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To: greenspirit who wrote (47754)	2/13/1998 12:30:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 186894

All, Article...Intel, Comcast invest in Intertainer's Java-based technology By Clare Haney InfoWorld Electric Posted at 8:56 AM PT, Feb 12, 1998 Intel and Comcast have taken a stake in Intertainer, a self-styled broadband entertainment-program service provider, the company announced Wednesday. The news coincided with the 2-year-old start-up taking the wraps off its Intertainer broadband service. Provided a user has a multimedia PC and access to a broadband platform, consumers can create their own programming schedule by using Intertainer's Java-based technology, the company said. Intertainer's broadband service contains intelligent agent software that behaves like a personal assistant -- learning a user's viewing preferences and hence recommending program selections, the company said. Using the Intertainer service, selections drawn from music, movies, television, and video games can be delivered on demand to a user's PC or TV, and then displayed in full-motion, full-screen video. The Intertainer service is currently being beta tested in two sites in California. The first site in northern California began testing the system in November of last year and uses Pacific Bell's Fast Trak Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) system. The second trial, in Buena Park, is using Comcast's cable-modem system. Intertainer plans to start distribution of its service to the cable-modem and ADSL markets by the third quarter of this year. The amount of Intel's and Comcast's stakes in Intertainer was not disclosed, however both companies will be assisting Intertainer with technology developments. Intel will help the start-up bring its technology to set-top computers, optimize its service for servers based on Intel Architecture, and incorporate videoconferencing into its service. For its part, Comcast is working with Intertainer on both broadband and set-top box applications and may provide programs from its E! Entertainment Television network for the two ongoing beta tests. _____________________________________________________________________ Regards, Michael