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- Wayby Telecom provides free Internet access via telephone-based WebPal set-tops to New Zealand pubs and cafes (6-15-99) (New Zealand Herald)
(6-22-99) Wayby Telecommunications managing director Evan Read writes in to announce the launch of his company's deployment of set-top boxes in New Zealand pubs and cafes. See above-linked news story covering the Wayby announcement. Evan Read says, "Additionally we are gearing up to distribute STB technology and our software products (E-Commerce, Push technology, ASP, Wireless Internet, ShopNZ(tm), ShopOZ(tm), ShopUK(tm), ShopUS, etc, Smartcard, 3d product retailing, and various other unique technologies) in New Zealand, Australia and various other parts of the world." (As a geographical point of reference, Evan Read also mentions, "Australia is that little Island off the West Coast" of New Zealand.) Thanks, Evan! - Broadband Scenario for Cable and Set-Top boxes: Mirage or Reality? (6-21-99) (allNetDevices)
allNetDevices managing editor David Haskin writes in to invite people to read his commentary analysis on the broadband scenario for cable and set-tops and to check out allNetDevices section on set-top boxes (next link). Thanks, David! - Ruel's Website Spotlight: allNetDevices on Set-Top Boxes (6-21-99) (allNetDevices)
- The Web and TV (6-21-99) (ClickZ)
- Devices Market: not quite ready yet? (6-21-99) (Internet World)
- Nintendo says connect GameBoy to Internet early next year (6-21-99) (InternetNews) (alternate link)
- Hughes to use Intel chips in set-top boxes (6-21-99) (CNET)
- AOL deal with Hughes: Will Satellite vs. Cable be a fair fight? (6-21-99) (InfoBeads)
- AOL expands Hughes deal to $2.9B (6-21-99) (The Industry Standard)
The Industry Standard reports, "AOL has been preparing for the eventuality that several different technological platforms will reach mass-market stature in the coming years. Hughes, which has 7 million DirecTV consumers, could help AOL move beyond dial-up access on two fronts: DirecTV set-top boxes could be retrofitted to work with AOL TV, an interactive television service due to launch next year, and the DirecPC satellite service could allow AOL Plus, a high-speed DSL service, to reach parts of the country that would otherwise lose out on broadband access. Ultimately, AOL will be able to offer its service on Spaceway, a two-way, satellite-enabled consumer broadband service that Hughes is developing, due to launch in 2002." - AOL and Hughes DirecTV in alliance (6-21-99) (allNetDevices)
Hughes Network Systems will design and initially manufacture the DirecTV AOL-TV set-top box. - AOL invests 1.5B in Hughes to go live via satellite TV (6-21-99) (WIRED)
- AOL to invest $1.5B in Hughes (6-21-99) (InternetNews)
- AOL bets $1.5B on satellite TV (6-21-99) (CNET)
- General Instrument and Dynamic Digital Depth to integrate 3D Into consumer set-top boxes (6-18-99) (Business Wire)
- Philips Electronics to develop products for Microsoft TV software platform (6-17-99) (M2 Presswire)
- Philips to develop products for Microsoft TV (6-14-99) (Business Wire)
- Stellar One releases ConnecTV set-top platform (6-18-99) (allNetDevices)
- Ruel's Spotlight Website: Web-TV.com.cn home page for Chinese Internet TV watchers (6-18-99)
A set-top user with a web-tv.com.cn domain address writes in to say he bought a telephone-based set-top box for US$58: "I have just buy a SET-TOP-BOX in Shanghai China, it only about USD58 and with free INTERNET service, this box support realplay and internet phone and more." Visit this other Shanghai webpage to see the box which looks like a certain company's first-generation internet-on-TV box. There are various telephone-based set-top boxes made in China and then are private branded for sale by various companies. - NetGame announces high-speed, in-room hotel internet access product via laptops and set-tops to be displayed at HITEC 99 (6-16-99) (Business Wire)
The NetGame report says, "NetGame Ltd., a fast-growing Israeli-based company that plans a future IPO, with installations in well over 20 countries, announced today that it would be exhibiting its NetHotel product at Microsoft Corporation's HITEC booth. Microsoft will be dedicating part of its HITEC booth to include Microsoft-based in-room Internet applications, among them NetGame Ltd." Microsoft business services manager Gary Cooke said, "Microsoft is dedicated to creating advanced platform technologies that help improve the way business is conducted either on the road or in the office. We're pleased to see NetGame leverage our platform to develop and deploy a robust in-room Internet service solution that addresses remote access needs for business travelers."
