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Technology Stocks : C-Cube -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Don Dorsey who wrote (35074)	8/10/1998 12:48:00 PM
From: R Verchota	Respond to of 50808

Can anyone summarize Cube's progress/potential in set-top boxes??? I have been in and out of Cube for about three years and have tried to keep up with this thread. Currently, I am back in this stock, bought in the 15's last week and again today when I saw it down almost $1 despite the Divi-DirectTV announcement. (The DirectTV deal has not hit Dow Jones News as of this time) I have the impression that Divi is going to drive the future of this company, but I am very encouraged by recent DVD announcements - Navarre is doing a turn-key solution for 162+/- CompUsa stores, local video stores (suburban Chicago)have large window signs saying "DVD is Here!", Best Buy runs ads on a weekly basis touting the benefits of DVD and their large selection of titles. (I bought an Encore kit and Tomorrow Never Dies yesterday for a net cost of about $230 and am pleased although I need some configuration help) But what about set-top boxes. Is S-A cleaning up, do they use Cube chips in any products and is it likely that DirectTV will use cube based boxes in connection with their Divicom uplink center? I'm expecting Cube to do very well over the next six months but really wonder about its potential in areas other than DiviCom. Thanks in advance for any help. Bob V. P.S. I'm long and not worried, just trying to be educated.

To: Don Dorsey who wrote (35074)	8/10/1998 1:30:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Paramount Home Video Announces First Wave of DVD Releases... Ten Titles to Premiere in October biz.yahoo.com 08/10/98 Business Wire (Copyright (c) 1998, Business Wire) HOLLYWOOD--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Aug. 10, 1998--Paramount Home video launches into the DVD format this October with a premiere collection of 10 star-studded and box office hit movies representing some of the best from Paramount's extraordinary film library. In order to firmly establish their position in the DVD marketplace, Paramount is initiating their entry with a selection of catalog top sellers, recent top theatrical favorites and titles from their highly successful film franchises. All titles will be available at a $29.99 suggested retail price in the United States and C$39.99 in Canada. The announcement was made by Eric Doctorow, president, Worldwide Home Video for Paramount Pictures. "Paramount Home Video is aggressively entering the DVD market with a broad range of titles that will appeal to the current user and draw other film lovers to this exciting new home entertainment option," said Doctorow. "As we close 1998 and enter 1999, Paramount will continue to provide a volume of quality choices to drive this format into the new millennium." On Oct. 6, Paramount will release five titles starting with the science fiction box office hit based on the popular franchise and one of the most requested DVD titles, "Star Trek: First Contact." John Woo's recent $112 million box office smash, "Face/Off," starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage, streets on that date as well. Also releasing are: the more than $60 million action-thrillers "The Saint" starring Val Kilmer and Elisabeth Shue and "Kiss the Girls" starring Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd, and the seductive thriller starring Academy Award winners Susan Sarandon, Paul Newman and Gene Hackman, "Twilight." The second group of five DVD releases, available Oct. 20, kicks off with another one of Paramount's top five selling titles of all time, "Top Gun," starring box office giant Tom Cruise. The first of the action hits from the Tom Clancy franchise to be available is "Clear and Present Danger" starring Harrison Ford. "Primal Fear," the $56 million courtroom thriller starring Richard Gere and Golden Globe award winner Edward Norton also streets that date. Also available will be two comedies, "In & Out" starring Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack and Tom Selleck, and closely following its videocassette release, "Neil Simon's The Odd Couple II" starring Hollywood legends Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. Fifteen more titles for November and December release will be announced shortly, and will include more top action and comedy hits from Paramount's film library and an addition to the "Star Trek" DVD line-up. The Paramount DVD line will feature interactive menus and scene selection on all titles, and theatrical trailers on the majority of titles. "The Saint" will have special commentary by the film's director Phillip Noyce. All DVD releases will be available in the Amaray style DVD -SAFE casing, the packaging that conforms with VSDA recommendations. All titles will be available in widescreen, with "Top Gun" also available in a two version disc featuring pan-and-scan and widescreen. Audio tracks in English feature Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Surround. Also, viewers will be able to access French language and Spanish subtitles versions. They will be close captioned for the hearing impaired. Paramount also announced that they have entered into an exclusive, long term agreement with Panasonic Disc services for the replication of their DVD discs. "We are delighted to be working with Panasonic Disc Services and Bob Pfannkuch in this business venture," said Doctorow. "Panasonic's long tradition in the entertainment industry and Bob's years of experience will be valuable assets as we explore and further develop this new technology." Paramount Home Video is part of the operations of Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc. CONTACT: Paramount Pictures, Hollywood Dorrit Ragosine, 213/956-8090