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[Raimund B.]

TeleCruz Interactive TV Platform to be Featured in Panasonic Televisions;
TeleCruz Interactive TV Platform to be
Featured in Panasonic Televisions; TeleCruz Platform Integrates
EarthLink Internet Service for Panasonic

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2001--TeleCruz Technology
Inc., the leading innovator of interactive television platforms, today
announced with Matsushita Television and Network Systems Company of
America (MTNC) plans to integrate the company`s patented interactive
television platform inside Panasonic televisions. Panasonic TVs that
include the TeleCruz platform will feature Internet access from
EarthLink (Nasdaq:ELNK), the nation`s second largest Internet service
provider (ISP), and are scheduled for introduction in the second half
of 2001. Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company will exhibit a 32-inch
diagonal TV featuring the TeleCruz platform at the Consumer
Electronics Show, in Las Vegas, from January 6 through 9 at Panasonic
booth number 2001.
"Televisions with the TeleCruz platform merge the rich content and
familiarity television viewers are accustomed to, with the
entertainment and information they look to the Internet to provide,"
said Kris Narayan, chairman of TeleCruz. "True interactivity brings
broadcast and Internet content onto one screen. It is through vision
of companies such as Panasonic and EarthLink that will rapidly bring
broadcast and Internet content onto one screen, true interactivity, to
the mass market."
The TeleCruz platform technology makes interactive television
affordable, easy-to-use and accessible with a feature rich blending of
broadcast and Internet content inside television sets. Through its
wide assortment of alliances with companies such as such as OpenTV,
AT&T, EarthLink, Yack.com and Spiderdance, TeleCruz is poised to drive
the growth of the emerging interactive television industry and create
a ready-made worldwide mass market for interactive television sets and
related services.
"Developing televisions with TeleCruz`s interactive platform
inside brings Panasonic into the burgeoning interactive television
arena," said David Naranjo, manager, Advanced Product Planning of
MTNC. "This agreement gives Panasonic customers the opportunity to
enjoy the best of both worlds, TV and the Internet, in one convenient
package."
Panasonic TVs with the TeleCruz platform will include Transcast, a
portal optimized for the television, which provides news updates,
shopping, investment and entertainment information. EarthLink provides
an easy connection to the Internet through a simple sign-up process
with the click of a remote or wireless keyboard.
Panasonic televisions with the TeleCruz platform will also enable
viewers to enjoy Internet and broadcast content on a single screen
without the use of a set-top box. The TeleCruz platform integrated
directly inside Panasonic televisions will enable interactive TV
services such as e-mail, chat and Internet browsing.
The 32-inch Panasonic TV incorporating the TeleCruz platform that
will be displayed at the Consumer Electronics Show will be available
to consumers in August, at a suggested retail price of $849.
About TeleCruz Technology Inc.
Unique in the interactive television market space, TeleCruz
Technology Inc. is the only company focused on integrating
interactivity inside the television. The company provides both
hardware and software platforms to top industry partners, including
four leading television OEMs. TeleCruz`s key technology patents embed
cost-effective integrated circuits inside the television in an open
platform capable of supporting the popular TV services at a cost
suitable for mainstream televisions. Through an executive and
development team with broad industry experience, TeleCruz has
developed a feature rich, flexible and cost-effective platform based
on the needs of television OEMs, Internet service providers (ISPs),
application service providers (ASPs) and consumers. A privately held
company, TeleCruz has raised over $69 million in investments from
Gemstar International, Institutional Venture Partners, Crosslink
Capital, Fujigin Capital (Fuji Bank), Kavanaugh Media Funds, Oakmont
Corporation and Sands Brothers. Visit TeleCruz on the World Wide Web
at www.telecruz.com.
About Matsushita Electric and Panasonic
San Diego, CA-based Matsushita Television and Network Systems
Company develops and manufactures a range of television products and
set-top boxes that are marketed and sold in the U.S. by Secaucus,
NJ-based Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company (PCEC) or are exported
to other countries. In addition to television products, PCEC markets a
wide range of Panasonic, Technics and Quasar brand consumer
electronics products in the U.S. Both MTNC and PCEC are divisions of
Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, the principal North
American subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Company, Ltd.
(NYSE:MC), one of the world`s leading producers of electronic and
electric products for consumer, business and industrial use.
Consumers seeking more information on the company`s products may
contact Panasonic`s Customer Call Center at 800-211-PANA or access
Panasonic`s home page, www.panasonic.com. Journalists interested in
PCEC press releases can access them via the Panasonic Web site or
through a toll-free fax-back system, 888-734-7490.
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CONTACT: TeleCruz
Angela Bartek, 408/545-0611
[e-mail]
or
Benjamin Group/BSMG Worldwide (For TeleCruz)
Roger Villareal, 415/352-2628
roger:[e-mail]
or
Panasonic
Kurt Praschak, 201/392-6124
[e-mail]
or
Fusion Public Relations (For Panasonic)
Julie Rankin, 212/651-4222
[e-mail]


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[Fahrschein]

@ jaja ...Panasonic .
Die nötige Fernbedienung haben sie ja schon

FS

[Raimund B.]

Dieser Artikel zeigt meiner Meinung nach mal wieder, dass tatsächlich Potenzial für das iTV vorhanden ist.

Außerdem wird auch deutlich, dass Met@box mit der Integration der MBX-Plattform in die Graetz-Fernseher noch gut in der Zeit liegt (Panasonic will das Konkurrenzprodukt erst im zweiten Halbjahr 2001 im Markt einführen). Vergleicht man die in diesem Artikel genannten features der TeleCruz Box, so bietet MBX doch deutlich mehr. Oder??

[andy@spazy]

deshalb bekommt metabox den SPAZ sound nicht

die neue webseite ist da
PARTNER

PANASONIC

http://www.spatializer.com/technology/industry_partners/inde…

gruß
andy und RAUFKLICKEN