Technology: Time Inc. said Monday that Cable...

Technology: Time Inc. said Monday that Cable News Network will be part of the news-on-demand service it plans to make available later this year to its cable subscribers in Orlando, Fla. The service will offer news, sports, weather, personal finance, health and feature material over TV screens. The deal greatly increases the amount of material that will be available to subscribers to the so-called Full Service Network of information, entertainment and telecommunications being developed by Time’s parent, Time Warner Inc. Time is setting up a test of the network this year in 4,000 homes in Orlando. The network is also expected to include movies on demand, games, home shopping and other interactive, or two-way, TV services. The company hopes to expand the network nationwide. CNN, the all-news cable network owned by Turner Broadcasting System Inc., is the first outside news organization to be signed for the new service. The deal runs through mid-1996 and is non-exclusive, meaning CNN will be free to make its programs available on other systems.

Separately, Time Warner said it will restructure three of its game and multimedia units--Time Warner Interactive Group, Atari Games Corp. and Tengen Inc.--to operate under the common name Time Warner Interactive. The New York-based conglomerate currently owns 79% of Atari Games, whose wholly owned subsidiary, Tengen, develops cartridge-based video games for Sega of America. Burbank-based Twig develops and publishes CD-ROM software. Under the new arrangement, Time Warner plans to develop and publish interactive consumer entertainment software for a variety of platforms.