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To: BillyG who wrote (34788)	7/30/1998 9:04:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Your right Billy, the Thomson deal is WOW. The settop box moves inside the TV................................... July 30, 1998 Thomson Partners for Enhanced TV Paris -- Thomson Multimedia said Thursday that it will partner with four technology companies to help generate recurring revenues from interactive services. Thomson has signed memoranda of understanding with Microsoft Corp., DirecTv Inc., Alcatel and NEC Corp. Each of the four companies plans to take a 7.5 percent equity stake in Thomson. The deals are expected to close this fall. Microsoft and Thomson will develop and promote new enhanced televisions that include electronic programming guides and support programs enhanced with interactivity. The interactive receivers will be built directly into digital televisions, so that consumers would not need separate set-tops to access the enhanced programs. Microsoft also said Thursday that Thomson will license and sell Microsoft's WebTV Networks Internet set-tops under the RCA brand name. And Thomson will integrate WebTV technology into future DBS and cable boxes. Through its deal with DirecTv, Thomson will develop next-generation direct-broadcast satellite receivers designed to pull in terrestrial digital-television signals. The two companies will also work together to develop and distribute interactive-TV services over satellite. Alcatel will help Thomson to develop digital home networks that link home-electronics devices. Thomson and NEC will codevelop flat-panel plasma television screens. - 7/30/98