There are people who are interested in Microsoft and WebTV activities in the hospitality industry and similarly related vertical businesses. For instance, with the possibilities presented by Microsoft TV and the future evolution of the WebTV product, set-top competitors may nervously wonder, among other things, about Microsoft opening up the WebTV default home pages for customization by vertical businesses and for affinity programs (click here).-ruel - PBS to be all-digital all the time by April 2000 (6-16-99) (WIRED)
- Ruel's Spotlight Website: PBS Digital TV (6-17-99)
- Merging Rivers Media said to be first Internet-TV ad agency (6-17-99) (InternetNews)
- Scientific-Atlanta and Peach Networks to do Windows apps on TV (6-20-99) (allNetDevices)
- Scientific-Atlanta and Peach Networks to bring Windows to TV set-top boxes (6-16-99) (CNET)
- Ad-killing TV digital recorder boxes called big threat; TiVo and Replay may scare away advertisers (6-16-99) (Variety)
- FCC Chairman Bill Kennard backs free Internet at Chicago cable TV confab (6-16-99) (Variety)
- Cable leaders see future in set-top boxes (6-15-99) (CNET)
- Scientific-Atlanta and Charter to provide WorldGate Internet TV over cable to subscribers this summer via software downloads to 8600x advanced analog set-tops (6-16-99) (PRNewswire)
- WorldGate demos breakthrough linkage of its Channel HyperLinking technology with Picture-in-Picture capabilities (6-15-99) (Business Wire) (alternate link)
- WorldGate will work with Comcast to offer interactive TV service (6-14-99) (PRNewswire)
- PubliCARD, General Instrument, and WorldGate to deliver Smart Card-based E-commerce applications for cable television (6-14-99) (Business Wire)
- Sun shows off JavaTV API and targets Java towards consumer devices (6-15-99) (SunWorld)
SunWorld reports Sun's Java software group manager Alan Baratz "disclosed a new Java application programming interface (API) for televisions, developed with consumer electronics heavyweights including Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Samsung Electronics Co., and Philips Electronics NV." The final specification is expected by 4Q 99. SunWorld reports Baratz as stating, "With the JavaTV API, developers can easily create [interactive] TV services and content and deliver them via cable set-top boxes, satellite receivers, and digital television." - Scientific-Atlanta and General Instrument unveil new cable set-top boxes (6-15-99) (CNET)
- Excite@Home and PowerTV to offer local TV interactive services over Scientific-Atlanta's Explorer 2000 set-top boxes (6-15-99) (PRNewswire)
- Scientific-Atlanta and Peach Networks plan to deliver interactive games and PC applications via the Explorer 2000 set-top box (6-15-99) (PRNewswire)
- Scientific-Atlanta and PSW Technologies collaborate to certify digital interactive applications for delivery on Scientific-Atlanta's Explorer set-top box (6-15-99) (PRNewswire)
- Innovative digital launch system helps propel Scientific-Atlanta Explorer 2000 Set-Top (6-14-99) (PRNewswire) (alternate link)
- Scientific-Atlanta plans expanded Explorer set-top family (6-14-99) (PRNewswire) (alternate link)
- Scientific-Atlanta increases production capacity to manufacture Explorer 2000 (6-14-99) (PRNewswire) (alternate link)
- Wind River Systems' Java for Embedded Solution is key to developing first all-Java set-top box prototype from MAC UK (6-15-99) (PRNewswire)
- Microsott TV plan announced for set-tops and servers (6-14-99) (CNET)
- Microsoft announces television software platform: Microsoft TVPAK (6-14-99) (PRNewswire) (alternate link)
- General Instrument and Microsoft demo Microsoft TV on DCT 5000+ (6-14-99) (PRNewswire) (alternate link)
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