Microsoft Interactive TV Problems in Europe

[James_F]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/90983_msftinteractive14.shtml

Sounds like they aren't doing any better with interactive tv in europe than they are here.

[gcutler]

Is interactive TV doing well anywhere in the world?

I think that until it gets like it is portrayed in "Babylon 5" or "Starship Troopers", where they show you something and then it pops up with "Want to Know more" and you pretty much have the Encyclopedia Britannica or World Book Encyclopedia (at least the better ones) at your fingertips, it will never go anywhere.

[James_F]

ITV won't work until it brings me a beer while I'm watching a football game. Until then stock quotes, weather and sports scores can be had just by changing the channel. I don't need Wink or OpenTV to tell me its going to be 118 degrees in the summer in phoenix. :rolleyes: