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To: mike.com who wrote (12160)12/19/2000 8:03:01 PM
From: mynoell  Read Replies (1) of 13157
 
Interactive TV has been tried in the past and always failed. This has been going on for decades. In case you missed it I will post it again. It's always best to cut losses and reinvest in something more stable:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - After decades of hype, the U.S. interactive television market is beginning, but the jury is still out on to what extent U.S. viewers will embrace an industry based on toying with their much-loved TVs.

Media, telecoms and publishing companies sunk billions of dollars into projects in the 1990s, but companies have failed to find the right recipe for interactive TV (iTV), which lets viewers pause live TV, surf the Web or respond to programs.

Among the catalog of stalled and failed projects in the past, Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX - news) pulled the plug on its high-profile trials in Orlando, Florida, in the early 1990s when viewers showed little interest in interacting with their TVs.

Similarly, many analysts have said Microsoft Corp.'s (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news) WebTV, which transferred the Web experience to the TV, has also failed to jump start the industry. Its subscriber growth has plateaued and many analysts believe that TV viewers do not want their passive TV experience altered dramatically
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