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To: Don Dorsey who wrote (32127)	4/13/1998 3:51:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

DVD EXPRESS Celebrates its First Anniversary; The Largest Internet Retailer of DVD Movies Sees Sales Soar << LOS ANGELES, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- One year ago, the founders of DVD EXPRESS, Inc. launched their Web store with the goal of becoming the Internet's largest retailer of DVD movies. On Wednesday, April 15, DVD EXPRESS will celebrate its one-year anniversary and the success of that goal with a "THANK YOU" sale. DVD Express's vast DVD movie selection, discounted pricing and same day shipping have helped to attract an ever-growing number of customers. "Our customer base is growing at a rate faster than that of the installed player base -- which suggests that we are successful in attracting customers away from conventional retailers," said Michael Dubelko, President of DVD EXPRESS. Since its inception, DVD EXPRESS has seen its sales grow by over 30% per month with a dramatic increase in the first quarter of 1998. While most Internet retailers rely on outside distributors to ship their orders, DVD EXPRESS stocks and ships all titles direct from their own warehouse insuring customers receive the fastest delivery available. "We have received thousands of e-mails from customers who can't believe how fast they received their orders. We pride ourselves on this fast service and we think it makes a big difference," said Dubelko. To thank their loyal customers, DVD EXPRESS is offering a large selection of titles at just $16.95 for a limited time. Some titles featured in the Anniversary sale include Liar, Liar, Conspiracy Theory, Batman and Robin, and Eric Clapton's MTV Unplugged. Customers can take advantage of this sale at: dvdexpress.com >> newsalert.com

To: Don Dorsey who wrote (32127)	4/13/1998 4:42:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Broadcom's GI deal.................................... multichannel.com Cable operators consistently mention silicon integration as one of the most important factors that will shave costs off pricey digital set-tops. "This is all part of our cost-reduction effort," said David Fritch, senior manager of marketing and strategy for GI's Digital Video segment. GI's nod to Broadcom also marks its shift away from SGS Thomson, which had been producing GI's MPEG-2 decoding chips. The back end Broadcom licensed also handles AC-3 audio decoding and an NTSC (National Television Systems Committee) encoder to convert a digital signal back to an analog format so that it displays well on analog TV sets. "Ultimately, we'll take all that, integrate it with [64 or 256] QAM, and have a single-chip set-top," Lindenfelser said. That means that the only technology pieces that fall outside of the chip consolidation boundaries are conditional access and encryption, which are kept separate for security reasons. Central processing chips, like the 233 MIPS (millions of instructions per second) silicon GI recently agreed to buy from QED Inc., and memory will also remain separate. To start, Broadcom will supply GI with a two-chip solution for use in GI's DCT-1000 and -2000 series boxes. "Then, in the next class, what we need to do is to improve the graphics for GI's DCT-5000 class of boxes," so that content coming from the Internet looks good on TV screens, Lindenfelser said.