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Technology Stocks : IATV-ACTV Digital Convergence Software-HyperTV
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To: Champolion who wrote (4335)5/30/1999 11:21:00 AM
From: Champolion  Read Replies (1) of 13157
 
Intertainer, CableSoft, PowerTV, ACTV...

I think this debate is going to be representative of things to come:

- cable99.cyberserv.com

Each cable company has its interactive TV champion...

Comcast seems to support Intertainer:

- intertainer.com

MediaOne was talking to CableSoft:

- cablesoft.com

I say "was" because AT&T might want to change that.
CableSoft also seems to have some commercial relationship with a
branch of TCI.

PowerTV is more an intermediary layer, some sort of Operating System
between hardware and application level. I'm not sure if HyperTV can
fit on a system running the PowerTV OS.
I kind of understand that PowerTV's strategy is to become the
Microsoft of set-top boxes: "If you own the OS, you own the market."
has been Microsoft's winning strategy.

Brief, AT&T/Liberty certainly has the power to push HyperTV to market,
but there is still something I do not understand:

If ACTV's patents prevent its competitors from being a serious threat,
how can Intertainer, CableSoft, etc. address the same market without
infringing these patents?

If many solutions are still possible, will we see cable operators
getting together to agree on a standard for enhanced TV delivery?
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