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Intercast
- (Intel Intercast)
- Intercast
was an
interactive TV software platform for the PC and compatible set-top
boxes.
It was supported by 12 national cable and broadcast networks,
including NBC, CNN, MTV, QVC, Lifetime, The Weather Channel and HGTV.
Intercast let a
broadcasted television program add interactive content by broadcasting
digital, HTML-based content (files) along with the analog video signal.
VBI data is inserted into the signal through a commercial insertion
device (such as those from Norpak and others). It combined Intel's
hardware
with Microsoft's
WebTV for
Windows platform on Microsoft's Windows
98 & 2000. It delivered interactive
content in through the Vertical Blanking Interval
of
the television
signal. Intercast is no longer being produced by Intel.
See the Interactive Television Institute. |
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