USA Today, On Command Continue Walled Garden

  • January 9, 2003
On Command Corp. and USA Today announced Thursday that the companies would extend their interactive TV partnership until 2004. The USA Today News Center, the first deployment of a “walled garden” interactive television content accessible from hotel rooms worldwide, was launched in July 2001. The center is inside more than 230,000 broadband digital hotel rooms worldwide. The USA Today News Center enables hotel guests to instantly access the latest headlines, weather, sports, financial, technology, and entertainment news directly from On Command's digital interactive television menu. The two companies are planning new features in the coming months, which may include broadband streaming video, interactive weather, and localized content.
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