churning and swaps between mm's imo. From Msnbc and our friend Emory Thomas INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT: The midst of a boomBut with increased activity comes new questionsÿ ÿ ÿDigital entertainment this year is blossoming on more fronts than ever before. Interactive games are doing blockbuster sales. Giant cable companies are about to buy millions of set-top boxes that turn ordinary TVs into interactive TVs. Computer-generated visual effects dominate the movie screen. And laws now on the books require TV broadcasters to go digital starting in 1998.ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ 'War for eyeballs' isn't over yet More ways to get Web on TV Will WebTV Plus equal more? ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ The trend should only accelerate in 1998, and that's good news for most media and technology companies. But even good news can raise provocative - and sometimes-threatening - new questions about how the business world will work in the near future. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿFollowing are some of the questions that interactive-entertainment executives will be pondering after the big apple falls in Times Square: ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ Even with billions of dollars in reserve, will Microsoft be able to carve out a commanding position in the digital television era? ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ The software giant (which is a partner with NBC in MSNBC) has been stymied in its attempt to establish standards around its technology. Neither its efforts to push computer-friendly "progressive scan" broadcast formats, nor its attempts to base cable set-top boxes on its operating system have received a generous hearing. Now the company must rely on its cash, its much heralded persistence, and its new WebTV subsidiary to help it succeed in this unpredictable arena. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ Will interactive games come back into vogue among major media companies? ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ Time Warner, Viacom and other media giants have been liquidating their interactive-entertainment operations as fast as possible. Why? Overhype led to oversupply, which led to big losses. But as a new generation of digital cable boxes hits the living-room TV, games may find a new, more-mainstream outlet. Then, the media companies might find that they want some game programming to go along with their movie programming. That dynamic should spark a spree of acquisitions of companies like Electronic Arts and Broderbund Software. Then again, this coming year may be a tad too early for such a buying binge. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ PCs are becoming TVs. TVs are becoming PCs. That begs the question: How often will these gizmos crash right in the middle of a "Seinfeld" episode? ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ For computer companies with their eyes hungrily focused on the TV-watching masses, this is a vital issue. Intel executives recently fielded questions on the topic during a press briefing. The long-winded answer boiled down to this: We're working on it. Hard. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ Will there be a backlash against effects-dominated movies? ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ Digital scenery, digital snakes, digital explosions, even digital people now populate virtually every major box-office smash hit. Originally billed as a way to cut costs, computer-generated effects so far simply add costs to productions - effects-heavy "Titanic" cost a record $200 million to produce - if only because their very existence entices directors to maximize their use. So in reaction against such excesses, are we on the cusp of a flurry of low-tech "Kramer vs. Kramer" dramas? If the jam-packed work dockets at Hollywood's effects shops is any indication, probably not. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ Does anyone really want to see Internet content on the television? ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ So far, there's very little evidence to suggest that consumers are clamoring for this. Deep into its second Christmas season, WebTV Networks has roughly 200,000 subscribers. Far more intriguing, however, are the prospects for WebTV Plus and other such devices that essentially add interactive layers to traditional TV programming. As soon as a broadcaster airs a fully interactive Super Bowl, complete with updated statistics and game highlights of the viewer's choosing, the power of Internet technology on TV should become clear. But when that will happen is still unclear. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ Who will win the video-game console war between Nintendo and Sony? ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ The Nintendo 64 and the Sony PlayStation are running neck-and-neck in the race to provide entertainment to the teenage masses. The CD-based PlayStation has the advantage of more and cheaper software to offer. But Nintendo retains its old cache. Conventional wisdom has it that both companies are winners. But how about Sega? With its Saturn platform barely registering on the sales meter, Sega will be searching hard in 1998 to become any sort of factor in the "next-generation" game world. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ Forward Spin front page ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿÿ ÿÿ ÿ ÿ

To: Ali Khaman who wrote (1362)	1/5/1998 3:15:00 PM
From: ed doell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4748

Hi Ali, I just got a QR (trade recap) from a Bloomberg machine, and could look over all of the trades so far. There seems to be a trading exchange ("war") at 1 7/8 to 1 27/32. There seems to be plenty of sellers in blocks and buyers in blocks at that level. So it could be what Art says: mm churning to attract attention to the stock on the basis of volume... Seen that before too in this stock and others. But a move up is better than a sharp stick in the eye anyday! Ed