BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : SEPTEMBER 4, 2000 ISSUE
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

Microsoft's Set-Top Setbacks


Its six largest cable investments aren't always choosing its TV software

                               SOFTWARE SUPPLIERS        NO. OF
             AMOUNT INVESTED   ANNOUNCED TO DATE       SUBSCRIBERS
COMPANY       BY MICROSOFT        (MILLIONS)           (MILLIONS)

AT&T            $5,000         Microsoft                  16.4

TELEWEST         2,600         Liberate Technologies      1.1
(Britain)

COMCAST          1,000         Liberate/WorldGate         5.7

NTL (Britain)    500           Liberate/PowerTV/          3.9
                               Microsoft

ROGERS COMM.     400           Microsoft/Liberate         2.2
(Canada)

UNITED PAN-      353.2         Microsoft but              8.4
EUROPE COMM.                   considering others
(Netherlands)


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