Ben Affleck, AMC Theatres, Boeing, Miramax Films, Texas Instruments and The Walt Disney Company are About to Change Going to the Movies Forever.

Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2000

Satellite & Digital Cinema Technology Make In-Theater News,

Sporting Events, Concerts & Sales Meetings Possible

First Major Motion Picture Ever to Be Delivered by Satellite

Ben Affleck, AMC Theatres, Boeing, EnergyDigital, Miramax Films, QuVIS, Texas Instruments, The Walt Disney Company and Williams Communications will gather at 11 a.m. Tuesday on Nov. 14 at the AMC Empire Theatres in Times Square to introduce "The Theater Of The Future"...

-- where satellite, fiber optic, and digital cinema technology make in-theater
news, sporting events, concerts and sales meetings possible.

-- where, for the first time ever, a major motion picture will be delivered by
Satellite and fiber optic ("Bounce," starring Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow).

Participants will include:

-- Affleck, the Academy Award-winning writer and actor who rose

to prominence with "Good Will Hunting" and has starred in such

box office hits as "Armageddon" and "Shakespeare in Love." He

is a renowned technology enthusiast.

-- AMC Theatres: has already outfitted two of its auditoriums in

the Empire 25 Theatres in Times Square with digital

projection, and now has installed a satellite dish and all the

software & hardware to securely receive, store and then

project a motion picture digitally. The company has installed

digital projection in nine of its megaplex screens in the U.S.

and Japan. Frank Rash, vice president, strategic

development/marketing, will be present.

-- Boeing will provide encryption and satellite transmission of

the movie ("Bounce"), video segments and movie trailers via a

new content management and transmission system. This open

architecture system draws on Boeing's extensive commercial and

military satellite experience. It will allow secure

transmission of movies to thousands of theaters

simultaneously. Jim Albaugh, president of Boeing Space &

Communications Group and Tig H. Krekel, president of Boeing

Satellite Systems, will be present.

-- EnergyDigital: designed and orchestrated this event. It

specializes in convergence of the wide range of companies,

content and technologies needed to make digital cinema

possible. Russ Ferstandig, chairman, and Walt Runkis, CEO,

will be present.

-- Miramax Films: is providing the movie ("Bounce," starring Ben

Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow). It opens in theaters nationwide

on Nov. 17. The AMC Empire will play the film exclusively in

digital format. Mark Gill, president of Miramax/L.A., will be

present.

-- QuVIS: designed and manufactures the QuBit, the video server

that provides three essential functions for this project

including in-theater storage, compression and control of

digital motion pictures. George Scheckel, VP of Marketing and

Sales, will be present.

-- Texas Instruments: is providing the digital projectors that

out-perform film for the first time -- especially after a

movie's first week (when torn film, fading and scratches

significantly reduce viewing quality). Texas Instruments

senior executive Doug Darrow will be present.

-- The Walt Disney Company: "Tarzan," "Toy Story 2," "Fantasia

2000," "Bicentennial Man," "Dinosaur" and the upcoming "102

Dalmatians" and "The Emperor's New Groove" have been (or will

be) digitally projected in 31 theaters in 10 countries around

the world via digital data disks shipped to theaters. In the

future, cinema delivery will also be by satellite and by fiber

wireline. At this event, Disney will outline its vision of

where new cinema technology will take the movie business. It

will also show digital footage that showcases the

possibilities of live event programming on the big screen.

Disney's Motion Picture Group will show satellite-delivered

trailers from several upcoming feature films. Disney senior VP

of New Technology Bob Lambert and Disney Motion Picture Group

executive VP Phil Barlow will be present.

-- Williams Communications Vyvx Services: is providing secure

fiber-optic transmission for the digital motion picture

through its network operations center and satellite uplink

support. The company has been delivering broadband media

solutions for over a decade. Laura Kenny, president of Vyvx

Services, will be present.

RSVP TO ATTEND: JOE QUENQUA/JENNIFER HOLINER, PMK: 212/582-1111

(entertainment media)

GEORGE TORRES, BOEING: 310/364-5777 (all other media attendees)

Satellite Downlink for Nov. 14

-- Telstar 6, Transponder Ku-band No. 4, Transponder bandwidth:

54MHz

-- Downlink center Freq./Polarization: 11,796 MHz/Linear

Horizontal

-- Satellite signal feed will begin at 10:30 a.m. EST

Television Broadcast Media Information

-- Because of limited setup space in the theater, a pool camera

feed will be provided.

-- Additional media access available immediately after the press

conference in adjacent exhibit area.

Doors open for media set-up at 10:00 a.m. Parking is available in

the Central Parking lot on 42nd Street, adjacent to the theater.