For us this is a special day and this is an exclusive CD-i disc that matches this day > It marks the introduction program of the CD-i launch in Europe, which exactly happened 29 years ago. That's right, today is the original CD-i launch day: 29 years ago CD-i was introduced in Europe. The European launch party was organized by Philips, on June 24th, 1992, located in 'La Grande
Arche' in Paris, France. La Grande Arche is a monument and building in
the business district of La Défense and in the commune of Puteaux, to
the west of Paris, France. It was back then brand new, it opened in
1989. Philips probably chose this location to launch CD-i because of the
central positioning in Europe and the innovative and iconic design of
La Grande Arche!
The first public talks about the
development of CD-i started in 1986. The press wrote about a new
standard that was being developed by Philips, Sony and Matsushita and it
would become as big as the CD-Audio. In 1990, Philips started selling
kits to developers to promote the upcoming CD-Interactive system. In
1991 CD-i launched first in the USA. The specific date that CD-i was
first available to the public was October 15. In the first half of 1992,
CD-i was also introduced in Europ.
That means globally, on October 15, 2021, CD-i was officially introduced 30 years ago!
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