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- From: gbo@lisa.amiga-tech.de (Gilles Bourdin)
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- Subject: Press release Viscorp
- Date: 24 Jan 96 15:07:28 CET
- Organization: Amiga Technologies GmbH
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- PRESS INFORMATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
-
- "VISCORP agreement complete"
-
- Bensheim 23/01/96
-
- 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.
-
- 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
-
- 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.
-
- Information about Amiga Technologies GmbH is available on the URL
- HTTP://www.amiga.de
-
- PRESS CONTACT :
- Gilles Bourdin Tel +49 6252 709 195
- AMIGA Technologies GmbH Fax +49 6252 709 520
- Berliner Ring 89 E-Mail : gbo@amiga.de
- D-64625 Bensheim HTTP://www.amiga.de
- Germany
-
- Regards,
- Gilles Bourdin
- --
- Gilles Bourdin / Amiga Technologies GmbH
- Public Relations Manager
- gbo@ramses.fdn.org
- gbo@worldnet.net
-