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To: B. A. Marlow who wrote (7668)	4/21/1999 7:00:00 AM
From: Paul Lee	Respond to of 17679

New Discoveries Film Exec in US on Buying Spree SYDNEY, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 1999---Mr Malcolm Edwards, the newly appointed film and productions facility manager of the Australian operation of New Discoveries Publishing Corp. (OTC BB:NWDP) has arrived in the US to attend the Convergence Marketplace National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) '99 with the aim to establish some principle supplier relationships. "Edwards will be assessing the latest interactive digital equipment for incorporation in the development of facilities in Australia," CEO and Chairman Mr Peter Michaels of NWDP said today. "Meetings are planned with leading providers including SONY (NYSE:SNY), Ampex (NYSE:AXC) and Philips (NYSE:PHG)," Mr Michaels said. "There are also planned meetings with Miller Fluid Heads, Advanced Music Systems, Aston and CanonUSA." NWDP has licensed its gaming technology to Australian Media Company Pty Limited, a company incorporated in the Norfolk Islands. "We are sourcing equipment now. This is to place us in a position of preparedness for when we achieve our stated aim to be licensed for internet gaming," Mr Michaels said. "Our aim is to make gaming truly entertaining," Mr Michaels said. "The concept of developing a facility capable of delivering a live television broadcast simultaneously linked to online gaming is exciting and challenges traditional thinking in terms of making gaming truly entertaining," Mr Edwards said.

To: B. A. Marlow who wrote (7668)	4/21/1999 7:27:00 AM
From: Gus	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 17679

Hey guys, RE: Pay-per-view ads, Pay-as-you-go storage and how-do-we-pay-for-content. 1) First, there were free browsers then shareware/freeware then free email then free webpages then free PCs and now...pay-per-view advertisements. This one seems legit with about 250-300,000 members so far. Here's the 3/30/99 CNET article.... Pay-per-view ads get new twist By Kora McNaughton Staff Writer, CNET News.com March 30, 1999, 1:30 p.m. PT news.com. ....and the pitch.... Get Paid to Surf the Web As a member, AllAdvantage.com will pay you 50 cents an hour while you surf the Web for up to 40 hours per month. That's up to $20 per month just for browsing the Internet the way you normally do. All members download the AllAdvantage.com Viewbar™. The bar is standard ad height, about one-half inch on most screens. The bar can be minimized with a single click to eliminate it from the screen at any time. Refer friends to AllAdvantage.com and receive 10 cents per hour while they surf the Web. And receive an additional 5 cents per hour from the extended referrals that come in from your referrals (for new members extended as far as four referrals from your original referrals!) alladvantage.com 2) If you prefer the points system over cash, I've been a member of Bonusmail for the past 18 months. I've actually bought a few things through their ads and surveys. Different setup. bonusmail.com 3) #1 and #2 (pay per view advertisements) compares very nicely with this pay-as-you-go storage space concept from Storagetek. Reminds you of Reiter & Associates? .....Think of the Internet as a huge pipe. Eventually, you'll rent a storage locker, the storage will appear local and attached to your server. You rent storage space somewhere, you pay per gigabyte, you pay as you go,'' Denzel says. StorageTek already provides a pay-as-you-go model. They'll sell disk drives, but also provide the drives on a per-gigabyte charge, with additional drives located on the customer's site but not paid for until they're used, says Jeff Sinn, director of managed storage services for StorageTek. StorageTek uses 9-GB disk drives for the service. "Companies don't really have the time to put together storage infrastructures,'' Sinn says. techweb.com 4) Anybody have any thoughts or info on how the different kinds of content (music, movies, art, teleplays, radio programs, etc) will eventually "share" revenues in an environment that will include high-definition broadcast TV, cable TV, satellite TV and the internet? Lastly, for those of you want to keep closer track over bandwidth, there's been a fascinating discussion going on over at George Gilder's Forbes-ASAP thread. Subject 16530

To: B. A. Marlow who wrote (7668)	4/21/1999 8:49:00 AM
From: killybegs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17679

BAM. Certainly wasn't offended. Love a good debate. Can only help our favorite companies. Let's keep it up. I think we're both on the same page. Sites need to make information both attractively displayed and EASY to get to. Some sites are so cool aesthetically but totally frustrating for obtaining what you need. I've accessed computers for research and info since dialing my phone and placing it in a terminal cradle and getting info printing out on the teletype via Western Union. I appreciate sophistication and wonderful graphics and design as much as anybody... However, form needs to follow function if we are going to build a base of viewers from the mass consumer market. To that end, yeah, anything to clean up, speed up and fill up our revenues is great to discuss and brainstorm about.