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To: John Rieman who wrote (38092)	1/7/1999 5:25:00 PM
From: jack montgomery	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Hi John, Interesting comment on Yahoo! Jack MPEG-7? Is this for real? by: no1cpa 5612 of 5613 YAHOO INC Posted By: Angelo525 Date: 1/6/99 7:08:15 PM "YHOO" is going from TEXT to VIDEO using "CUBE"!!! If you like INTERNET stocks, then it may be in your best interest to look at C-CUBE MICROSYSTEMS! They are making VIDEO PLATFORMS for the INTERNET. This includes MPEG-7 for video on PORTAL/SEARCH ENGINES, two way communications on cable TV using the WEB, DBS Broadcast Internet, DVD players, and VIDEO ON DEMAND with Time Warner. Already CUBE has major customers like DELL, CREATIVE LABS, SUN MICRO, JVC, DIRECTV, Panasonic, Toshiba, 3COM for video networks, US WEST, TIME WARNER CABLE, and many more... DVD & Internet video is poised to launch like a rocket... YAHOO will be using them to search multimedia on the internet! CUBE is to video what INTEL is to PC!!! When CUBE catches on as an internet play that it is, it will go up 10 fold as it's PE is 25 NOW!!! c-cube.com biz.yahoo.com techweb.com

To: John Rieman who wrote (38092)	1/7/1999 5:54:00 PM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

Thomson May Announce Divx Investment techweb.com (01/07/99, 2:45 p.m. ET) By Mark Harrington, Computer Retail Week Thomson Multimedia, in what it called an industry first, on Wednesday played HDTV through a new high-end Divx player under its ProScan brand and indicated further involvement in the DVD format. The French-owned TV conglomerate at a pre-Consumer Electronics Show media briefing announced it expects to ship such an HDTV unit in about a year, as it strengthens its alliance with the creators of a format it said shipped about 100,000 units under its brands during the first 90 days of sales. Total DVD player sales exceeded 1.1 million units last year, according to Thomson officials. Thomson said Divx was particularly suited to HDTV programming because of its "highly secure cryptographic technology," which appeases copyright owners' piracy concerns. James Meyer, chief operating officer and executive vice president of Thomson, declined to discuss the price of such a unit. Meyer also said the company is open to the notion of investing in Digital Video Express, but said the companies are already working so closely now that an investment isn't immediately warranted. Nevertheless, he said, Thomson is "constantly looking at investment opportunities," and Divx is a future possibility. Digital Video Express is primarily owned by retailer Circuit City, which has been actively seeking investment partners for more than a year. Thomson also said it is expanding its lineup of multimedia monitors, based on strong sales of a unit shipping since last year, and it will begin offering the products through computer superstores for the first time. The monitors, under Thomson's RCA and ProScan brands, will be available in screen sizes from 27 to 36 inches, and can be used for video-game, high-end PC graphics, and high-end TV functions, including DVD playback. The 36-inch ProScan model PS36800 will carry a $2,799 suggested retail price, and the 32-inch ProScan PS32800 will carry a $2,299 SRP when both ship next month. Thomson this summer will introduce a 36-inch RCA-branded multimedia monitor, model MM36100, at a $2,599 SRP, and a 27-inch version at a $1,599 SRP. Thomson said it also expects to introduce TVs through a joint venture with Microsoft's WebTV division that will allow new levels of interaction and services. Called enhanced television, or ETV, the new TVs will enable such functions as online shopping and interactive polling, and add less than $200 to $300 to the cost of a set, Meyer said. The first ETVs are due in the fourth quarter, Meyer said, adding they offer considerably more than WebTV functionality added to existing TVs. Thomson in November received equity investments from Microsoft, communications giant Alcatel, electronics conglomerate NEC, and home satellite service DirecTV. The investments are expected to accompany technology-sharing that will become evident in all of Thomson's businesses. In other news, Thomson showed a $649 set-top DTV converter box that lets viewers with analog TV sets receive digital programming from DTV and DirecTV forms; a news-on-demand feature called NewsGuide for RCA, and ProScan TVs that let consumers receive text-based messages and late-breaking news from MSNBC; and a wireless modem jack that lets consumers use their home electrical wiring to link to the main telephone system, eliminating the need for wired phone jacks. Thomson, which said it had put behind it several years of profitless operations, also reported it had begun production of its first digital cable modem. The DCM105 is expected to be available this year at a price yet to be announced.