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To: eric larson who wrote (3592)	12/18/1997 1:51:00 AM
From: eric larson	Respond to of 6570

The Wink technology -- being incorporated with JVC, Sony, Panasonic and Toshiba televisions in 1998 but not (as far as I'm aware) in Zenith sets -- reflects a focus in some industry segments away from Internet-Web-page linkings (an interaction with "static text" described as somewhat "obtrusive" toggling between two media, video and Internet) to "Variable-Density-Viewing" (i.e. "the choice either to 'veg out' on traditional TV or to [directly, quickly and easily] drill down for extra information" which "involves the overlay of Internet-like data on top of the video images we already watch.") See Today's MSNBC msnbc.com "...To be sure, there may well be plenty of demand for traditional Internet services over the television, especially given how cheap Internet-TV appliances are versus computers. E-mail alone could help drive that budding business segment...But already there's evidence that audiences want more from their basic television viewing as well..." ----