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To: Ruffian who wrote (12922)	12/18/1999 12:20:00 AM
From: Mike Buckley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

More stuff about interactive TV: "Meanwhile, the competition to supply AT&T with the various components of the service remains heated. Microsoft, in its demonstration of the AT&T TV portal, didn't show the electronic program guide (EPG) section, arguably the most used feature of digital set-tops. The EPG is used to navigate through the growing array of programming. Sources at TV Guide say that's because they haven't provided the EPG application to Microsoft, which is trying to sell AT&T its own EPG that's based on the service it has developed for WebTV. TV Guide already has a contract to provide a co-branded EPG to AT&T, according to the source. " The article doesn't mention that WebTV already employs Gemstar's technology. news.cnet.com