The pilot projects failed to find much public interest in interactive TV or any willingness to pay much for it. O'Rourke. Cable operators, phone companies, and media giants raced to get in on it, spending big bucks on pilot projects in places like Omaha, Nebraska, and Orlando, Florida. Davis, who wittily chronicles
The pilot projects failed to find much public interest in interactive TV or any willingness to pay much for it. O'Rourke. Cable operators, phone companies, and media giants raced to get in on it, spending big bucks on pilot projects in places like Omaha, Nebraska, and Orlando, Florida. Davis, who wittily chronicles the entire folly in The Billionaire Shell Game. Americans were told that by 1995, every household would receive 500 channels. But the central and most fascinating figure is John Malone of cable giant TCI. The Billionaire Shell Game is a fun read and a good reminder that much claptrap comes wrapped in visions of the future. --Barry Mitzman. Davis writes that much of corporate America was sold on the chimera of interactive TV through the relentless self-promotion of Nicholas Negroponte, head of the MIT Media Lab, who is portrayed as little better than a charlatan with "a highly flexible notion of the truth." VictimIt's imperative, too, that the rest of us understand and accept the idea that the much-improved behavior occurring in recovery should be accepted as at least part of the amends the addict must pay others.As one reviewer at Amazon.com wrote of Michael Z's first book, it's "like family recipes that have been passed down from generation to generation that finally get put down on paper." No, it's much more. All in all, a 5 star book that every student of computational neuroscience must read. It's one thing that some of the minor characters are irritating, but it's quite another when you just can't stand one half of your romantic pair. Well written and nice updates for the 2nd version. Mr. That said, I respect Botkin for taking the time to write this book and describe mankind's current (written in 2010) energy predicament. It's also about developing a way of life that is enjoyable and tools me to deal with problems.Bravo, Michael!. This book is a great help to my daughter. I would say it's a little more serious, but it's a more serious topic so it makes sense. For those of you who have access to MATLAB, there are very useful codes provided that you can run to see how the different models behave under different conditions. this is an excellent movie !i watched at least 3 times the first week it was incredible,,i highley recommend this movie. Your mother is an amazing human being to have endured so much rejectiTrouble was, John Malone's interest in building the 500-channel information superhighway was largely rhetorical. He was much more interested in selling his debt-ridden company, with its notorious reputation for wretched customer service, to Ray Smith at Bell Atlantic--in what would be the largest merger in United States history. But sometimes bluffs--even $33 billion bluffs--get out of hand. As entertainment, phone, computer, and electronics companies raced to spend vast sums on interactive digital television (the miracle technology at the heart of the information superhighway), nobody stopped to answer a crucial question: Was John Q. Public really going to fork over his hard-earned dough to have a conversation with his television set?Witty, brilliantly reported, and wickedly revealing, The Billionaire Shell Game follows the best and the brightest of the information age--people like Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin, Wired guru Nicholas Negroponte, media mogul Barry Diller, the unpredictable genius Ted Turner, and the on
- Title : The Billionaire Shell Game: How Cable Baron John Malone and Assorted Corporate Titans Invented a Future Nobody Wanted
- Author : L.J. Davis
- Rating : 4.85 (657 Vote)
- Publish : 2015-12-3
- Format : Hardcover
- Pages : 304 Pages
- Asin : 0385479271
- Language : English
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