(17 July 2006 3:00 pm)

MUMBAI: Hathway Cable & Datacom has launched an interactive gaming service on its digital cable television services.

Launched on 10 July, the gaming feature would initially be available to all Hathway digital subscribers on a free of cost basis.

For the gaming technology, Hathway has selected NDS, a global provider for open end-to-end digital pay TV solutions. Once the digital box is activated, the customer needs has to select the gaming icon on the screen and access the available games such as Lilly Lovers, Stubby the Sock Gnome and Sumo Temple. Many more games will be added in the course of the year, according to an official release.