EXPO will be one of the first channels developed for launch that is fully enriched with digitally enhanced material from the start. The company is developing its programming and acquisitions slate with enhanced TV in mind, thus making it unique in the marketplace.

Analysts indicate that growth in the number of homes with PCs has begun to flatten, and they expect that flatness to continue in the next few years. At the same time, the richness of Web content, measured both by the number of new Web sites and the number of sites adding video content, will continue to see explosive growth. As the richness of Web content progresses while the traditional PC platform for Web access stagnates, the time is right for a new platform - one that can truly take advantage of ever-richer Web content without the need for a PC.

Between now and the year 2005, analysts project that the number of homes with broadband digital TV set tops will skyrocket. Those digital set tops provide entertainment-quality video and tremendous bandwidth. With the right enabling technology, those devices can also support Web-based services to make the standard broadband digital TV set top a perfect fit as the new low-cost, high-capability Web access platform.