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To: BillyG who wrote (37521)	11/30/1998 4:39:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Margin Requirements Being Raised... As our luck goes, we'll now be classified as a Internet stock and... To: wiley murray (377 ) From: James Strauss Monday, Nov 30 1998 3:58PM ET Reply # of 487 Margin Requirements Being Raised... The U.S. Clearing Corp is raising margin requirements on 70 of the hottest internet stocks... You may need 70% equity to margin some stocks... Others may go off margin completely... This is to cool down the current internet speculation based only on momentum... The internet sector should take a big hit... Jim Message 6615081

To: BillyG who wrote (37521)	11/30/1998 5:50:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50808

Pioneer is going after the US cable market as a third vendor............................... mediacentral.com "Customers will be launching them," he insisted. "We are in homes this year with video-on-demand. The same with Internet access. Those are all things that are really rolling out and we have customer orders for and are in delivery, versus just showing something that is a trial or a theoretical exercise." The reality is helped by the industry's push toward a standardized, interoperable OpenCable digital set-top box. That attraction led Pioneer New Media Technologies Inc. away from its superglued relationship with Scientific-Atlanta and Time Warner Cable to its own individual product working with Canal+, DiviCom Inc. and C-Cube Microsystems Inc. "We've formed an alliance with these three companies to basically build an OpenCable box," said George Applegate, Pioneer's marketing manager. "We are still continuing that project (with S-A) and are still committed to it, but as an alternative offering we are offering an OpenCable box, more to go head-to-head with their existing products." Applegate said Pioneer sees a need for a third vendor in the marketplace as the two largest MSOs, Tele-Communications Inc. and Time Warner slice up the digital pie with their own distinct requirements. As part of its strategy, it continues to build boxes to meet the Pegasus specifications put forth by Time Warner. "If you read the OpenCable specs, they come in very close to Pegasus and so, hopefully, we'll be able to put a new spin on that with OpenCable and combine it with some of our existing resources as well," he theorized. That, of course, would open up a possibility of selling to TCI. "We certainly would love to sell to them," he admitted. "It would be great." TCI and Time Warner, he emphasized, are no longer islands to which everyone is swimming. The industry is expanding and becoming more diversified. "We want to be prepared to have an offering for everybody. We're really committed to that because we think it's a smart business decision," he said.

To: BillyG who wrote (37521)	11/30/1998 7:29:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

Sony Develops i.LINK -- IEEE1394 -- Link LSI Incorporating 5C Digital Content Protection Technology 11/30/98 Business Wire (Copyright (c) 1998, Business Wire) SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 1998--Sony Corp. today announced the development of an i.LINK (IEEE1394) link layer LSI that provides robust protection for digital content transmitted between digital electronics products. Sony has begun planning a series of related LSI products and preparing for volume production with the aim of launching products on the U.S. market by Spring 1999. The newly developed LSI currently supports the secure, two-way transmission of digital content across the i.LINK (IEEE1394) interface at speeds of up to 200Mbps. Designed for use in a wide variety of digital electronics products, the chip can process AV content transferred in MPEG data streams and other digital AV formats. It can also simultaneously transmit multiple isochronous signals and support functions that allow electronic programming guides and other applications to provide users with interactive network services. On Nov. 2, 1998, the Consumer Electronics Manufacturers' Association (CEMA) and the U.S.-based National Cable Television Association (NCTA) made a press announcement identifying the IEEE1394 interface as an important digital interface which will promote compatibility between digital television receivers and digital set - top boxes. Sony's newly developed i.LINK (IEEE1394) link LSI offers a practical solution for the safe, reliable transmission of copy protected digital content across this interface. Moreover, the introduction of Sony's new i.LINK (IEEE1394) copy protection LSIs in Spring 1999 may make it possible for consumer electronics hardware manufacturers to introduce products that are equipped with digital content protection enabled IEEE1394 interfaces by November 1999 as forecast in a recent letter sent by the presidents of the NCTA and CEMA to the Chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The digital content protection method employed by Sony's new LSI is based on a technical proposal presented to the Copyright Protection Technical Working Group (CPTWG), an ad-hoc cross-industry body organized to evaluate content protection technologies, in February 1998 by five companies. They include: Hitachi, Ltd., Intel Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Sony Corporation, and Toshiba Corporation. The technology jointly developed by the five companies -- which is known as the Digital Transmission Content Protection Method (DTCP) -- addresses the concerns of the entertainment content industry, including the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) which has requested two-way key exchange and multiple level copy protection. Under the DTCP method, AV and multimedia content would be classified into three levels of copy protection: copy prohibited, copy one generation, and copy free. "Copy prohibited" content sent through the IEEE1394 interface can be displayed but not recorded. Content designated as "Copy one generation" can be recorded, but the resulting content would be designated "copy prohibited." "Copy free" content could be freely recorded by the user. This system provides flexibility for both content providers and consumers. Sony hopes that the development of its new digital content protection enabled i.LINK (IEEE1394) link LSIs will facilitate the swift adoption of a cross-industry digital transmission content protection solution for a broad range of digital Audio-Visual (AV) and Information Technology (IT) electronics products. Key Features of the Cryptographic Signal Processor LSI for the IEEE 1394 Digital Interface 1. The newly developed LSI reduces the load on a product's microprocessor by internally encrypting and decrypting AV content, such as MPEG data streams. This allows for robust, high-speed protection of high bandwidth content such as video and animation. 2. The chip supports the Program ID (PID) parser and packet insertion functions used by Electronic Programming Guides (EPGs) and other interactive broadcast and network applications. 3. It allows for the simultaneous transfer of two separate isochronous signals over a single connection. For example, the LSI can transmit one isochronous signal while receiving another, or it can simultaneously transmit two separate isochronous signals. 4. The i.LINK (IEEE1394) link LSI supports the IEEE 1394-1995 standard, offers a maximum data transfer rate of 200 Mbps, and comes equipped with an on-board 68000 series CPU interface. CONTACT: Sony Electronics Inc. Mack Araki, 408/955-5673 mack_araki@ccmail.sel.sony.com www.sony.com 08:07 EST NOVEMBER 30, 1998