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- DirecTV, Wink, and Thomson Multimedia launch DirecTV Interactive Service Powered by Wink for interactive television using Wink-capable RCA DirecTV boxes (10OCT00) (DirecTV) (alt.link) (alt.link)
- DirecTV subscribers to get interactive television services (10OCT00) (allNetDevices)
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Wink-capable RCA DirecTV receiver boxes include DS4440RE, DS4280RE, DS4240RE, DS4120RE, DRD480RE,
DRD420RE, and DTC100 (11OCT00) (etown)
- UPC snubs Microsoft TV again and selects OpenTV for Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic (10OCT00) (CNET.Bloomberg) (related.link)
- OpenTV confirms agreement with UPC for providing interactive TV software for DTH satellite TV service in Central Europe for Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic (10OCT00) (OpenTV)
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If You Missed OpenRoads In New York: Conference session summaries with PDF files (10OCT00) (OpenTV)
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PCCW rolls out NOW in India via broadband, dial-up, and cable TV allowing
users to view "India-friendly events" including sporting events, player records
and stats (10OCT00) (asia.internet)
(related.link)
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Rewriting Set-Top Software Causes Sky Delay In New Zealand: Sky TV delays intro of interactive television in
New Zealand by up to five months due to technical issues (10OCT00) (YahooAsia.DowJones)
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High Set-Top Hopes Prompt Acceptance Speculation: Growing promise and importance of set-top boxes
face challenge to gain market acceptance when boxes have almost PC-like prices (10OCT00) (MSNBC.WSJ)
- LodgeNet to provide Hilton Hotels with interactive television services in the U.S. enabling on-demand movies and music, Nintendo 64 games, and internet access on TV with deployment to begin 4Q Y2000 (10OCT00) (LodgeNet) (alt.link)
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LodgeNet expects 40,000 to 60,000 Hilton Hotel rooms to be equipped with interactive TV in each of
the next five years (10OCT00) (LodgeNet)
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DVR Is More Than Adding Harddrive To Box: TiVo filing patents to protect TiVo technology (10OCT00) (CNET)
CNET quotes TiVo spokeswoman Rebecca Baer as stating, "There is quite a bit of technology that went into marrying a hard drive and a service. It's not just about storing content on a hard drive." -
TiVo Believes In Privacy: TiVo hires Matthew Zinn as TiVo vice president, general counsel, and chief privacy officer
(10OCT00) (TiVo)
The news announcement states, "As Chief Privacy Officer, Zinn will implement TiVo's privacy policy, the first privacy policy in the emerging Personal TV Services industry. The policy ensures that an individual's viewing information will never be shared without the viewer's permission and further requires that all of TiVo's partners adhere to strict privacy guidelines as well." -
Strategis Group study "Interactive TV: Platforms, Content, and Services" forecasts majority of U.S. homes
to have interactive TV and active usage to reach 41M+ in Y2005 (10OCT00) (includes chart) (StrategisGroup)
(alt.link)
The news announcement also cites a recent Strategis Group survey that found "24% of consumers are very or extremely interested in [video-on-demand,] while 12% are very or extremely interested in T-commerce," and quotes the Strategis Group's Ty Cottrill as stating, "This survey data reveals that not all consumers are currently ready to embrace interactive services because iTV has not yet demonstrated its value. This will change quickly if consumer experience shows Interactive television to be a entertaining and useful service." - Strategis Group report: Interactive TV - Platforms, Content and Services (October2000) (StrategisGroup)
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More On Strategis Group Report: Interactive TV market is still too complex
for any one product or service to appeal to everyone (19OCT00) (CyberAtlas)
- Watch Movie At CinemaPop.com: Kanakaris Wireless unveils full-length feature film in five user-selectable bit rate speeds including broadband and version for Pocket PC with movie encoded with Windows Media technology (10OCT00) (InternetNews)
- More On Kanakaris Movie Download: Free 110-minute "This Space Between Us" movie to be available for free streaming at CinemaPop.com (09OCT00) (eV)
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Ruel's Spotlight Website: CinemaPop.com (10OCT00)
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AMX to develop interactive ads and content for deployment on FutureTV personal TV system and
to be seen in interactive advertisement for Mondex Int'l e-cash smart-card provider (10OCT00) (FutureTV)
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Concurrent to unveil MediaHawk 2000 Video Server at Western Show in Los Angeles (10OCT00) (CCUR)
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Net Appliance's NetCache 5.0 provides 500 megabit per second streaming performance
for video-on-demand with content management capabilities (10OCT00) (NetApp)
(add.link)
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National Semiconductor subsidiary Mediamatics says its DVDExpress software uses DirectX VA
to provide full interoperability between MPEG decoders and video cards for PCs (10OCT00) (NatSemi)
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Lehman Brothers to "go live" via internet-based TV on website (10OCT00) (BostonHerald.Bloomberg)
