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1999 Consumer Electronics Show READ ALL ABOUT IT! PAGE 4 Inside [Show] Business Investment bankers were spotted yesterday at Primestar’s Denver headquarters, leading to new talk company is continuing its discussions with DirecTv about possible sale of medium-power DBS company. According to financial sources, there is no reason to believe DirecTv is any closer to reaching agreement to buy Primestar than it has been in recent weeks...Speaking of Primestar, many are not surprised company skipped CES this year, but some argued it would have made sense for Primestar to have some presence on show floor...Speaking of non-exhibitors, several satellite TV industry hands wondered yesterday why General Instrument has virtually no presence at CES. After all, several noted, GI is supposed to be spearheading plan to revitalize C-band industry and its also heavily invested in cable set-top boxes, which are slated to hit retail shelves later this year for first time...EchoStar’s new WebStar Internet satellite receiver got lots of attention yesterday on show floor. But that attention may have over-taxed demonstration units, with several visitors to booth reporting units experienced glitches during demos. On other hand, fact EchoStar had WebStar unit here on display irked competitor DirecTv. One senior DirecTv executive said he was disappointed EchoStar demonstrated Internet satellite box first, since DirecTv has been working on similar product for some time. Satellite Industry News Briefs Pegasus Communications, one of the largest rural DirecTv programming distributors, launched an Internet site, www.pgtv.com, to provide corporate information to investors and others...The Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association plans to hold its fourth annual digital TV summit March 2 in Tysons Corner, Va. The one-day meeting will include executives from the broadcasting, cable, and satellite TV industries, including the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association. CEMA also plans a new conference, “Retailing and the Internet,” to help consumer product retailers learn how to take advantage of the fast-growing online market. The conference will be held May 18 at the Omni Dallas Hotel at Park West...DirecTv selected FutureTrak International to distribute its DBS service to the multi-dwelling unit market...Discovery Communications completed its purchase of CBS Eye on People. The network, now based in Discovery's Bethesda, Md., offices, will be renamed Discovery People Monday. BACK TO PAGE 1 OTHER ISSUES: Thursday, Jan. 7, 1999 Saturday, Jan. 9, 1999 Sunday, Jan. 10, 1999   Please direct questions about this site to general.mail@satbiznews.com q 2000 Satellite Business News Inc. All rights reserved.