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To: J Fieb who wrote (37932)	12/23/1998 8:11:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

China Electronic Audio System Industrial Association predicts flat VCD sales in 1999. I don't know if they added Chao Ji VCD.......... 1998 Market Demand for Home Cinema System, 2.4 Million (Xinhua Electronics News/Xinhua News Agency) BEIJING -- China's market demand for home cinema systems is expected to reach 2.4 million sets in 1998, according to a forecast by the China Electronic Audio System Industrial Association. Sales of home cinemas with all environing audio functions and AV function reached 1.17 million sets in 1997, up 89.9% from 1996. Of the total sales, about 44.2%, or 517,000 sets, were imported. Following is a table showing the market sales of home cinemas in 1996 and 1997 and the market demand expected for 1998 and 1999. Year 1996 1997 1998 1999 Urban sales of VCD (in 10,000 sets) 285 1,096 1360 1360 Demand for home cinema (in 10,000 sets) 19.5 138 240 270 Per 100 household demand for home cinema - 1.2 3.4 6.5

To: J Fieb who wrote (37932)	12/28/1998 4:42:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

Philips Electronics is said to be in talks to buy General Instrument 12/21/98 CONSUMER ELECTRONICS (c) Copyright 1998 Warren Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Philips Electronics, flush from $6 billion sale of 75% stake in music company PolyGram, is said to be in talks to buy General Instrument (GI). Philips declined comment, but possible acquisition would be consistent with Philips Consumer Electronics CEO Adri Baan's statements at Comdex in Nov. that company will focus on digital technology including set-top boxes (STBs). GI is supplier of digital cable STBs and IRDs for Primestar satellite system. GI, which has $5.7 billion market value, also has been approached by Lucent and Cisco, analysts said. Sony also bought $180 million (5%) of GI earlier this year. Philips is nearing end of 4-year reorganization that has included selling stakes in Bang & Olufsen, Grundig and PolyGram and is planning to close 1/3 of its 260 factories by 2002. As part of restructuring, Philips cut 750 jobs at communications and CE factories in Singapore -- 9.4% of its work force there, spokesman confirmed. Reduction came on top of 200 jobs eliminated in May. Plants make audio equipment, TVs, cellular phones. Philips employs 8,000 in Singapore. It also eliminated 448 jobs at TV tube plants in Brazil in Nov. after demand for tubes plunged 31% (TVD Nov 30 p14).