Re: UKNM: DTV Industry: Is There One?

[Alex Wright]

At 15:15 16/11/98 +0000, Ian B wrote:


>Obviously, I'm only going on the demo's I saw at the Wired Sussex DTV event -

>but unless NTL has a lot more up its sleeves, I think it'll have a tough time.


The tricky bit is the correlation between the broadcast schedule and

client-server based interactivity. WebTV achieves a kind of correlation

with it's picture-in-picture stuff and the "Starship Troopers"-style "Tell

me More" interactivity.


>From what i've seen these correlations are shallow (appropriately so given

the target market).


But I believe NTL has similar correlations and a shedload more up its sleeve.


al

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