RE: UKNM: Subscriptions

[Bunder, Leslie]

Standard TV can be interactive without huge costs associated with it.

Look at Teletext on ITV and C4 (my old employers).  One of the most

popular parts of the service is a quiz game called Bamboozle.  Indeed,

quizes on Teletext are interactive with a user just using the fastext

keys to go from one question to another.


These games are interactive, they are fun, they are popular and there is

no cost for the end user and indeed, there is no huge cost in setting

all this up as you already have a service running.


So yes, TV today is interactive and people have been using interactive

TV on Teletext for a number of years.


What is even more exciting is how Teletext and indeed other TV

broadcasters will be offering enhanced interactive services at no extra

cost to the user.



Leslie











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From: Sanjay Mazumder[SMTP:sanjay-mazumdercredo-group [dot] com]

>Sent: 	16 June 1999 15:48

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To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

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Cc: 'stefanisness [dot] org'

>Subject: 	RE: UKNM: Subscriptions

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>But there is no interactivity with TV.  Its completely passive.  As soon

>as you get interactive, there are costs involved

>Sanjay

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>> -----Original Message-----

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> From: Bunder, Leslie [SMTP:Leslie [dot] Bunderinfospaceuk [dot] com]

>> Sent:	16 June 1999 11:23

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> To: 'uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com'

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> Cc: 'stefanisness [dot] org'

>> Subject:	RE: UKNM: Subscriptions

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>> Why watch the TV? well (apart from Sky and the horrible out-of-date

>> annual licence fee!) there are no online charges.  I can watch TV for

>> several hours a day/week/month and it doesn't rack up a huge phone

>> bill

>> in the process!

>> 

>> So TV doesn't involve any on-going costs as such!

>> 

>> Leslie

>> ____________________________________________________

>> Leslie Bunder 

>> Project Manager,  TDL InfoSpace

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> e-mail: Leslie [dot] Bunderinfospaceuk [dot] com (work) or lesliebunder [dot] com

>> (home)

>> Web:  www.infospace.co.uk

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>> mobile: 07010 701967 (UK)  or +44 7010 701967 (outside UK)

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> >From: Stefan Magdalinski[SMTP:stefanisness [dot] org]

>> >Sent: 	15 June 1999 17:43

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> >To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

>> >Subject: 	Re: UKNM: Subscriptions

>> >

>> >Felix Velarde wrote:

>> >> 

>> >> Stefan:

>> >> 

>> >> > > Content is still the killer app of the Web, and if people want

>> >> > > content, they'll pay for content.

>> >> >

>> >> >rubbish.

>> >> >

>> >> >I used to buy Time Out. I use www.thisislondon.com

>> >> 

>> >> i used to use thisislondon until i found i couldn't get it to fit

>> on

>> >> the corner of my armchair without blocking the telly

>> >

>> >you still watch telly? why?

>> >

>> >> 

>> >> >I used to have an A-Z. I use www.multimap.com

>> >> 

>> >> i used to use multimap until i found i couldn't find my way to the

>> >> nearest internet cafe from regent's park road

>> >

>> >I always print them out before I leave.

>> >

>> >> 

>> >> >I used to buy newspapers. I read about 20 news sites from around

>> the

>> >> >globe.

>> >> 

>> >> i still get my headlines from itn online, but what do iread on the

>> >> tube when my pda's out of range of the nearest broadcaster

>> (currently

>> >> in new york city?

>> >> 

>> >

>> >a good book I got from amazon

>> >

>> >> >I used to read Adbusters, now I've got UKNM.

>> >> 

>> >> uknm's not as funny. well, sometimes...

>> >> 

>> >> >content is getting cheaper by the day, by the hour, by the minute.

>> >> 

>> >> but good, specialist content costs effort and expertise. it's like

>> >> saying you've got frontpage so you can design web pages. what you

>> >> really mean is you can publish web pages. i suspect what you mean

>> is

>> >

>> >not in my world it doesn't.

>> >

>> >> if you're already online it's easy to get all the info you need.

>> >> doesn't solve the problems associated with not having a 3mbit

>> uplink

>> >> from you watch if you're stuck in traffic, and free content doesn't

>> >> mean it's good content.

>> >

>> >and the number of companies successfully selling content (apart from

>> to

>> >people who then republish for nothing, e.g. PA) is?

>> >

>> >> 

>> >> i hate to vaguely contradict myself, but some things are worth

>> paying

>> >> that extra bit for, n'est-ce pas?

>> >> 

>> >> best wishes

>> >> 

>> >> felix velarde

>> >> 

>> >> director      Head New Media

>> >> success is about interaction

>> >> voice  + 44 (0) 171 737 7579

>> >> http://www.head-newmedia.com

>> >

>> >-- 

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