Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 28 May 91 17:35:36 GMT From: "Ralph W. Hyre" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Viewer-Controlled Cable TV Reply-To: "Ralph W. Hyre" Message-ID: Organization: AT&T OSS Development, Cincinnati Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 405, Message 6 of 7 Lines: 20 In article Jeff Carroll writes: > whatever happened to the interactive cable/videotex service that > was pioneered in the 70's in Columbus, OH ? The QUBE system was nuked when Warner Cable got into some financial trouble in the early 80's and the decided to not throw away any more money on it. (They also relinquished their Pittsburgh franchise to TCI around the same time -- I don't know how they could have lost money there -- almost EVERYBODY 'needs' cable TV in Pittsburgh due to wierd reception characteristics.) There weren't very many applications for it. I recall there being a game show that allowed the viewing audience to win prizes. QUBE sites in Columbus, Cincinnati, and someplace in Texas (Dallas, I think) were linked for the game. The other application was to choose pay-per-view movies. We never had a videotex application in Cincinnati.