Intel Signs Agreements with Additional Leading Internet and On-line Service Content Providers to Deliver New Interactive Services to Home PCs via Cable; Companies Expand Ever Growing Number of Applications for Home PC User.ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 1995--Intel Corporation announced that it has added 15 new service and content providers to the list of companies developing software applications compatible with Intel's CablePort cable adapter technology. Intel made the announcement at the Western Cable Television Association trade show opening here today. The companies are Digital Planet, Durand Communications Network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. , Grolier Electronic Publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. , Inc., LTI LTI Linear Time Invariant LTI Long Term Incentive (NZ) LTI Lingua Tertii Imperii (language of the NAZI empire, Latin) LTI Lost Time Injury LTI Leadership Training Institute LTI Lost Time Incident Communications, Starwave Corporation, Xing Technology Xing Technology was founded in Arroyo Grande, California in 1989 by former networking executive Howard Gordon on the basis of a simple (i.e. slow) JPEG decoding library that he had developed. Corporation, and Yahoo in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ; Eurotalk, Manic Media, Maris, and Virgin, in the United Kingdom; Arome and GTEK GTEK Group Traffic Encryption Key , in Israel; STG stg abbr (= sterling) → ester , in Germany; and Titus in France. These companies are in addition to 26 previously announced companies which have signed similar agreements with Intel. These companies round out a portfolio of content providers and software technology developers who are meeting the demand for fast access to on-line education, news, information and commerce. The recently announced companies have developed some of the most exciting and popular web sites and multimedia titles, as well as technological advances for authoring, delivering and accessing Internet and on-line content. Intel's CablePort cable adapter technology brings interactive, multimedia-rich data services to home personal computers at high speeds via cable. Bringing popular software applications and services to the CablePort adapter technology helps meet the growing demand for fast access to electronic commerce, entertainment, news, and information. The combination of the speeds offered by cable -- up to 1,000 times faster than telephone modems -- with the interactive power of home PCs using Pentium processors makes it possible to deliver these services with high-quality sound, video, and graphics at response times not possible with standard phone modems. "The rapid growth of on-line services and the Internet is just the beginning," said Avram Miller, Intel vice president of corporate business development. "The intersection of powerful home computing and high bandwidth communications is creating the most powerful new medium since the invention of television. We're pleased to be working with these companies in turning this vision into reality." Today's service providers are the latest additions to a host of other companies which already have signed similar agreements with Intel. America Online, Computer Curriculum Corporation, Entertainment Connection, eSHOP, Intuit, News Electronic Data, Inc., Netscape, and Prodigy are already participating in cable trials with Intel and companies such as Comcast Cable and Viacom Cable. Hybrid Networks, Inc., is providing the cable PC networking technology and support for these trials, as well as Internet access. Intel's CablePort adapter technology will be demonstrated with a variety of applications in on-line services and Internet access, on-line commerce, work-at-home, education, and entertainment at the WCS See Windows CardSpace. show at booth no. 3206 at the Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim Convention Center is a major convention center in Anaheim, California. It is located across from the Disneyland Resort on Katella Avenue. Much of the Anaheim Convention Center has been renovated in recent years with state-of-the-art facilities. , November 29-December 1, 1995. Information about Intel is available from Intel's site on the World Wide Web at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. http://www.intel.com/. Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of personal computer, networking and communications products. -0- Note to Editors: Other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Intel Corporation Christina Blackwell, 503/264-7849 |
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