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To: Michael Stavy who wrote (35655)	9/2/1998 3:39:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

<<The major patent holder in the DVD-RAM is Energy Conversion Devices>> Michael, thanks for the information, but it is simply not true that ECD is "the major patent holder" in DVD-RAM technology. ECD may hold patents in phase change technology, but there are many other patents -- perhaps hundreds -- that are critical and essential to DVD-RAM technology. You can bet that a number of the key patents are held by the members of the DVD Forum that wrote the specification for DVD-RAM. Nonetheless, ECD has done quite well with its phase-change patents.

To: Michael Stavy who wrote (35655)	9/2/1998 5:50:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

SkyPerfecTV and DirecTV, Japan passing 1 million sub mark............ skyreport.com Japan DBS Close To 1 Million Subscriber Mark Sept. 2, 1998 Japan's two digital satellite companies have enrolled more than 990,000 subscribers, according to company data for the end of August, positioning the fledgling industry for the one million mark, a milestone it should pass this month. SkyPerfecTV reported a total of 834,000, while DirecTV Japan said it had 160,000 for its service. SKYPerfecTV, backed by News Corp., Softbank and others, offers 170 channels. DirecTV plans to increase its number of channels from the current 88 to more than 150 by year-end in hopes of closing the gap with its competitor.