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NETWORK OF INTERACTIVE PUB ENTERTAINMENT

Publication: Screen Digest
Date: Monday, July 1 1991

Interactive entertainment is being transmitted to television screens in 85 UK pubs by Twin Network, new joint company formed by BBC and Whitbread. Digital data is broadcast by BBC to receivers in pubs, with customers using hand-held computerised control to interact with live sports events--in first instance, racing at Ascot.

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