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Cable eyes profits from pay-for-play

April 10, 2006

USA Today Cable operators at their annual convention here this week have games on their minds — and not just the corporate kind. Recent industry efforts to standardize digital transmissions and speed processing are making way for more cable offerings of online games for PCs and TVs.

That could be a big deal. Parks Associates forecasts online game spending of $3.5 billion by 2009.

From the article "Cable eyes profits from pay-for-play," by David Lieberman.

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