TIME WARNER, COMCAST, SCV AND CGV TO TEAM WITH MICROSOFT ON CABLE SYSTEM,
INTERNET ACCESS AND SERVICES

Worldwide Leading Cable Companies Deploy Solutions Based On Microsoft
Internet Explorer and Microsoft Windows NT

LOS ANGELES - APRIL 30, 1996 - Microsoft Corp. announced today at Cable '96
that Time Warner Cable, Comcast Cable Communications Inc., Compagnie
Generale de Videocommunication (CGV) and Singapore CableVision (SCV) will
integrate Microsoft software on their cable networks to provide consumers
with high-speed Internet services and distinctive local and regional
online content. Reaching residential and business customers around the
globe, these four cable companies will deliver the Microsoft Internet
Explorer browser to their customers and represent the initial
cable-industry customers of the Microsoft Windows NTR operating
system-based public networks platform.

"We are excited to be working with such high-quality global companies in
providing the services that consumers want," said Craig Mundie, senior
vice president of the consumer platforms division at Microsoft. "Using
Microsoft software and products, these cable companies will be able to
provide consumers with a whole new range of high-speed Internet services
and content."

Comcast will use Microsoft's public networks platform in one of its 1996
deployments slated for the third quarter of 1996. Microsoft Internet
Explorer will be the packaged browser distributed in its planned
cable-modem deployments.

Time Warner has committed to deploy Microsoft Internet Explorer as its
preferred browser in its 1996 deployments of LineRunner, Time Warner's
cable online service. LineRunner will provide consumers with online
services using cable modems and includes local and national content,
e-mail, news, community applications and Internet capabilities. Time
Warner is working with Microsoft to determine the best fit for Windows NT
Server-based solutions for future cable-modem deployments.

SCV has also selected Microsoft as a key software provider. The Singapore
cable operator will integrate the Microsoft public networks platform,
including Microsoft Internet Information Server and Microsoft Internet
Explorer, into its network and use Microsoft development tools to generate
new and compelling content and media-rich applications. SCV services will
also incorporate content from MSN, The Microsoft Network, Microsoft's
online service.

The leading French cable operator CGV has selected Microsoft as its
software platform provider for the Riviera trial project that will be
conducted in Nice, France. The trial will enable users to access, via
cable modems, the Internet and advanced multimedia services on

Windows NT-based servers.

"We are very excited about the prospects for high-speed online services via
cable," said Jim Chiddix, senior vice president, engineering technology,
at Time Warner Cable. "We look forward to working with Microsoft as we
develop this application."

"We are pleased to have Microsoft on our team for some of our initial
cable-modem service rollouts," said Steven C. Craddock, vice president,
new media development, at Comcast Cable Communications. "This is further
proof that the computer industry shares our immense enthusiasm for
high-speed data via cable."

The Microsoft software platform for network operators builds on the Windows
NT Server network operating system with Microsoft Internet Information
Server; "Catapult," a proxy and caching server; and the Microsoft Internet
Explorer browser. Future capabilities and applications include network
quality of service, subscriber management, systems and network management,
media streaming, authoring tools, and news and e-mail services.

Microsoft Internet Explorer provides a cross-platform browsing solution
capable of displaying the highly interactive content being produced for
the cable service offerings. Microsoft Internet Explorer will provide
cable customers with support for the latest World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C) hypertext markup language (HTML) specifications for tables, objects,
scripts and style sheets, along with new ActiveX technologies.

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in
software for personal computers. The company offers a wide range of
products and services for business and personal use, each designed with
the mission of making it easier and more enjoyable for people to take
advantage of the full power of personal computing every day.
 
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