content: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                           Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  
  
                  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                                  December 19, 1997
  
  
  
                             DIGITAL DATA NETWORKS, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
  
  
        Washington                      0-27704                   91-1426372
  (State of Incorporation)       (Commission File No.)      (I.R.S. Employer
                                                            Identification Number)
  
  
                            3102 Maple Avenue, Suite 230
                                 Dallas, Texas 75201
                      (Address of principal executive offices)
  
  
                                   (214) 969-7200
                (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
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  ITEM 5.  Other Events.
  
           In December 1997, the Company's board of directors determined that it
  was in the best interests of its shareholders for its Transit Network Division
  to cease operating in Providence, Rhode Island, the result of continuing net
  operating losses there.
  
           Further, the board determined that its Transit Network Division would
  no longer market its next-stop automated audio/visual announcement system
  ("NextStop"), due to the uncertainty surrounding its manufacturer, as well as
  the emergence of an increasing number of competitors that have manufacturing and
  financial resources far greater than those of the Company. Consequently, the
  Company has notified the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority ("RIPTA") that it
  would not be able to complete the contract that it was previously awarded to
  install an automated next-stop route announcement system on six of RIPTA's
  buses.
  
           RIPTA has indicated an interest in taking over the operation of the
  Company's electronic information system in Providence, Rhode Island, and based
  on preliminary discussions with RIPTA, the Company anticipates no adverse
  financial or legal consequences resulting from the closure of the Providence,
  Rhode Island office, or the planned transfer of the operation to RIPTA.
  
  
  
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                                     SIGNATURES
  
           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
  the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
                                                  DIGITAL DATA NETWORKS, INC.
  
  Date:   January 21, 1998                   By:  /s/  Donald B. Scott, Jr.
                                                  --------------------------
                                                  Donald B. Scott, Jr., President
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                           Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
                  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                                  December 19, 1997
  
                             DIGITAL DATA NETWORKS, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
        Washington                      0-27704                   91-1426372
  (State of Incorporation)       (Commission File No.)      (I.R.S. Employer
                                                            Identification Number)
  
                            3102 Maple Avenue, Suite 230
                                 Dallas, Texas 75201
                      (Address of principal executive offices)
  
                                   (214) 969-7200
                (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  ITEM 5.  Other Events.
  
           In December 1997, the Company's board of directors determined that it
  was in the best interests of its shareholders for its Transit Network Division
  to cease operating in Providence, Rhode Island, the result of continuing net
  operating losses there.
  
           Further, the board determined that its Transit Network Division would
  no longer market its next-stop automated audio/visual announcement system
  ("NextStop"), due to the uncertainty surrounding its manufacturer, as well as
  the emergence of an increasing number of competitors that have manufacturing and
  financial resources far greater than those of the Company. Consequently, the
  Company has notified the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority ("RIPTA") that it
  would not be able to complete the contract that it was previously awarded to
  install an automated next-stop route announcement system on six of RIPTA's
  buses.
  
           RIPTA has indicated an interest in taking over the operation of the
  Company's electronic information system in Providence, Rhode Island, and based
  on preliminary discussions with RIPTA, the Company anticipates no adverse
  financial or legal consequences resulting from the closure of the Providence,
  Rhode Island office, or the planned transfer of the operation to RIPTA.
  SIGNATURES
  
           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
  the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                                  DIGITAL DATA NETWORKS, INC.
  
  Date:   January 21, 1998                   By:  /s/  Donald B. Scott, Jr.
                                                  --------------------------
                                                  Donald B. Scott, Jr., President