In fact, many online grocery projects such as Peapod and Webvan were attempted in the United States and failed. The history of electronic retailing includes the early experiments in interactivity such as Qube, owned by Time Warner Cable, which stimulated interest in entertainment but not shopping. Viewtron, a Knight Ridder and AT&T project in Florida, included the ability to run shopping carts through local supermarkets from a television set at home, in the manner of Pacman and Ms. Pacman, which were popular at the time. This project was backed by millions of dollars but failed.