On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > I've thought this for years. I think that any cable system that has > music channels should have added this feature long ago. It's like found > money for them - the fruit is hanging so low that it's practically > waiting in a large basket at the base of the tree on this one. They > already have your billing information and a way to bill you for these > purchases. Most even have a pay-per-view billing infrastructure that's > virtually identical. > > I just don't get it. > > -Cameron
I spent a couple years working on interactive tv in 99/2000. We really thought it would take off. But, cable companies didn't want to put any money into upgrading their boxes. We were pretty cutting edge - had direct access to the big wigs at Microsoft and Motorola (set top manufacturer), and still, no traction. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257007 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
