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<LEGEND>
The schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the NextLevel
Systems, Inc. financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 1997 and is
qualified in its entirety by references to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> NEXTLEVEL SYSTEMS, INC.
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