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Ok guys watch this one. It is profiled at my web site starting this weekend. This IMO is a very exciting company. I like it as well as I like NPCT.

e-Video TV, Profile source http://willywizard.com

Inc.7333 E. Doubletree Ranch Rd
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
www.e-videotv.com.
(OTCBB: EVTV)Stock Info:
52 week range: 0.188 – 8.00Shares Outstanding: 15,588,000 (approx)
Float:
Contact Info:
Robert Dinning - [phone]
[e-mail]
Summary
e-Video has acquired the exclusive rights from Macrovision to use their copy protection technology for Pay-Per-View (PPV) and Video-On-Demand (VOD) movies downloaded to set top boxes in Faster-Than-Real-Time (FTRT) in all cable, satellite and broadband applications in the USA. e-Video also has first rights with Macrovision to expand its exclusive license to all worldwide territories.
Macrovision became the de-facto worldwide industry standard 15 years ago in copy protection technology for movies and is used by all major Hollywood studios. Macrovision copy protection allows consumers to view, but not record, programs that are copy protected. The technology is used to deter unauthorized home taping of digitally delivered programs. Hollywood has insisted that all set top box makers and all cable/satellite broadcasters have the ability to activate copy protection for their movies. The Macrovision protection device is installed in virtually all-digital home movie devices such as DVD players, cable set top boxes, and satellite receivers.
e-Video intends to license Macrovision copy protection to all cable, satellite and DSL operators that download movies in FTRT. The Company will collect a sign-up fee plus royalty fees based on a percentage of revenue for each movie viewed.
e-Video also intends to license all set top box manufacturers that make units capable of receiving movie downloads in FTRT. The Company will collect a sign-up fee plus royalty fees for each set top box shipped.
For expansion worldwide, e-Video is interested in developing Joint Venture opportunities with appropriate groups that can provide financial, management, marketing and operational resources to establish a strong regional presence in international territories.
The Industry
The next major growth in the home entertainment industry is focused on Personal Television, powered by set-top boxes with hard drives that can store programs, VOD movies, provide time shifting and Personal TV channels (PTV). The cost of hard drive storage has fallen dramatically in the last year and is enabling new product and service opportunities. The digital set top box market including Video-on-Demand is estimated by Multimedia Research Group Inc. to reach $54 Billion by 2004.
Worldwide, there are over 50 set top box makers, representing 99% of the overall market, that currently have a Macrovision license for Real-Time broadcasts. At the December 2000 Western Cable Show in Los Angeles, all of the major set top manufacturers were introducing units with hard drives of up to 40 Gbytes. This is sufficient capacity to store 10-15 movies. Each of these manufacturers is a candidate for e-Video to license them with FTRT rights for downloading movies.
Electronically delivered VOD movies will compete directly with the video store business, which represents $15 billion in revenue per year. Blockbuster, the largest with $8 billion in revenues, is also embarking on VOD plans. They have entered into a recent deal with Enron to provide electronic VOD delivery in the DSL market. Enron has recently signed a contract with Macrovision for real time transmissions and Macrovision has advised them that they will need to license all their FTRT copy protection through E-VIDEOTV.
Market
The Company is initially focusing on the USA market, which represents over 55 % of the world home video markets. e-VideoTV intends to expand in 2001-Q3 to key international markets starting with UK, Japan & Hong Kong, then and the rest of Europe. Many international Operators are already licensed with Macrovision but are limited to real time operations.
The television and Internet are converging - according to Jupiter Communications, a leading provider of research on Internet commerce. Statistics show that 37 percent of households were online in 1998 and by 2003 it is expected to reach 67 percent. There are over 43 million U.S. homes with access to Pay-Per-View with revenues exceeding $1 billion annually (U.S.). These numbers are growing each year.

Home video market revenues are currently over $14 billion in the U.S. and are based on the physical delivery of tapes and DVD's from brick and mortar locations- a 20-year-old business model. According to Centris Insights, a Los Angeles-based entertainment research firm, there are 65,600,000 U.S. cable households, 22,300,000 addressable set-top boxes, 10,600,000 PPV active households, and rental and buy rates of home videos, games and music are continuing to reach new highs.

As the industry begins to deliver this content electronically to the home, rights owners are demanding that copy protection be implemented to minimize the cannibalization of their revenues while maximizing system operator revenues helping to drive new and repeat buys. e-VideoTV intends to use its exclusive Macrovision licensing rights for FTRT to protect the "last yard" between the digital set-top box and the analog television set. Macrovision is the only analog copy protection system currently deployed and used by Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) members worldwide.

e-VideoTV is becoming strategically positioned to electronically deliver PPV/VOD current releases to broadband DSL, cable and satellite operator/distributors. Driving to the video store to rent/return videos will no longer be necessary - a significant milestone considering that late return fees are estimated at approximately 15% of industry revenue.

Diversified strategic relationships and negotiations with rights owners, distributors, manufacturers, and network providers are expected to continue to strengthen e-VideoTV and improve its competitive positioning. Based on the current value of the home video and related markets, the market for PPV/ VOD is wide open.
For more information, please call our Investor Relations office:
toll-free at 1-877-evideo1 (1-877-384-3361).
Patent Acquisitions & Filings
e-VideoTV has developed a methodology related to the pre-caching of movies in STBs prior to the viewer ordering the movie. This offers great benefits in delivery efficiencies and consumer satisfaction. The Company has filed for a patent.
In addition, the Company has identified a number of issued patents that could be acquired to compliment the Company’s work in the areas of VOD and caching and could create an expanded license model beyond the Macrovision technology. The Company has also identified over 5 other patent concepts internally that it would like to develop and file with the patent office.Financial Summary
To date the Company has invested approximately $3 million to acquire the exclusive Macrovision license rights, create VOD technology, and develop its management team. The Company plans to raise additional funds in the area of $10 Million
What Makes E-VideoTV Unique?
Exclusive rights to sub-license Macrovision technology to:
(1) All STB makers for FTRT Video-on-Demand capability
(2) All cable, satellite, telco, wireless and broadband operators in USA using the FTRT process(3) First rights on worldwide Macrovision FTRT exclusivity
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