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To: Stoctrash who wrote (37657)	12/8/1998 5:39:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) of 50808

Satellite Subscribers To Get Interactive TV zdnet.com By Karen J. Bannan December 8, 1998 3:11 PM ET OpenTV Inc. and Source Media's Interactive Channel this week formed an alliance that will bring interactive television to satellite television subscribers. Currently, both companies operate in the cable television arena. This is the first time either has ventured into the direct broadcast satellite market. Under the agreement, Interactive Channel will supply an interactive programming guide, Internet content and access, e-mail and local programming that includes "yellow pages" directories and entertainment guides. The programming will be ported to OpenTV's operating system and distributed to satellite subscribers, company officials said. "Television operators win with this alliance as well, because they will be able to offer content from a brand name developer using the OpenTV platform that can be sent to viewers using a digital interactive television system," said Jan Steenkamp, chief operating officer of OpenTV. There are currently more than 3 million digital satellite subscribers in the U.S. OpenTV is expected to deploy its operating system next year to more than 1.8 million EchoStar Communications Corp. subscribers, an OpenTV spokesman said. [Probably using DiviCom equipment.]

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