Concept Familiarity vs. PC Competition - IDC report covers drivers and inhibitors for NetTV in Europe.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-21 June 2000-IDC: Concept Familiarity vs. PC Competition - IDC report covers drivers and inhibitors for NetTV in Europe (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21062000 LONDON -- According to recent research from IDC, a number of significant changes in infrastructure, bandwidth, content price points, and system capabilities will allow the NetTV market to flourish in the consumer segment in Western Europe.

NetTVs include any television-centric information appliance (either set-top boxes or TVs with Internet connectivity built in at time of manufacture) that provides some benefits of the Internet or an Internet-like service. ?NetTV has arrived in Europe, but penetration will take longer than in the United States or Japan,? said...