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June 13, 1993: Interactive Television from Microsoft


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<img decoding="async" width="640" height="360" data-tf-not-load src="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ht_microsoft_cc_120823_wg1.jpg" alt="Microsoft Logo" class="wp-image-27319" style="width:250px" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ht_microsoft_cc_120823_wg1.jpg 640w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ht_microsoft_cc_120823_wg1-300x169.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" />June 13, 1993: Microsoft and Time-Warner Create Interactive TV

1993 – Microsoft teamed up with Tele-communications and Time Warner to start the revolution known as “Interactive TV”. The ability to buy product right through the set during a show. iTV would give users a Digital Set Top Box in which they would use to browse, go back and watch video. It even connected to a telephone to let you know who is calling and possibly get SMS messages.

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