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Microcap & Penny Stocks : IATV - ACTV Interactive Television -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bob Biersack who wrote (3943)	1/15/1999 8:42:00 AM
From: art slott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4748

CATCH OF THE DAY: Set-top boxing What a catfight! We've found two fascinating companies that are trying to lock up a new market in "personalized TV." Replay Networks and TiVo both make set-top boxes that use hard disks to give you an instant replay of what you're watching and have intelligence to help you record more of what you want without requiring you navigate an awkward VCR- style interface. Like modern political campaigners, the TiVo and Replay spokespeople are awfully fond of poking holes in each other's product and company. But in truth, they're more alike than different -- down to receiving nearly identical funding rounds from Vulcan Ventures and sending out clone press releases regarding content agreements with E! Entertainment Television. I'm reviewing the two products for my "Product Line" column, to appear in the April issue of the Red Herring magazine. But you can read about the state of the two companies now in our online news story. - Rafe Needleman, Editor rafe-needleman@redherring.com LATEST NEWS * Vulcan hedges bet on personalized TV herring.com FURTHER READING * Profile: Replay Networks redherring.com * Profile: TiVo redherring.com * One to watch: TiVo redherring.com * Industry profile: Consumer devices redherring.com