IQ News: A Question Of Convergence

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Ballyhooed Internet/TV merger still has the media mystified.
It’s been one year since Microsoft decided to buy WebTV Networks in a deal that, at the time, was heralded as the shot heard ’round the convergence world. But that hasn’t ensured that WebTV, which delivers Internet access via set-top box to TV, will be the dominant delivery platform for the convergence of TV and Internet programming.
As another evolution in the convergence story, Intel and Microsoft last week announced the two companies will integrate Intel’s Intercast software, which delivers TV signals to PC monitors, with WebTV for Windows 98.





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