31.   Executives of Digeo, which is based in Kirkland, Wash., said the company had developed a low-end interactive service that Charter began offering last November.

32.   Eventually, the company plans to create interactive services that would help consumers assess their insurance needs and request bids from insurance companies.

33.   For instance, the channel could describe trips and then, with interactive services, help people organize such trips, he said.

34.   For the last three years, the company has devoted much of its multimedia resources to developing interactive services for its cable system in Orlando, Fla.

35.   Gates also said the company is committed to working with new partners to provide interactive services, integrated with personal computers and other digital devices.

36.   Growth also would come from Internet or interactive services.

37.   He suggested a technical transition was responsible for the slow rollout of interactive services on mobile telephones.

38.   He was previously the interactive services manager at the Richards Group, Dallas.

39.   However, many companies, including Theglobe.com and interactive advertising service DoubleClick, have seen their shares rise after announcing stock splits.

40.   Holmes was an early and vocal promoter of building cable networks to carry interactive services, an activity that has since become the cornerstone of the Time Warner strategy.