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- Subject: VISCORP agreement complete
- Date: 11 Apr 1996 18:01:31 GMT
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- Press Release by Gilles Bourdin, Amiga Technologies GmbH
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- PRESS INFORMATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
- VISCORP agreement complete
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- Bensheim 23/01/96
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- Chicago - January 12, 1996 - Visual Information Service Corp. (VISCORP), an
- INTERACTIVE TV developer headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and AMIGA
- Technologies GmbH, headquartered in Bensheim, Germany, have finalized an
- international license agreement to adapt, utilize, license and distribute the
- AMIGA technology within VISCORP's interactive intelligent set-top TV appliance -
- Electronic Device (ED). The license authorizes VISCORP the right to use,
- re-license and distribute the AMIGA operating system and compatible parts of
- current versions of the technologies where the AMIGA products are used as, or as
- part of, interactive television devices.
-
- In 1995, ESCOM AG acquired all Commodore and AMIGA licenses, patents and
- trademarks. Amiga is an acknowledged leader in the computer industry in the
- area of providing high-quality graphics for monitors and television broadcasts
- through their sophisticated chip sets. The combination of the AMIGA
- hardware/software technologies and intuitive operating system makes them a
- viable contender in the development of high-speed delivery for complex graphic
- programming. The AMIGA technology can import and adapt software to the set-top
- box with minimal changes.
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- By employing the sophisticated AMIGA chip set, VISCORP will have the ability to
- provide a complex set-top appliance with multitasking functions to integrate
- affordably the TV set, phone line, and network service providers. This ability
- has not yet been offered or available through existing systems" said Jerome
- Greenberg, VISCORP's chairman of the board. "By utilizing our unique set top
- appliance and incorporating the AMIGA technology, VISCORP is able to provide a
- complete practical solution for interactive TV-services, and now the ability to
- access the Internet through a standard TV set with pricing that makes sense for
- the average TV viewer".
-
- The integration of the AMIGA system with the VISCORP set-top appliance will
- allow access to the Internet, on-line services and voice "chat" programs through
- the TV set. As planned, ED will access any on-line services and any address on
- the Internet's superhighway. Access can be though a TV remote, a computer
- keyboard, a touch-sensitive pen or the microphone in the ED. Additional plans
- will enable consumers to play games (e.g., individually, against a networked
- opponent), or enable home shopping, electronic banking, and enable a subscriber
- to gain access to information services through a TV set.
-
- About VISCORP
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- VISCORP develops and markets a brand of cost effective set-top appliances for
- the home, business, government and educational users of interactive TV devices.
- VISCORP's set-top device integrates the television and telephone line to access
- on-line services, interactive applications and direct Internet service through
- the TV set. Through blending of the existing VISCORP set-top TV appliance and
- the AMIGA technology, VISCORP will be able to provide a gateway for every
- household to enter into the age of interactive services at a cost-effective
- price and user friendly environment.
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