CONSUMER BEAT A marriage of convenience DirecTV hopes that combining two American loves -- television and football -- will lead to the blossoming of interactive services By Bruce Mohl, Globe Staff | January 9, 2005 Americans love their TVs, but do they really want to interact with them? DirecTV is betting that football fans do. The satellite broadcaster is gearing up to launch a premium-priced interactive TV package with its Sunday Ticket subscription service next season that will allow fans to check scores, statistics, and fantasy team developments right on screen with their remote rather than logging on to NFL.com. ... http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/01/09/a_marriage_of_convenience/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.