Scientific-Atlanta Sees A Way To Benefit From AOL Merger.

Byline: Jonah Keri, Investor's Daily

Looking for a winner in AOL's merger with Time Warner? Scientific-Atlanta Inc. just might be one. Atlanta-based Scientific-Atlanta and top rival General Instrument, a subsidiary of Motorola Inc., are the two big dogs battling to be the No. 1 digital cable set-top box maker in the U.S. AOL's megadeal goes way beyond acquiring Time Warner's huge stable of content, says Wally Haislip, Scientific-Atlanta's chief financial officer. Like a slew of other Internet firms, cable operators and content providers, AOL envisions a rush of customerseager to surf the Web, watch hundreds of channels, play interactive games and shop via their televisions. What's the link among all those applications? Digital set-top boxes, which …