The French pay-TV giant Canal+ has launched a trial of high-speed Internet access over the digital TV set-top box with 200 subscribers to its digital satellite broadcasting (DSB) service CanalSatellite. Commercial roll-out is planned in the fall of 1998. This would also include

home-shopping services, for which customers would be able to pay by inserting their credit card in the set-top box.

CanalSatellite's new digital channels would also be linked to interactive services. The travel channel Voyage, for instance, would provide access to an airline booking service from July 1998.

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(Source: Ninfomania NewsWire)