Deutsche Bundespost Telekom is to test new interactive television services in 6,250 homes, giving consumers a preview of the coming digital television world: the first pilot will start in Berlin at the end of this year with 50 homes and the remaining trials, to run 18 months, will begin next year in Stuttgart with 4,000 households, and Hamburg and Nuremberg, each with 1,000, and smaller tests in the Cologne and Bonn region while Leipzig in the east will host the most advanced multimedia trials.
