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Technology Stocks : IATV-ACTV Digital Convergence Software-HyperTV -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Stealhead who wrote (2169)	4/17/1999 4:26:00 PM
From: mike.com	Respond to of 13157

Nice post over on Yahoo: we own the “Convergence” by: Long_Range_Blue 7734 of 7736 All, Do not loose sight that we own the “Convergence” of the “Internet and the Television”. Liberty's attorneys have reviewed our patents, and they are confident that they will stand up in court. It is not ACTV's intention to sue everyone in sight, and it makes much more sense to license our technology then fight them in court, but none the less they will not allow others to infringe. John Malone is a brilliant man, and the smart money that has followed him has been well rewarded for decades. Malone's vision of the “Walled Garden” is no longer only a vision and his recent moves with TCI Music and the fact that he hand picked Lee Masters to manage his interactive play is absolutely huge for us. Bill Samuels has done an amazing job of not only insuring we have strong patents, but he also had the vision to understand the importance of the convergence years ago. He and David Reese have put together partnerships with the absolute largest and most powerful players in the industry and they have earned the respect and trust on companies like Liberty and GIC, who are both equity investors. We own the “Convergence” and on Monday we will all have the opportunity to hear about our future and also talk to the “Keeper of the Magic” the inventor of HyperTV. No other companies speak in terms of the convergence like ACTV does, and it should be evident that we alone own this space, and will soon be recognized for it. And I haven't even gotten into our Individualized Television business, which has come onto Ruport Murdoch radar screen in a big way. IMO we will be launching in mid-July and Ruport has been scrambling to put his sports empire in play. LRB

To: Stealhead who wrote (2169)	4/17/1999 4:40:00 PM
From: mike.com	Respond to of 13157

You know, when this stock was a $2 stock and I was complaining all the time, I often heard it mentioned on the old thread that we were Malone's trump card. I wondered if that could be true and, of course, I always hoped we were. Suddenly, I get the feeling that this was one of the best kept secrets in the history of the market. Surely Malone knew of our patents and what they could mean once the actual "convergence" began to happen. And Samuels knew too what he was sitting on. And now, some in the press ridicule Malone for "creating" wealth by shifting assets around. I don't view that is being sly at all. This man knows what he is doing. He is about to unleash a new way of doing things into the world. It's about change and creating opportunities. And little ole ACTV is sitting right in the middle of these grandiose plans.