Steve Burke, the chief operating officer of cable company Comcast, opened an industry summit saying that the two big opportunities for cable are interactive television and offering programmes on the web. He warned that if programming providers and cable operators

British Sky Broadcasting is extending its partnership with interactive television middleware company OpenTV to support the ongoing development of the Sky digital television platform. The companies will work on a proof of concept that could lead to the deployment of

British company Pace has been demonstrating an advanced multiroom digital video recorder system. Its HCS or Home Content Sharing system uses centralised storage with multiple high-definition set-top boxes within the home. It is integrated with an interactive programme guide and