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To: DiViT who wrote (28936)	1/29/1998 3:42:00 PM
From: let	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

OFF SUBJECT ...here is a stock that I own (and have for over a year) Sand Technology Systems, Intl. (symbol SNDCF ..trades on Nasdq) Looks like it may be ready to move this year, could be an interesting play, but do your own homework. Anyone interested may e-mail me for more info.

To: DiViT who wrote (28936)	1/29/1998 3:57:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Kirch d-boxes still look dead. To be resolved by mid May................... ijumpstart.com Uncertainties also abound as to what will happen to the station controlled directly by the KirchGroup, Sat.1. Pro Sieben is 60% owned by Leo Kirch's son Thomas and has until now remained a very separate entity from Sat.1. Both Leo and Thomas Kirch seem intent on keeping them that way. But many pundits are certain that, in the long term, Sat.1's only chance of survival is to move closer to Pro Sieben. Leo Kirch knows that any such move could jeopardise his attempts at getting the European Commission to give the go-ahead to the planned merger of its Pay-TV activities with CLT-UFa's. Regulators struggle to cope with more and more complex issues and structures as new digital TV ventures are launched. As a result of the regulator's demands, large companies Bertelsmann, Kirch and Deutsche Telekom AG jointly founded a company to develop and market digital pay TV, the "Media Service Gesellschaft, MSG" (media service company). But that was then blocked by the European authorities. An expensive battle followed with each company trying to impose its own system and technology. The fight led to nowhere and again a compromise was urged by the regulator. The current compromise is again being questioned by the EC with no clear signal as to what the outcome will be. While regulators and European authorities thrash it out, Germany has lost its pole position in the race to start-up digital television. There are fears that the standstill provoked by the European Commission could freeze local investment in digital TV ventures altogether and open the market up to new international players. But this might be the only way forward.