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从1993年开始,美国的各大有线电视公司、电话公司及计算机公司花大力气着手开发利用有线电话网或电视网传送电影、录像等数字化视频信息的技术。两个最大的有线电视公司TCI公司和Time Warner公司宣布将分别耗资20亿和50亿美元创建各自的网络系统。 1993年10月13日,贝尔大西洋电话公司宣布以330亿美元的巨资购并TCI公司,共同发展这一技术和服务。英国电信局也宣布一项通过电话线路向用户提供录像、电影服务的计划。 通过有线电视网或普通电话线路根据用户
Since 1993, major cable TV companies, telephone companies and computer companies in the United States have made great efforts to develop technologies for transmitting digital video information, such as movies and video, over the wired telephone network or the television network. TCI Corp. and Time Warner Corp., the two largest cable companies, announced that they will build their own network systems at a cost of 2 billion and 5 billion U.S. dollars respectively. On October 13, 1993, Bell Atlantic Telephone Company announced the acquisition of TCI Corporation for a total investment of 33 billion U.S. dollars to jointly develop this technology and service. The British Telecommunications Bureau also announced a plan to provide users with video and movie services over the telephone lines. Via cable network or regular phone line by user