Capital Cities/ABC Inc and the Washington Post Co are both keenly interested in Oracle Corp’s multimedia offerings and have announced deals with the Redwood Shores company. The Post says it plans to develop new forms of interactive electronic publications and advertising combining text, audio and video for use on personal computers, advanced television systems and portable devices and is working with Oracle on the project via its Digital Ink subsidiary. News and information would be the initial products for the service, but the offering would later be expanded into other areas of video, data and audio. With Capital Cities/ABC, Oracle is developing a new video service, including interactive customised news service. The service will build a multimedia news-on-demand application and is intended for use in trials this year.
