Bell Atlantic Corp said it will be searching for investments in television programming to feed its vast new interactive network once the firm’s merger with Tele-Communications Inc is completed in early 1995: Bell plans to launch a pilot program of interactive TV services at about 2,000 homes in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington DC this spring; the test programme offer movies, entertainment, news and shopping services; much of the information will be delivered in a manner similar to a VCR, in which the consumer can stop or fast forward through programs; the cost has not yet been fixed but Bell said average installation costs of $500 to $700 per home were a reality.