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quote from another site:
"A growing number of consumers are in tune with how television and the Internet can interact, according to a new study--a trend that could someday have a huge impact on the technology industry at large.
The trend bodes particularly well for tech companies such as the newly formed AOL Time Warner or Microsoft, companies that are hoping to someday cash in on the combination of the two mediums.
Industry research firm Dataquest said that the number of adults who use the Net and watch television at the same time increased from 8 million in 1998 to 27 million in 1999, according to a recent survey.
These users are being called "telewebbers," or people who surf the Internet over a PC while watching television. Some 40 percent of telewebbers logged on to a TV show's Web site at least once a week, the survey found. Others use the Web to check what TV shows are scheduled while watching television. Not to mention the vast number of people who send millions of email messages each evening while watching their favorite programs. "
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05-03-2001, 07:49 PM
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