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To: art slott who wrote (4259)	5/27/1999 9:58:00 AM
From: Bruce Cullen	Respond to of 13157

This part is important to think over from previous post link. ================================================================== We will put the power of FOX squarely behind the new cable and Internet venture to accelerate subscriber growth and expand the already-formidable base of e-commerce opportunities. The Health Network's goal is to become the leading health-information source for consumers, physicians and hospitals -- both online and off.'' The Health Network will launch as the leader in its category with 17 million cable and satellite subscribers in all 50 states and one of the most- visited health Web sites on the Internet. It was formed through the recent merger of America's Health Network, the leading health and medical cable network, AHN.COM, one of the leading consumer-health Web sites, and FOX's fit tv, the leading fitness and healthy lifestyle cable network.

To: art slott who wrote (4259)	5/27/1999 10:06:00 AM
From: Mike Fredericks	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13157

Can you say HyperTV. I can. Too bad the press folks can't. Also, it says that the cable and internet sites will mirror and support each other, but not that they would be integrated into one. If you just have a web site and a similar cable channel, then you don't need HyperTV. HyperTV would allow the two to converge. The pessimist in me thinks that if they had designed AHN to be a convergent network from the beginning, they would have mentioned hte convergence even if they left out mention of IATV. I think that eventually AHN will be a candidate for HyperTV, but unfortunately at this time I do not think IATV is involved. I think we would have seen some more obvious signs were they involved. In a year or two, quite possibly this will be a candidate for HyperTV. At least Fox is developing TV and Internet assets in cooperation with each other, rather than just developing TV assets. That's certainly a step in the right direction. -Mike