I guess I'm not visionary enough -- I still think of "interactive" and
"TV" as oxymorans ....
> MICROSOFT INSIDE (OF YOUR TV)
> Thomson Multimedia, one of the largest television manufacturers in the
> world, has reached an agreement with Microsoft to install its Windows
> CE
> operating software in Thomson-owned brands such as RCA and Saba. In
> exchange, Microsoft will buy a 7.5% stake in Thomson, which is owned
> by the
> French government. Alcatel, NEC and Hughes' DirectTV also are buying
> a 7.5%
> stake each.
>
> "We are seeding the market for interactive television," says a
> Thomson executive VP. "Disney is not going to develop interactive
> programming if, looking forward to 1999, there are only 200,000 people
> out
> there with the right TV sets. You need critical mass quickly."
> Microsoft
> has struck similar deals with Sony Corp. and Matsushita Electric
> Industrial
> Co., maker of the Panasonic brand, although those agreements did not
> include
> investing in the Japanese companies.
>
> (Wall Street Journal 31 Jul 98)
>
>
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