TBS Turns To Sibling AOL For Game IM

A customized version of AOL’s Instant Messenger and ICQ IM will be integrated into GameTap when Turner Broadcasting launches its new broadband games-on-demand channel this fall. Turner and AOL are owned by Time Warmer. Users will be able to interact in real time, an increasingly important facet of gaming. TBS client software will have to be downloaded to use GameTap; accounts are limited to two PCs in the same house. Press release.

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