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To: Tim McCormick who wrote (29470)	2/13/1998 2:27:00 PM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

I've heard their name before, but I don't remember if they're a CUBE customer. I'm fairly certain that they didn't develop their own codec -- instead, they probably integrated someone else's codec into their system. Meanwhile, here's what you get when you connect a DVD player to a GPS sytsem -- a geographically sensitive video system. -ASPEN GROUP: Something in the air -- an in-flight entertainment innovation M2 PRESSWIRE-13 February 1998-ASPEN GROUP: Something in the air -- an in-flight entertainment innovation with significant implications for terrestrial media (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A groundbreaking interface between airline navigational equipment and digitised video players is making possible the most tightly streamlined marketing available, in the air or on the ground. Titled 'Radical,' this project spearheaded by Spafax and Airshow is a marketing innovation which targets an audience as small as a single planeload of passengers. The output of navigational systems is already seen translated into maps for passengers to view during the flight, showing the aeroplane's flight path and current location between origin and destination. A simple computer processor transfers navigational output into graphic formats. The next step is revolutionary in terms of in-flight media and the development of 'real-time entertainment'. The computer is linked with DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) or CD-ROM and video segments, and the navigational data is then used to 'trigger' the appropriate video selection. For example, as the plane flies over Copenhagen, a video on the life of Hans Christian Andersen is triggered; or, flying in to Dublin in refuel, a 'Riverdance' performance is screened. This development takes the efficient micro targeting of media to a new level. Correspondingly, advertising sales and entertainment content can be focussed on the same small scale: now the message can be put in front of an audience who, by their nature mid geography, truly are interested. And as terrestrial audiences become equally fragmented, and are addressed by ever more finely-targeted messages, the marketing revolution that 'Radical' represents will enable terrestrial media to be equally discriminating in their approach. Note to Editors Aspen's Spafax Airline Network is the world's leading provider of international in-flight entertainment channels and media sales. Creators and distributors of innovative in-flight entertainment programmes (including interactive services) for leading carriers like British Airways, Air Canada, Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines and Emirates. Spafax part of Aspen Media, a division of Aspen Marketing Communications, also operates a global media sales network handling GBP 10m worth of business. It has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Singapore, Toronto, Montreal and London representing 45 airlines, including Virgin, Air France and KLM, which altogether reaches 75% of all international travellers. Aspen Marketing Communications is a division Aspen Group plc, a stock exchange listed company with a staff 1,800 strong. In 1996 Aspen Group's overall turnover was GBP 97.5m, of which GBP 53.1m was in the marketing communications sector. Aspen is therefore one of the biggest marcoms agencies in the UK. Aspen's core ability is marketing and media services; it offers a range of consultative and specialist services through three operating units: Aspen Agency, Aspen Media and Aspen Field Marketing. CONTACT: Mark Rowse, Director, Spafax Tel: +44 (0)171 706 4488 Fax: +44 (0)171 479 8527 e-mail: mrowse@spafax.com Nigel Pritchard, PPR Tel: +44 (0)1932 828 771 Fax: +44 (0)1932 853 448 e-mail: nigel@p-p-r.demon.co.uk Alan Lawson, Director of Marketing, Aspen Group Tel: +44 (0)171 262 2622 Fax: +44 (0)171 479 8535 e-mail: al@aspenplc.co.uk M2 COMMUNICATIONS DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR INFORMATION PROVIDED WITHIN M2 PRESSWIRE. DATA SUPPLIED BY NAMED PARTY/PARTIES.

To: Tim McCormick who wrote (29470)	2/13/1998 2:46:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Tiernan: techstocks.com

To: Tim McCormick who wrote (29470)	2/13/1998 3:18:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Glowing plastic TVs................. news.com Thin plastic screens coming By Reuters Special to CNET NEWS.COM February 13, 1998, 8:50 a.m. PT Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) said it will unveil the world's first plastic TV display Monday, a move which could eventually see the demise of the standard television set. The Cambridge, England-based privately held company, in which Intel has a minority stake, said it will also reveal the identity of a Japanese partner. CDT has previously declined to identify the Japanese company. Industry sources estimate it is a large Japanese laptop computer screen maker. CDT has developed light-emitting polymer (LEP) technology, which it calls "plastic that glows." CDT hopes this thin, flexible LEP technology will lead to the production of flat-panel display screens for use in mobile communications, computers, consumer electronics, and ultimately as an alternative to the cathode ray tube (CRT) that's the standard for TV tubes and desktop monitors. The company hopes to able to eventually produce TVs as thin as the picture frames that are hung on walls. "CDT and its Japanese partner will unveil the world's first plastic TV display on Monday and will set aggressive targets for commercializing the technology," it said in a statement. Last November, CDT announced that Intel had taken an undisclosed stake in the company. Sources said this amounted to an equity stake worth $2 million. Investors in CDT include Cambridge University (which owns about 25 percent), and a high-profile group of private investors led by former British cabinet minister Lord Young of Graffham, who own a slightly bigger stake. Other investors include the rock group Genesis, entrepreneur Herman Hauser, and technology guru Esther Dyson, president of EDventure Holdings of New York. CDT has twice promised to announce this stage of the project and its Japanese partner over last six months, but canceled at the last moment. "The announcement which we are to make on February 16 will demonstrate that our technology is very close to commercialization for computer and video display applications," CDT chief executive Danny Chapchal said in a statement.