DirecTV clears iTV deck.(interactive)

Broadcasting & Cable, November, 2003 by Kerschbaumer, Ken

DirecTV's dumping of Wink at the end of the year leaves the OpenTV interactive service with 10.4 million fewer users and opens the door for Canal Plus and NDS in the U.S. market, "OpenTV has been a little cagey in telling the market where they stand in terms of combining Wink and OpenTV's platforms, as well as their future plans," says Yankee Group media analyst Adi Kishore.

"Typically, if a company is cagey, it suggests they aren't very clear on their own strategy or where they're going." OpenTV executives weren't available for comment. The news came on the heels of OpenTV's third-quarter report, with earnings of $17.1 million, up 27% from third quarter '02. The gains were attributed to $2.9 million in royalties in Europe, the Americas and...

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