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Followup On Olympics Web Video: CBS Sportsline website programming vice president Joe Ferreira says
Olympic officials either don't understand the Internet or don't know the Internet is legitimate media (10OCT00)
(UnionTrib.AP)
- Telewebber News: MMXI Europe says visitors who went to websites for TV stations increased 4X over past 12 months (10OCT00) (Netimperative)
- Jupiter MMXI managing director Arielle Dinard says TV channels can offer more value to audiences by extending brand to the net (10OCT00) (MediaGuardian)
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MMXI Europe statistics on European TV websites (10OCT00) (CyberAtlas)
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Ruel's Spotlight Website: Zeros & Ones (10OCT00)
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Ron Geller to work on interactive and enhanced TV development and distribution as well as
online entertainment content and games as senior VP for the new Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment-Europe
(10OCT00) (eV)
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Use Wireless Phone To Play Interactive TV Game: Ericsson to use VEIL technology in interactive TV promotion
where viewers with Ericsson R280LX internet-ready phones receive encoded data from TV screens
to air during ABC's "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" on Oct. 25, 26, 29 and 31 (10OCT00) (NYTimes.PRN)
(alt.link)
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Gameplay gets online digital distribution rights to SCi game titles for streaming or downloading via
broadband "Instant Gameplay" (10OCT00) (Netimperative)
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Gigex Top50 to provide broadband game demos and trailer downloads to @Home subscribers and Excite.com users
(10OCT00) (Excite@Home)
(alt.link)
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Western Digital to supply harddrives for Microsoft XBOX videogame console (10OCT00) (WesternDigital)
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Mitchell Kertzman leads Liberate in chipping away at perceived invincibility of Microsoft presence
in evolving market for interactive TV set-top box software (09OCT00) (TheStandard)
The Standard reports, "Already 700 hours of interactive television are broadcast each week in the United States, up from less than 400 in December. Many analysts believe customer acceptance, which has grown slowly, is set to explode." The Standard cites Jupiter Communications as forecasting "30 million U.S. households will use interactive TV services" by 2004. The Standard also cites Forrester Research as predicting interactive television "should generate $25 billion in revenue from advertising, commerce and subscription fees" in 2005. -
OpenTV announces open house at the company's Mountain View, California headquarters on October 17
from 5 pm to 8:30 pm (09OCT00) (OpenTV)
- PowerTV to host PowerSummit 2000 in Palo Alto, California, October 17-18 (09OCT00) (PowerTV) (alt.link)
- PowerSummit 2000, October 17-18, 2000, The Crowne Plaza, Palo Alto, California (09OCT00) (PowerTV)
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PowerTV appoints Chuck Kaplan as PowerTV marketing vice president (11OCT00) (PRN)
- QuickTime Live! second annual conference now underway from October 9-12 in Beverly Hills, California (09OCT00) (MacCentral)
- QuickTime Live! October 9-12, 2000, Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California (09OCT00) (Apple)
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QuickTime Live! keynote speaker Phil Schiller, Tuesday, October 10, 2000, 10:30 am PST available via
quicktime video (09OCT00) (Apple)
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Thomson slashes $100 off price for RCA DTC-100 digital television decoder set-top box (09OCT00) (Twice)
(alt.link)
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SCM Microsystems announces availability of second-generation Point Of Deployment Tool
for certification testing of OpenCable-compliant digital TV receivers
(02OCT00) (SCM)
(alt.link)
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Tom Spring doesn't like his free Webplayer net appliance from Virginconnect (09OCT00) (PCWorld)
You can get a "free" Webplayer from Virginconnect. The Webplayer doesn't support java or streaming media, but it's good for general surfing around the net. You get free internet access and email with the Webplayer device. It's not that bad for something that's practically free. If you're looking at the various $300-$400 non-really-PC-like net appliances which you have to pay monthly subscription fees for, then you might as well also check out the Webplayer which is really a bargain - strike that, it's a steal in comparison. I haven't had the connection problems that Tom Spring talks about in the news item. -ruel -
Kasenna Inc. reportedly to unveil content distribution architecture for delivering broadcast-quality streaming video over
the net with metadata on edge servers (09OCT00) (EETimes)
EE Times quotes Kasenna research and development vice president Satish Menon as stating, "Many people underestimate the sheer size of video. They do not allow enough bandwidth in the backbone, and build edge servers without enough storage capacity to handle carrier- and commercial-grade streaming media. They have no idea how much space broadcast-quality video streams could take up."
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