Main Mode this is your initial view of iNews

If you're a Digital Cable Subscriber in Cumberland or York County, you may have already stumbled across iNews, the latest onscreen information enhancement from Time Warner Cable. Over the last few weeks, Time Warner Cable has slowly added the feature to Digital Cable, but unless you accidentally hit the correct button on your remote, the service might be news to you.

iNews is a convenient and customizable service that brings a wide selection of information to your television, including news, sports, and weather, the latest Tri State Megabucks number, even some favorite aroundmaine.com features. You can set it up to do as much, or as little, as you want.

Getting Started with iNews

The easiest way to get to iNews is to press the INFO button on your remote, and then press the yellow A button. You should see a blue screen with news headlines and some weather information. If you see "please wait, Loading Data," the information should be displayed within a couple of minutes.

Configuring the Stock Scroll

You now have several information modes to choose from: Press A again and you'll see the local screen, with local sports and other information. Press A again and the mode changes to a single ticker with weather and news. Other ticker modes like sports, finance and local are available by repeatedly pressing A. iNews is pre-configured with a bunch of selections, but the real power of the application is its customization. The company that developed iNews (Biap Systems of Plano, Texas) calls it "Personal Information Technology." You can customize what sports teams you want it to display, what local information to cycle through, what stocks and stock indices to follow, and what modes you want to use. Just press the SETTINGS button on your remote while the iNews application is active. You can get more detailed information about setting up iNews by clicking on this link.

With iNews, you can create a custom ticker of stocks of interest to you, bring it on screen and display it on ANY television channel you choose. Get real-time updates on the scores of all the games relevant to the pennant race while you watch your favorite team.

In this era of media saturation, giving you the power to exert control over your media with a service like iNews shows where TV is going; accessing the information you want, when you want, and how you want it.

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