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Exhibit 99.1
USA
NETWORKS,
INC.
USA NETWORKS, INC. IS FOCUSED ON THE NEW CONVERGENCE OF ENTERTAINMENT,
INFORMATION, AND DIRECT SELLING.
USA ENTERTAINMENT
USA CABLE USA FILMS
USA Network October Films
SCI FI Channel Gramercy Pictures
TRIO USA Home Entertainment
Newsworld International (NWI)
USA BROADCASTING
STUDIOS USA WAMI-TV (Miami)
KSTR-TV (Dallas)
USA INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT WHOT-TV (Atlanta)
SCIFI.com WHUB-TV (Boston)
USANetwork.com
StudiosUSA.com
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USA ELECTRONIC RETAILING
HSN HSN INTERNATIONAL
HSN HSN en Espanol (U.S.)
America's Store HOT Germany (42%)
HSN Interactive HOT LeGrand Magasin --
HSN.com Belgium (47%)*
Direct Response Shop Channel --
Japan (30%)*
TVSN --
China (21%)*
*unconsolidated
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USA INFORMATION & SERVICES
TICKETMASTER STYLECLICK INC. (NASDAQ: IBUY)
Styleclick.com
TICKETMASTER ONLINE-CITYSEARCH (NASDAQ: TMCS) Internet Shopping Network
Ticketmaster Online First Auction
Citysearch First Jewelry
Match.Com
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE SOLUTIONS
HOTEL RESERVATIONS NETWORK (NASDAQ: ROOM) USA Fulfillment
USA eSolutions
PRECISION RESPONSE CORPORATION USA Database Marketing
Precision Response
prcnetcare.com
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USA
NETWORKS,
INC.
USA NETWORKS, INC. IS FOCUSED ON THE NEW CONVERGENCE OF ENTERTAINMENT,
INFORMATION, AND DIRECT SELLING.
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OPERATING ESTIMATES FOR THE NEXT TWELVE MONTHS (ROUNDED) TV HOUSEHOLDS (9/30/00; ESTIMATED IN MILLIONS)
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Full-time employees 18,000 U.S. TV household reach (unduplicated) 91%
Worldwide TV households (unduplicated) 135.0
U.S. cities 80
Worldwide cities 100 USA Network 79.4
Worldwide offices 165 SCI FI Channel 65.1
TRIO 6.9
Primary consumer web sites 15 Newsworld International 6.5
Average number of new customers
added daily 30,000
Active / registered customers 17 million HSN: Cable / DBS 64.6
Customer database 30 million HSN: Broadcast / C-Band 11.3
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75.9
Customer Inbound telephone minutes 1 billion
Customer Inbound telephone calls 315 million America's Store 9.0
Orders processed 75 million
Credit card transactions 60 million HOT Germany (w/Austria, Switzerland) (42%) 28.8
Items shipped 40 million
HSN en Espanol -- U.S. 5.1
In-house merchants 200
Merchandise SKUs processed 60,000 TVSN -- China (21%)* 22.4
Telephone operator positions 10,000
Ticketing outlets 3,430 Shop Channel -- Japan (30%)* 8.6
Call centers 34
Fulfillment center square feet 2.5 million HOT LeGrand Magasin -- Belgium (47%)* 1.4
USAB: Owned & operated (13 stations) 31.6
USAB: Minority interest (4 stations) 6.9
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38.5
*unconsolidated
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FINANCIAL ESTIMATES (PRO FORMA) CAPITALIZATION (10/20/00; ESTIMATED IN MILLIONS)
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1999 revenue, combined businesses $3.8 billion Ticker (NASDAQ) USAI
1999 EBITDA, operating businesses $777 million
USAi Common Stock 305.1
Revenue sources (Q3 '00): USAi Class B 63.0
Merchandise 37% USAi Exchangeable 361.2
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Ticketing 11% Total Shares Outstanding 729.3
Teleservices / ECS 8%
Hotel rooms 9% Estimated dilutive options (treasury method) 34.0
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Commerce 65% Fully diluted shares 763.3
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Advertising 17% Outstanding equity cap $13.1 billion
Affiliate fees and subscriptions 12% Fully diluted equity cap $13.7 billion
Production and distribution 6%
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Media 35% Total assets (9/30/00) $10.5 billion
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Online (% of total) 15%
International (% of total) 6%
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ESTIMATED AND UNAUDITED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN USAI'S PUBLIC
FILINGS, INCLUDING ITS ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K.
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USA
NETWORKS,
INC.
USA NETWORKS, INC. IS FOCUSED ON THE NEW CONVERGENCE OF ENTERTAINMENT,
INFORMATION, AND DIRECT SELLING.
CORPORATE HISTORY / MAJOR TRANSACTIONS
JULY 1986 Silver King Broadcasting formed by Home Shopping Network
DECEMBER 1992 SILVER KING COMMUNICATIONS, INC. spun-off to HSN shareholders
AUGUST 1995 Barry Diller named Chairman and CEO of Silver King
DECEMBER 1996 Silver King, HOME SHOPPING NETWORK (including INTERNET
SHOPPING NETWORK (ISN)), and Savoy Pictures Entertainment
merge; Silver King Communications, Inc. is renamed HSN, INC.
(announced 11/95)
JULY 1997 HSN, inc. acquires 50% of TICKETMASTER Group, Inc. from Paul
Allen (announced 5/97)
FEBRUARY 1998 HSN, inc. acquires USA NETWORK, SCI FI, and Universal domestic
TV (renamed STUDIOS USA) from Seagram; HSN, inc. renamed USA
NETWORKS, INC., (announced 10/97)
MARCH 1998 USAi two-for-one stock split on March 26
JUNE 1998 USAi acquires remaining interest in Ticketmaster from public
SEPTEMBER 1998 Ticketmaster Online merges with CITYSEARCH (announced 8/98)
DECEMBER 1998 Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch, Inc. (TMCS) completes IPO
(merged 9/98)
MAY 1999 USAi acquires HOTEL RESERVATIONS NETWORK (announced 4/99)
SEPTEMBER 1999 TMCS acquires the Sidewalk city guides from Microsoft
(announced 7/99)
SEPTEMBER 1999 USAi forms USA ELECTRONIC COMMERCE SOLUTIONS (ECS)
FEBRUARY 2000 USAi two-for-one stock split on February 24
APRIL 2000 USAi acquires PRECISION RESPONSE CORPORATION (announced 1/00)
MAY 2000 USA Cable acquires North American Television (TRIO and NWI)
JUNE 2000 USAi organizes into three business units: USA
ENTERTAINMENT, USA ELECTRONIC RETAILING, and USA
INFORMATION & SERVICES
JULY 2000 Styleclick (IBUY) merges with ISN to form STYLECLICK, INC.
(announced 1/00)
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IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES
This company overview contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking
statements include the information relating to possible or assumed future
results of operations of USAi, including those preceded by, followed by or
that include the words "expects", "anticipates", "estimates", or similar
expressions. These statements reflect the current views of USAi with respect
to future events. The following important factors, in addition to those
described in USAi's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
could affect the future results of USAi, and could cause those results to
differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements:
material adverse changes in economic conditions in the markets served by our
businesses; future regulatory actions and conditions in our businesses'
operating areas; competition from others; successful integration of our
divisions, including recently acquired businesses; product demand and market
acceptance; the ability to protect proprietary information and technology or
to obtain necessary licenses on commercially reasonable terms; and obtaining
and retaining key executives and employees. These forward-looking statements
are made as of the date of this press release, and USAi undertakes no
obligation to update or revise them, whether as a result of new information,
future events or any other reason.
