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===Interactive Trend=== | ===Interactive Trend=== | ||
Interactive television, which will enable consumers to order products, compete | |||
in game shows, and pay bills via their TV sets, has so far shown more promise | |||
than profits. But companies that have invested heavily in the technology hope | |||
to see that change soon. Recent developments are: | |||
<p>The FCC has allocated a portion of the broadcast spectrum to interactive television | |||
and will award licenses to investors who can show they'll be able to serve large | |||
markets. TV Answer, a private company in Reston. Virginia, wants to help contestants | |||
put their business plans together. The company's national ad campaign alerts | |||
potential customers to the lottery the FCC will use to pick winners. TV Answer | |||
wants to hook winners into a national interactive TV network, which includes | |||
land cell sites and a satellite. (See diagram for how the system would work.) | |||
</p> | |||
<p>Interactive Network already provides subscribers in Sacramento, California, | |||
with a system that lets them play TV game shows just like the contestants, except | |||
the viewers compete privately with each other. Investors include General Electric's | |||
NBC and A.C. Nielsen, the ratings firm. </p> | |||
<p>Further down the line, interactive TV may offer consumers a much wider range | |||
of products. Entertainment, consumer electronics, and computer companies including | |||
Apple Computer, Sony, and Toshiba are exploring ways to mesh their capabilities. | |||
For example, IBM and Time Warner (which owns FORTUNE'S publisher) are discussing | |||
ways to combine Big Blue's data-transmitting expertise with the media giant's | |||
cable TV systems, TV shows, and movies. </p> | |||
<p></p> | |||
===Thinking of Profit in Internet TV=== | ===Thinking of Profit in Internet TV=== | ||
==Driving Forces== | ==Driving Forces== | ||
Revision as of 15:00, 27 March 2006
Object of the Future
FetchBook New & Used Books: Find the Lowest Price
http://www.fetchbook.info
I have found the website, FetchBook, which I thought most book buyers would benefit from.
When looking to buy a book on the web, this free service scans 126 bookstores and 60,000 sellers in just a few seconds, and finds the book stores with the lowest prices, usually at a discount of 30% - 80% off the list price.
FetchBook provides searching services for first, second hands books though most online book stores with high credit. It also enables third parties (individuals and vendors) to sell books on an online marketplace. Some book stores offer “Library” through FetchBook to the customers, which allow you to loan books instead of buying them. Customers can also get club memberships of some book stores through FetchBook, in which way more benefits including discounts and access to members’ only sections or activities are provided.
Like a broker and underwriter in financial market, FetchBook works on a higher level than the current online book stores and individual vendors. It provides the customers with an easy approach to book searching and purchasing on line. Book stores can also reach their potential customers more by FetchBook.
If FetchBook develops quite well in the future, I expect it to become
a rating and evaluating role in book sales besides just searching service provider.
What’s more, for other nondistinctive products, such as air plane tickets and
hotel booking, there is also possibility to establish one extra level above
individual online sales websites.
Research questions
Profit analysis
Interactive Trend
Interactive television, which will enable consumers to order products, compete in game shows, and pay bills via their TV sets, has so far shown more promise than profits. But companies that have invested heavily in the technology hope to see that change soon. Recent developments are:
The FCC has allocated a portion of the broadcast spectrum to interactive television and will award licenses to investors who can show they'll be able to serve large markets. TV Answer, a private company in Reston. Virginia, wants to help contestants put their business plans together. The company's national ad campaign alerts potential customers to the lottery the FCC will use to pick winners. TV Answer wants to hook winners into a national interactive TV network, which includes land cell sites and a satellite. (See diagram for how the system would work.)
Interactive Network already provides subscribers in Sacramento, California, with a system that lets them play TV game shows just like the contestants, except the viewers compete privately with each other. Investors include General Electric's NBC and A.C. Nielsen, the ratings firm.
Further down the line, interactive TV may offer consumers a much wider range of products. Entertainment, consumer electronics, and computer companies including Apple Computer, Sony, and Toshiba are exploring ways to mesh their capabilities. For example, IBM and Time Warner (which owns FORTUNE'S publisher) are discussing ways to combine Big Blue's data-transmitting expertise with the media giant's cable TV systems, TV shows, and movies.