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To: ERM who wrote (2946)	10/25/1998 11:22:00 AM
From: ahhaha	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 29970

Turner is not an MSO. TBS provides content to cable operators. Turner is a super independent maverick which doesn't follow the standard mold of tv broadcasters. Ted had stated that the motivation wasn't so much an issue of profit drag as it was an issue of tyranny, the tyranny of external arbitrary decisions decided elsewhere for other reasons being imposed where it did not apply. Turner's lawyers did not argue along effective lines. If they had made the kind of argument MSFT is making, they might have won. They aren't the first tv station to directly resist imposition, but over the last 20 years resistance has dwindled. An MSO with 200 channels isn't going to resist what broadcasters have accepted as dogma. It hasn't made economic sense for them to do so. Things are changing. Now, the MSOs themselves are seeing more and more that it will be in their interest to be free to choose what they carry including whether to provide access to AOL.

To: ERM who wrote (2946)	10/26/1998 9:04:00 AM
From: ERM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

FYI: cbs.marketwatch.com Excerpts: NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- America Online is prepared to offer its service across any platform in the coming age of broadband, high-speed Internet access, new CFO J. Michael Kelly said on Thursday. AOL is still talking to all broadband providers, but Kelly's comments suggest the company can remain unaligned. That's significant because of the level of positioning taking place in the industry. "We will be the biggest buyer of connectivity," he said. In the near future, there will be "a lot activity and consolidation, and the best capitalized companies will have the best opportunity on the Internet," Kelly said. He indicated that the company is prepared to file comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission on the pending merger between AT&T and Tele-Communications Inc. (TCOMA) to ensure that Internet portals get open access to consumers. "We believe there should be open access for broadband," he said. "We will probably have comments."