ITV Sure of Its Destiny.

Sitting at the starting gate

Hang around with a couple of hundred interactive TV diehards -- as I did in New York April 10-12 -- and at least one message comes through loud and clear: The ITV industry has the same kind of sense of its destiny that cable had 50 years ago.

Even if you weren't in the business then (I sure wasn't, but I've heard the stories round the cable campfire), you can hear the echoes of Bill Daniels, Martin Malarkey and Milt Shapp in these quotes from my third ITV Summit:

Bob Pittman, co-COO of AOL Time Warner: "Interactive's