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To: Magic212 who wrote (9704)	3/12/2000 12:36:00 PM
From: art slott	Respond to of 13157

Leslie, thanks for posting. I found it interesting that Liberate is not even considered as an ITV company. Thats why OPTV and Actv can compliment each other and ITV is also the better place to be on the tube, more so then internet tv which is basically the same thing done on the computer but probably not as good. >>Interactive TV lets viewers interact with the show they're watching, clicking remote-control buttons to play along with a game show, request information on a product, or choose a different camera angle. Such services have taken off in Europe, where the leaders are France's Canal+ and Silicon Valley-based OpenTV. They use broadcast signals, not the Internet. Internet TV lets viewers use their TV screen to reach the Internet and reformats Web pages to be readable on a TV. But it requires a keyboard, and most sites look cluttered on a TV screen. WebTV Networks was the pioneer and now offers the service to more than a million viewers. Liberate's product also connects TVs to the Web. <<

To: Magic212 who wrote (9704)	3/12/2000 12:49:00 PM
From: art slott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13157

Maybe there will be few if any losers among the current players. I "know" Actv won't be. Not with their Indidualized software and JV's. >>Already, these separate categories are starting to converge. The major players are scrambling to form alliances so that they can offer all three flavors of smart TV. "When you pick up the remote control, you should be able to use any of these services," says Jan Steenkamp, CEO of OpenTV.<<