Tele-TV was formed as a content consortium by Pacific Telesis, Bell Atlantic and NYNEX. The consortium is headed by Howard Stringer, formerly of CBS. Americast was formed by Walt Disney, Ameritech, SBC (Southwestern Bell) and GTE for the same purpose.
SNET (Southern New England Telephone) abandoned (January 1996) its plans for interactive video dial tone. The company will pursue a standard CATV franchise in Connecticut. The company noted that the equipment is too expensive to provide services such as video-on-demand [15-45].
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