Most cable and satellite customers said the overlay method would increase satisfaction with the present service. Almost half the analog cable customers said single-screen service might up their interest in digital cable. A sponsor could not be reached by CEDaily's deadline. An analyst from InStat, a division of Cahners which also owns CEDaily , agrees that ITV is available, but in a very limited form. That's illegal in most places.
Interactive television is here, right now, today, for millions, and they like it.
But there are a lot of interactivity features to be added. TiVo cuts 25 jobs in new plan TiVo will lay off 25 workers, reduce spending on noncritical IT costs by nearly 50 percent this year, and dramatically reduce customer-service support costs per subscriber as part of its new operating plan. The plan calls for reducing operating expenses by nearly 35 percent, part of the company's goal to eliminate the need for additional funding this fiscal year. Newgold's PlayLink Corp. and Triveni Digital have teamed on delivering interactive games over a standard digital TV signal. PlayLink focuses on games that can be upgraded to emerging technologies, CEO Greg Bailey said in a statement.