Re: Video Screens in EB Elevator Cabs

Please add Terrie to the meeting with Beth, Bill, Palmer, et al
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Terrie James@ENRON
02/17/2000 01:53 PM
To: David Mims/Enron Communications@ENRON COMMUNICATIONS
cc: Bill Donovan/EPSC/HOU/ECT@ECT, Elizabeth Tilney/HOU/EES@EES@ECT, Mark
Palmer/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Pam Benson/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ECT,
Steven J Kean/HOU/EES@EES@ECT
Subject: Re: Video Screens in EB Elevator Cabs

David,

Sorry for the delayed response. I'd absolutely like to talk with you about
applications and potential content for these screens. As you know, we've
been interested in creating an electronic bulletin board to promote upcoming
activities for CR. I'd like to do something similar for general HR news as
well. If that's "doable", I'd love to talk more. Let me know your
availability next week.

Terrie

From: David Mims @ ENRON COMMUNICATIONS 02/11/2000
03:57 PM

To: Bill Donovan/EPSC/HOU/ECT@ECT@ENRON
cc: Elizabeth Tilney/HOU/EES@EES@ECT@ENRON, Mark Palmer/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Pam
Benson/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ECT@ENRON, Steven J
Kean/HOU/EES@EES@ECT@ENRON, Terrie James/Corp/Enron@ENRON

Subject: Re: Video Screens in EB Elevator Cabs

I have arranged a tentative agreement with Bowne Business Solutions (13th
floor graphics) to provide content digitization, encoding and storage for
video productions. They will have the capability to output from S-VHS, Beta
SP and electronic sources, along with minimal editing and creation of basic
multimedia images suitable for the Enron channel. Additional costs would be
incurred by individual departments incrementally as they produced video
content for the monitors. Enron would then have a choice of vendors,
including the in-house graphics group, Innovision (Beth Stier) and others.

We also need to determine the point of demarcation for the "head-end" of the
video signal for these and any other building monitors. I don't know if your
estimates include any of this head-end equipment which would include VTRs,
modulators, distribution amplifiers, CATV contracts and receivers, satellite,
etc. Regardless, we need to talk to the folks who will be producing content
for these monitors to see what types of capabilities they want to have.

Finally, someone will have to "own" the channel and pre-approve content for
distribution. I'm pretty certain that Mark Palmer wants to control the
content, though I don't think that he wants to manage the production group,
or create any overkill.

I'd be happy to discuss alternatives with all of you for the content side of
this project. Again, I think that the costs will be incremental expenses
related to creating content rather than capital outlay.

Beth, Mark, Pam, Setev, Terrie, et al. - Are you interested in addressing
what in-house capabilities you'd like to have with me?

DMM

To: Elizabeth Tilney/HOU/EES@EES, Mark Palmer/Corp/Enron@ENRON

cc: Pam Benson/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, David Mims/Enron
Communications@Enron Communications, Steven J Kean/HOU/EES@EES, Terrie
James/Corp/Enron@ENRON

Subject: Video Screens in EB Elevator Cabs

Beth, Mark -

I think we are ready to move on implementing flat screen monitors in all of
Enron Building passenger elevator cabs, i.e. proposal is for two 14" monitors
per cab, one for Corporate content, other for local Houston messages. Will
try to flush mount them in the stainless steel cab panels, for a clean,
attractive look.

Technical details have generally been worked out between our group (Steve
Woods and Harry Grubbs) and Enron's IT Dept. such that we know total costs
are below $500K (more in $350-400K range plus whatever temporary,
non-elevator monitors appropriate for Three Allen Center occupants). We have
a 3 month implementation schedule.

Content can be anything available on Enron's LAN (developed @ the desk top)
or any video signal, i.e. Cable TV stations, tapes, etc.

Let me know next steps. We can discuss funding sources. - Bill