Word: teletext
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...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...