From: Ramon Chen
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 1:07 PM
To: *All MetaTV
Subject: Hot News Alert: MetaTV headlined as one of Liberate’s premier tier PopTV partners
RELEVANCE: Liberate announced their “premier partner” level in a press release today. MetaTV is headlined as one of the 15 premier partners
RESPONSE: MetaTV is proud to be a premier partner in the Liberate program
RELATED: Thanks for Bernard for all his hard work with Liberate and thanks to Matt Marenghi for taking the “test” that officially qualified us as premier.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020325/sfm092_1.html
Buzztime, MetaTV, NDS and Visionik Amongst the First Set of Premier Tier PopTV Partners
Liberate Announces Fifteen Premier Partners Across Europe and the US
SAN CARLOS, Calif., March 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Liberate Technologies (Nasdaq: LBRT – news), the premier provider of open software platforms for enhanced television, today announced its first set of PopTV Premier Partners. The Premier Tier partners are: Buzztime Entertainment, Inc., Caiman Technologies, Cylo, ExtendMedia, Gist, Massive, MetaTV, Mindhouse, NDS, Picotent, Pixelpark, Two Way TV, Victoria Real, Visionik, and Visiware. The Liberate Premier Tier was first announced on January 15th, 2002. Liberate’s partner program, PopTV, is a world leading partner program for interactive TV with more than 2,900 registered members in more than 50 countries.
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“We’ve received a tremendous amount of interest since announcing the Premier Tier earlier this year,” said Coleman Sisson, President and Chief Operating Officer, Liberate Technologies. “Liberate continues to expand on the breadth and quality of content and services we provide to our customers by pulling in the best partners in the interactive market.”
“We are really excited to be joining the Premier Tier of Liberate’s Pop TV partner program,” said Andy Taylor, managing director of Victoria Real, UK. “The Liberate enhanced TV platform has fast become one of our key development platforms; the Premier tier will help content developers and network operators move the enhanced TV experience to the next level. Access to the latest technology coupled with Liberate’s excellent support makes the Premier tier a must for us.”
“Becoming a member of the Liberate Premier tier is a smart move for Buzztime as Liberate has the interactive technology and distribution network that can expand the reach of our BUZZTIME(TM) play-along trivia channel. This expanded relationship will provide cable operators with ready-to-deploy, real-time two-way game channels for their customers,” says Tyrone Lam, president, Buzztime Entertainment, Inc.
Under the expanded program, Premier Partners receive benefits beyond the tools, training and support programs that are offered to the first level of PopTV Program members. Among these additional benefits, Premier Partners enjoy preferred referrals to network operators, Liberate internal information on software APIs and eligibility for application development funding to accelerate delivery of new services to market. For more information on the program or to sign up, you can visit: http://partners.liberate.com/
The first set of Premier Partners includes:
— Buzztime Entertainment, Inc. – A subsidiary of NTN Communications, Inc.
(Amex: NTN – news), Buzztime Entertainment, Inc. is a leading developer and
distributor of interactive television entertainment programming.
www.buzztime.com
— Caiman Technologies – a leading multi platform provider of interactive
and enhanced TV applications and services. http://www.caiman.co.uk
— Cylo – Cylo is widely recognized as an industry leader in next
generation digital media. The company conceives and creates interactive
content and advertising for television programmers, advertisers,
advertising agencies, cable and satellite operators, and technology
companies. www.cylo.com
— Extend Media – ExtendMedia is a world leading media iTV production
company that creates interactive programming and manages the
integration and delivery of interactive content. www.extendmedia.com
— Gist – Gist is the leading independent innovator of interactive TV
guides and related applications. Gist is currently licensing and
deploying personalizable interactive guide products for use on multiple
onscreen platforms and distribution channels in the United States and
Europe. www.gist.com
— Massive – Massive is the leading solutions provider for screen-based
media in the Austral/Asia region. Massive’s interactive television
division is at the forefront of the industry providing application’s
for every significant iTV roll-out in the region. www.massive.com.au
— MetaTV – MetaTV is a global provider of software that enables the
automation and optimization of iTV applications, services and content.
The MetaTV Platform(TM) features iTV application and services
management combined with commerce and advertising solutions that are
optimized for each network operators’ specific environment and
infrastructure. www.metatv.com
— Mindhouse – Mindhouse works with network operators, broadcasters and
channels throughout Europe, developing centrally managed client- and
server-side applications and services for enhanced television. Core
expertise includes transactional return-path services across DCable,
DSat and DTT platforms. www.mindhouse.co.uk
— NDS – NDS Group PLC is committed to digital choice, providing open
conditional access software and interactive systems for the secure
delivery of entertainment and information to television set-top boxes
and personal computers. www.nds.com
— Picotent – Founded in 2000, Picotent is a leading provider of the
service infrastructure broadcasters use to create new revenue streams
from interactive television, including productions for the Sydney
Olympics and Video Hits in Australia. www.picotent.com
— Pixelpark – one of Europe’s leading e-service companies. Pixelpark AG
offers integrated e-business solutions targeted particularly at the
corporate areas of marketing, sales and customer services. The focal
point of the activities is the development and implementation of
portals, marketing websites, e-shops and multi-channel including iTV
solutions for customers. www.pixelpark.com
— Two Way TV – the interactive eTV technology solutions provider working
for broadcasters and networks across the world. www.twowaytv.com
— Victoria Real – a digital media production company with a focus on
content, the company develops services, sites and applications for a
range of digital platforms including iDTV. Victoria Real is part of
the Endemol Group of companies. www.victoriareal.com
— Visionik – a pioneer in developing award winning interactive broadcast
services and management solutions working across satellite, terrestrial
and cable platforms worldwide. www.visionik.com
— Visiware – Visiware creates, develops, markets and manages interactive
TV services worldwide: digital program guides, portals and browsers,
enriched-TV services, interactive TV ads, home-shopping services.
www.visiware.com