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To: Steve Hausser who wrote (3733)	12/30/1998 4:31:00 PM
From: Steve Hausser	Read Replies (2) of 4748

I guess they have to do something.... The Big 3 never did get it. December 29, 1998: ABC, ESPN Team Up on Interactivity New York -- ABC and ESPN will combine Monday night to bring enhanced television to personal computer users watching its Tostitos Fiesta Bowl game for the college football championship. ABC will use the Web sites of ESPN, ABC and ABC News rather than an interactive TV platform such as WebTV because of the larger audience for PCs in the country. "We tested WebTV and PCs for Monday Night Football," said an ESPN spokesman, adding the company would re-examine WebTV and similar technology, such as Wink Communications and WorldGate Communications Inc., down the road. ABC is developing the technology in-house through Starwave, the online unit that's part of Infoseek. That company is 43 percent owned by ABC's parent, The Walt Disney Co. Viewers watching the Jan. 4 Fiesta Bowl game between UCLA and Florida State will be able to access information about it and the players that ABC Sports and ESPN are producing especially for Web surfers. Producers will synchronize what is happening on the TV screen with the PC, making information available for viewers online that is relevant to what's happening in the game. Among the features: Prime Time Player, in which viewers get points for predicting the next play; statistical and biographical information on each player; game information graphics; and a steady sports ticker along the bottom of the PC screen. - 12/29/98

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