Tech Nation - Interactive TV and Rain Forests
       
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       07/01/1994 - Interactive TV and Rain Forests
       
       Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with David Lockton, CEO and Chairman of the
       Interactive Network (IN). IN will interactive television to the
       country later this year. In testing since 1990 in the San Francisco
       Bay area, IN will be introduced soon in Chicago and then across the
       country. With participation from NBC, Gannett, TCI, and A.C. Nielsen,
       the network provides over 120 hours per day of interactive television
       programming. All major sporting events, popular game shows, and prime
       time features are included in the broadcasting. Mr. Lockton also
       discusses a new venture with Sega.
       
       Dr. Gunn also speaks with Katy Moran, Executive Director of the
       Healing Forest Conservancy. They discuss the current status of the
       rain forests and the difficulties of returning the profits from
       therapeutic tropical plants to indigenous peoples without interfering
       with their culture and traditions.
       
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