IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,	)

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Plaintiff,	)	Civil No.: 1:98CV01193 (JLG)

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v.	)

)	Filed: June 29, 1998

PRIMESTAR, INC., et al.,	)

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Defendants	)

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PLAINTIFF'S NOTICE OF DISMISSAL AS TO GE AMERICOM, INC.

Plaintiff United States of America, pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, hereby dismisses all causes of action in the complaint as to GE Americom, Inc. ("GE Americom") without prejudice. GE Americom has filed neither an answer to the complaint nor a motion for summary judgment as to these claims, and no proceedings or discovery have been undertaken as to these claims.

The government named GE Americom as a defendant to Count One (Clayton Act § 7) and Count Three (Sherman Act § 1) in recognition of the rule concerning the compulsory joinder of a party "that claims an interest relating to the subject of the action and is so situated that the disposition of the action in the person's absence may . . . as a practical matter impair or impede the person's ability to protect that interest." Fed. R. Civ. P. 19(a)(2)(i). As an original signatory to the Asset Acquisition Agreement challenged in this action, defendant GE had such an interest and the government presumed that they would seek to protect that interest by participating in these proceedings. GE Americom has now irreovocably denied any intention of participating in this action to protect this interest (See Motion Of Defendant GE American Communications, Inc. To Dismiss The Complaint As To It For Failure To State A Claim, filed June 17, 1998), and GE Americom's presence in the action is not necessary in order for the Court to afford complete relief on the claims in the complaint. In filing this motion for voluntary dismissal as to GE, plaintiff does not concede the validity of any of GE's arguments concerning the legal sufficiency of the allegations of the complaint.

Respectfully submitted,

FOR PLAINTIFF UNITED STATES:

/s/

James R. Wade

D.C. Bar No. 412538

Trial Attorney

Department of Justice

Antitrust Division

Telecommunications Task Force

1401 H Street, N.W., Suite 8000

Washington, D.C. 20530

(202) 514-5621

DATED: June 29, 1998

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing PLAINTIFF'S NOTICE OF DISMISSAL AS TO GE AMERICOM, INC. were served by hand and/or first-class U.S. mail, postage prepaid, this 29th day of June, 1998 upon each of the parties listed below:

Theodore C. Whitehouse	Joe Sims

WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER	JONES, DAY, REAVIS & POGUE

Three Lafayette Centre	1450 G Street, N.W.

1155 21st Street. N.W., Suite 600	Washington, D.C. 20005-2088

Washington, D.C. 20036-3384	(202) 879-3939

(202) 328-8000	Counsel for TCI Satellite Entertainment, Inc.

Counsel for PRIMESTAR, Inc.	and Tele-Communications, Inc.

Robert D. Joffe	Ronan P. Harty

CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE	DAVIS, POLK & WARDWELL

Worldwide Plaza	450 Lexington Avenue

825 Eighth Avenue	New York, New York 10017

New York, New York 10019	(212) 450-4905

(212) 474-1000	Counsel for Comcast Corporation	and

R. Bruce Beckner

FLEISCHMAN AND WALSH, L.L.P.

1400 Sixteenth Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20036

Counsel for Time Warner Entertainment

Company, L.P.

Timothy O'Rourke	David J. Saylor (BY HAND)

DOW, LOHNES & ALBERTSON	HOGAN & HARTSON

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.	555 13th Street, N.W.

Suite 800	Washington, D.C. 20004

Washington, D.C. 20036	(202) 637-5600

(202) 776-2716	Counsel for GE American Communications,

Counsel for Cox Enterprises, Inc.	Inc.

William J. Kolasky	Lloyd Constantine

WILMER, CUTLER & PICKERING	CONSTANTINE & PARTNERS

2445 M Street, N.W.	477 Madison Avenue

Washington, D.C. 20037-1420	New York, New York 10022

(202) 663-6059	(212) 350-2700

Counsel for MediaOne Group	Counsel for The News Corporation Limited

Daryl A. Libow	Carl S. Nadler

SULLIVAN & CROMWELL	JENNER & BLOCK

1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW	601 Thirteenth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006-5805	Washington, D.C. 20005

(202) 956-7500	(202) 639-6055 (main)

and	and

Yvonne S. Quinn	Thomas F. O'Neil III

SULLIVAN & CROMWELL	Adam H. Charnes

125 Broad Street	MCI Communications Corporation

New York, New York 10004	1133 19th Street, N.W.

(212) 558-5736	Washington, DC 20036

and	(202) 736-6093

Elizabeth S. Ladner	Counsel for MCI Communications Corp.

SABIN, BERMANT & GOULD, L.L.P.

350 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10017

(212) 692-4400

Counsel for Newhouse Broadcasting

Corporation

/S/

James R. Wade

Counsel for Plaintiff