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...three factors: satellite TV is more popular in Europe than in the U.S., and satellite operators are the early adopters of interactive technology; PC penetration in homes is lower in Europe than in the U.S.; and Europeans are used to interacting with their TV sets - they have been using teletext services since 1977. Says Paul Zwillenberg, executive vice president and managing director of KPE Europe, which has digital media production operations in Los Angeles, New York and London: "We find Europe is much more open to innovative interactive TV programming than the States because of the infrastructure that...
...board of directors' attention. And so have his flameouts, riveting in the same way a NASCAR wreck is--all wheels, fire and smoking rubble. His track record, after all, includes half a dozen spectacularly costly crashes. Among them: TV-Cable Week ($47 million), a TV-information service called Teletext ($30 million) and, most famous, the Full Service Network in Orlando, Fla. (in excess of $100 million). You don't screw up like that and survive if you're just a waxen flack. But Levin's legacy also includes a number of sharp, Net-speed pivots when his business has demanded...
...Keyfax--Teletext information servide...
...interns won jobs this summer at seven of Time Inc.'s eight magazines, the Picture Collection, Time-Life Books and Teletext, a video information and entertainment service. An editorial committee selected them from among the 66 applications sent to Time Inc. by 23 universities. Says Senior Editor José M. Ferrer III, who helped choose TIME'S interns: "In reading their clippings and personal statements, I looked for intelligence and judgment." Deputy Chief of Correspondents R. Edward Jackson had the same responsibility for TIME'S News Service. Says he: "I tried to pick people who could work...
...companies. HBO last year joined with CBS and Columbia Pictures to form a new movie studio, Tri-Star Pictures. Last month the company launched its eighth magazine, TV-CABLE WEEK, which will provide system-specific listings for both cable and broadcast TV. Time Inc. is also experimenting with a teletext service for cable television. Time's teletext will be the official information service for the heads of government at this week's economic summit in Williamsburg...