Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) figures if people like to watch classic movies and old “Seinfeld” episodes, they will also be interested in discontinued, out-of-date video games, including arcade and classic console hits. The media giant, a division of Time Warner, said its GameTap games-on-demand system will launch with 300 games and eventually offer nearly 1,000 titles from 17 game publishers to offer broadband PC users gaming from the past. Turner said the service will launch in the fall and represents an effort to apply the company’s cable television success to the gaming industry.
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Turner Takes Cable Approach to Games on Web
Posted by: Jay Lyman April 28, 2005 12:15 PMTurner Broadcasting System (TBS) figures if people like to watch classic movies and old “Seinfeld” episodes, they will also be interested in discontinued, out-of-date video games, including arcade and classic console hits. The media giant, a division of Time Warner, said its GameTap games-on-demand system will launch with 300 games and eventually offer nearly 1,000 titles from 17 game publishers to offer broadband PC users gaming from the past. Turner said the service will launch in the fall and represents an effort to apply the company’s cable television success to the gaming industry.