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To: JackSkip who wrote (499)	3/2/1999 11:12:00 PM
From: art slott	Respond to of 13157

>This futuristic picture is far from inconceivable. Right now, cable companies are finding that viewers are four times more likely to order a pay-per-view movie if all they have to do is hit a button on their remote control rather than dial a phone number to place the order< Thats the same reason behind the dramatic surge in line trading. The impulse factor. The simplicity of ordering with the click of a remote plays right into that.

To: JackSkip who wrote (499)	3/3/1999 1:07:00 AM
From: Stealhead	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 13157

Another example of how to hint at something without having to say the magic word...ACTV! "Companies like @Home, in alliances with cable television companies such as TCI Cable, are aiming to marry the TV to the Internet in a way that will transform the viewing and buying habits of couch potatoes everywhere. Jermoluk made it clear his goal is not simply to speed-up Internet access but literally to change forever the way future generations experience television. With the kind of technology @Home and other companies are implementing right now, it is conceivable that there will one day be as many different television experiences as there are televisions." SH