Industries find growth of digital electronics bring in competitors; as computers, phones, video blend or overlap, winners and losers will emerge

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The proliferation of digital electronics mixes markets and endangers traditional operations in fields ranging from newspaper organizations to microcomputer makers. Digital electronics is coveted by the media, telecommunications and consumer electronics industries alike because it is cost-efficient to use and offers superior performance. While some vendors are impeding the growth of digital electronics equipment by setting standards that are incompatible, the US government, with rulings which now permit phone companies to enter the broadcasting market, has largely relaxed its efforts to keep the fields of telecommunications, information and broadcasting separate. Network television faces new market challenges from cable television companies that peddle video libraries. A portion of newspaper companies' major income, classified advertising, may be snatched away by telephone carriers that are also running such services via their videotex networks. Another segment that may be adversely affected is the microcomputer manufacturers, whose products may be supplanted by 'information appliances' which required less training to use.

Telephone communications, exc. radio, Cable and other pay TV services, Computer industry, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Forecasts and trends, Consumer electronics industry, Electronics, Broadcasting industry, Digital communications, Trends, Industry Analysis, Outlook, Market Analysis, Competition, Digital Communication, Market Entry

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Video-game pioneer tries once again to merge best of computers and TV

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Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari, is back in the video game business one year after joining Commodore International Ltd to help develop a sophisticated games system that incorporates the best aspects of television and computers. Bushnell entered the project with the idea of combining television's compelling allure for children with a computer's ability to store and interactively manipulate data. The result is Commodore's CDTV, a $999 home product that contains an Amiga computer together with a compact disk player, which is controlled by a hand-held remote control device. The eventual success of the system will depend on the availability of quality software. So far, Commodore has lined up 30 software titles for the system.

Innovations, Product information, Product introduction, Computer games, Video game industry, Video games, Video games industry, Consumer Electronics Show, Bushnell, Nolan, Commodore International Ltd., product announcement, Computer Game, Video Game Systems, CD-Interactive, CBU, 1991 AD, Commodore CDTV (Audio-visual system)

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