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To: BillyG who wrote (27103)	12/26/1997 3:00:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (1) of 50808

Cable box features will depend on applications.............................. ijumpstart.com The Perils of an Open Platform: More Choice for Ops As box manufacturers include more applications on their platforms, cable ops face the task of selecting which ones to offer customers. Scientific-Atlanta [SFA] and NextLevel [NLV] include a host of offerings on their digital boxes and encourage third-party vendors to design applications through developer programs. S-A strives to keep its platforms as open as possible, and will demonstrate all applications for ops. The final choices on applications will be made by ops. To make those choices easier, Interactive Channel hopes to form partnerships with electronic guides, near video-on-demand offerings or companies like Wink to put together preferred packages for cable ops, the company's Pres/CEO Tom Oliver says.

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