Cable giants buy software assets to boost interactive TV offerings By Bruce Mohl, Globe Staff | January 11, 2005 Two of the nation's cable giants yesterday paid $82 million for software technology that should boost their interactive TV offerings, allowing customers to theoretically use their remotes to check sports scores, vote on a town meeting initiative, or analyze their stock portfolios. Double C Technologies, a joint venture of Comcast Corp. and Cox Communications, agreed to purchase the North American assets of Liberate Technologies, a San Mateo, Calif.-based developer of software that makes interactive TV applications possible. ... http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/01/11/cable_giants_buy_software_assets_to_boost_interactive_tv_offerings/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.