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To: John F Beule who wrote (1523)	3/2/1999 8:00:00 AM
From: John F Beule	Respond to of 1682

Further proof: CATCH OF THE DAY: Honey, the TV is ringing NEW YORK -- Day one of Jupiter's Consumer Online conference was about "TV in the age of the Internet" and "broadband content," which are what clever analysts are saying today instead of "convergence." Right after a group of panelists agreed that the future of the Net would be about "Content, Communications, and Commerce," NCI and US West introduced a new 3-C convergence play: a cable box (for content) with both a Web browser (commerce) and a standard analog phone (communications) in it. Nobody knows whether the TV can gain significant share against the PC as the convergence platform in the home. But if you ask me, the PC has largely failed as an integration platform for home telephony, and the TV has an excellent chance of taking over leadership in this market. Furthermore, the TV/phone may represent an entirely new platform for "convergence" services -- though I leave the precise nature of those services as an exercise for the reader. - Rafe Needleman, Editor rafe-needleman@redherring.com LATEST NEWS * Stay tuned for broadband on TV redherring.com