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To: DiViT who wrote (36055)	9/18/1998 1:23:00 PM
From: Don Dorsey	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

DirecTV subscriber base tops 4 million EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 17 (Reuters) - Satellite television provider DirecTV Inc on Thursday said it has begun service to its four millionth subscriber, placing its service in one out of every 25 U.S. households with a TV set. DirecTV, a unit of Hughes Electronics Corp, launched the service in 1994, and since that time has signed up over one million subscribers a year. Year-to-date in 1998, subscribers are up nearly 30 percent over 1997. The service has sold over 120 million pay-per-view movies and special events, broadcast over 200,000 hours of professional and collegiate sporting events, earned a customer satisfaction rating over 90 percent and kept its monthly disconnects, or churn rate, at around 1 percent. mediacentral.com

To: DiViT who wrote (36055)	9/18/1998 2:29:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

Clinton to star in an MPEG video by encoding.com........... When Gennifer Flowers was asked if she did everything that Monica did, she answered "Close, but no cigar." encoding.com Offers Free Promotion To Encode President Clinton's Grand Jury Testimony for the Internet SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 1998--encoding.com, the first organization dedicated to converting audio and video for the Net, is offering news organizations the opportunity to have President Clinton's videotaped Grand Jury testimony encoded for the Internet for free (normally costing over $1,000). As a result of encoding.com's offer, news organizations will be able to offer President Clinton's encoded testimony on their websites in the quickest and easiest manner imaginable. "Given the tremendous interest in President Clinton's testimony, news organizations are looking for the best way to make that four hour long videotape available on their websites. encoding.com is the answer," said Martin Tobias, CEO and Founder of encoding.com. "Given that most video produced for the Internet is only a couple of minutes long, encoding a videotape of such significant length is not a trivial process. Using the world's most advanced mass encoding facility and encoding.com's proprietary Optimized encoding process, we have the unique capacity to encode this videotape or any other tape into all leading Internet media formats including RealSystem 5.0, Windows Media and MPEG simultaneously," said Martin Tobias, CEO and Founder of encoding.com. To take advantage of encoding.com's promotional offer interested news organizations should obtain a copy of the videotaped testimony and call encoding.com at 206/285-7205 or send e-mail to sales@encoding.com. "What this event shows is that encoding is a critical part of the process of converting traditional media to Internet media. Bandwidth and technology are only part of the solution," noted Tobias, "Without encoding, no one would be able to offer this news tape or any other on the Internet." With its leading edge mass encoding lab situated in Seattle, encoding.com has the means and capacity to offer this critical service. In cases like this, turnaround will be crucial to these news organizations and with the capacity to turn 5,000 hours of encoded video content a month, encoding.com is perfectly positioned for these time sensitive situations. With the capacity to handle any Internet media format and bandwidth, news organizations will be able to offer crucial news content in any Internet media format including RealNetworks RealSystem 5.0 and Microsoft Windows Media Technology. About encoding.com. encoding.com, inc., based in Seattle, WA with a branch office in San Francisco, CA, was founded in July 1997. Having developed the world's most advanced facility and the coolest enterprise tools for real-time, optimized or embedded encoding of audio and video for the Net, encoding.com has the capacity, experience and means to provide brilliant, timely and cost effective encoding solutions for your Internet media needs. Contact encoding.com at 3406 E. Union St, Seattle, WA 98122, Tel: 206/285-7205, Email: info@encoding.com. CONTACT: encoding.com, Seattle Todd Sawicki, 206/285-7205 todd@encoding.com