Paul and Intel Investors - Try doing this with oyuur MediaGX!
Yesterday I came across one of the new "TV-Tuner" boards, this one from Hauppage, that also offered Intercast reception - the ability to receive digital data from a TV signal that is broadcast during the VBI (Vertical Blanking Interval), much as closed captioning is now broadcast.
Then today I came across a good reason to spend the $99 for this board - CNBC is now beginning to broadcast data and news using this SAME Intercast technique - check out the following article.
In addition to the Intercast data broadcast, the card performs its usual function of displaying any TV or cable channel (up to 125 ) in a separate resizable window under Windows 95.
Oh by the way for you MediaGX owners - this TV-Tuner card interfaces with PCI graphics boards - not the .graphics built into your Cyrix chip. Maybe you can "upgrade these little machines".
Paul
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cnbc.com
Announces Intercast Service
for PC Users
FORT LEE, NJ - November 17, 1997-
today unveiled IntercastT, an
enhancement to the network's business news
programming that enables PC users to watch
Business News live while simultaneously
tracking their investments and accessing
customized news and financial information on
demand.
The new service, developed with technology
consulting and graphics development from
information services provider EDS, is available
immediately to viewers with IntercastT
technology-enabled personal computers.
is the first business news network to use
Intel's Intercast technology for enhanced
programming.
Intercast is offered free of charge to
corporate users, individual investors and
consumers, and will be produced and updated
around the clock by editorial teams stationed in
the newsroom in Fort Lee, N.J., and at
the MSNBC Commerce newsroom in Redmond,
Wash.
Intercast applications and
enhancements include:
Breaking Business News
Personal Portfolio Manager
CEO Transcripts
CNBC Business News Archives
Company Earnings Reports
International News
CNBC Program Guide
CNBC Guest Lists
Also available on Intercast is access to
On Demand, a customized subscription
service providing access to a database of more
than 500,000 financial reports from leading
analysts.
"This application of Intercast technology will take
the world's leading business news network to a
new, unprecedented level of information
delivery," said Bruno Cohen, Senior Vice
President,
Business News. "It's an excellent example of
NBC's continued leadership in new media and
converging technologies."
Developed by Intel, Intercast technology lets PCs
easily access and display information that is
broadcast along with the programming signal.
Users with Intercast technology-equipped PCs
can watch TV programs on one part of their
computer monitors and simultaneously interact
with custom-created World Wide Web content
presented in the rest of the viewing area. These
pages contain information, graphics, or video
about the content being televised.
Through its c2o Interactive ArchitectsSM
business, EDS is involved in the customization of
Intercast data delivery applications and aids in
crafting the service's graphical presentation.
Additionally, EDS developed the first-ever
Intercast "smart-commercial," that simultaneously
extends the content of its on-air advertisements
to computer screens with new video, audio,
graphical and textual information. The new EDS
"smart-commercial" also makes online
purchases and promotions possible and
"bookmarks" the content for later viewing.
"As a leader in global information services, new
media and Internet-based advertising, we are
proud to help take business news to the next
level of interactivity," said Butch Winters,
president of EDS' c2o Interactive ArchitectsSM
business. "Our involvement in the Intercast
project showcases EDS' commitment to using
new information technologies to help our clients
grow their businesses and enter new markets."
Simultaneous to the launch of Intercast,
Compaq Computer Corporation, the world's
leading provider of PCs, announced that, as part
of its commitment to empowering the Presario
user, it is offering an Intercast technology
upgrade through it's Compaq-at-Home
marketing program. Presario customers in the
U.S. can contact Compaq at 800-888-0220 or at
www.compaq-at-home.com for details.
EDS is a leader in the global information
services industry. The company's approximately
100,000 employees specialize in applying a
range of ideas and technologies to help business
and government customers improve their
economics, products, services and relationships.
EDS, which serves customers in 42 countries,
reported revenues of $14.4 billion in 1996. For
more information on EDS and its services,
Internet users can access eds.com.
Information on the company's c2o Interactive
ArchitectsSM business can be accessed at
c2o.com.
is the world leader in live business news
programming during the day, and offers
broad-based news, talk and entertainment
programming during prime-time. Weekends on
the network feature business and technology
news magazines, along with entertainment and
talk programming. Available in more than 160
million homes worldwide, is owned by
NBC.
For more information about and its
programming, Internet users can log on to the
Web at www.cnbc.com. For more information
about Intel's Intercast technology, Internet users
can go to www.intercast.com.
Contacts:
Phil Recchia, CNBC, (201) 585-6240 Virginia
Brooks, EDS, (97 |
