TCI, Microsoft boot up new cable channel. (Tele-Communications Inc.) (Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, March, 1994 by Brown, Rich

Cable network would be aimed at home computer crowd Top multiple system cable operator Tele-Communications Inc. and computer software giant Microsoft plan to develop a new cable network aimed at home computer users. It will be the third such computer cable network in the works. TCI and Microsoft in the next 12-18 months plan to launch a channel that would target the estimated 30 million homes now equipped with personal computers.

The programming format would include magazine-style and home shopping shows. And, employing modem technology, the network also would deliver a range of related interactive services to personal computers in the home. While cable system channel capacity continues to be a problem for new networks, the TCI-Microsoft...

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