Gemstar-TV Guide International and Wink Communications signed dea...
Gemstar-TV Guide International and Wink Communications signed deal that will place Wink’s interactive TV (ITV) service in same digital cable set-top boxes that already carry Gemstar’s interactive program guide. Companies said agreement would put Wink’s elementary ITV service in…
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at least another 6 million digital cable homes, more than tripling Wink’s subscriber base, by integrating its software with Gemstar’s in Motorola’s DCT-2000 digital set-tops. Currently, Wink is available in 2.5 million cable, DBS and WebTV households, with DirecTV supplying lion’s share. Deployment is scheduled to start by fall.