CTAM 2009: Is interactive TV really just around the corner this time?

DENVER – There have been many “holy grails” that the cable industry has pursued over the years. Some, like high speed internet and telephony, have paid off handsomely.Others, like interactive television, have remained like the real grail: much talked about and oft pursued, with many false grails presented (we’re thinking about you Wink and Liberate) but never found to be stable – or deployable on a truly mass scale.But it is looking like 2010 just might be the year iTV rises from the dust to become something real. Video, broadband and phone are mature or maturing products and in the...