Web TVs (Definition)
& Electronic Program Guides (EPGs are concentrated further down)

5th Digit Technologies (Offers Set-top Box for their Video-on-Demand (VOD) shows)
Access Devices (Plug-and-play TV Internet System)
ACTV(Free Web TV/PC download.  Combines the Internet with TV. Makes"HyperTV™")
AHI Navigator™ (A controller/device for ITV & other Web TV type functions)
AOLTV(AOL's Web TV service)
AOL PLUS Powered by DirecPC (The AOL PLUS service & broadband DIRECPC)
B-Reel (Web-TV, animations and online games)
BSKYB(Offers digital & interactive services {UK})
Canal+ (& Media Highway) (Consumers use around 6 million of their Set-tops)
Ch.1 Inc. (ITV platform/architecture to be built into Digital TV system; large screen displays)
Crosstainment AG (German manufacturer of Internet & ITV solutions)
DISPATCH INTERACTIVE TELEVISION (Wireless ITV in Columbus & Indianapolis areas)
Eagle Wireless (Makes Set-top Boxes for Web TV)
Illico.tv (Integration of the Internet into your TV)
EspriTV(Offers Integrated Internet Television sets {Integrated TVs})
eTV Tools (Koisks, broadband distribution of media content via networked set-tops & Web TVs)
Flying Colors Interactive (Develops interactive content for Web-enabled TVs)
Freedomland(Provides Internet television in Europe)
Futurescape iTV (UK) (Web TV service for Carlton Television)
GCT-ALLWELL (Set top Box platform and Java terminal)
GEDI-Interactive TV (Complete Web TV service for consumers using VBI & phone)
Infomatec Media (German.  Offers ITV content, middleware & platform)
Intel's Intercast (Enhanced {ITV} platform using the VBI)
Internet Computer (The V5 Internet Computer can be used through a TV or connected to a monitor)
InTOUCH TV (ITV system by Koplar Interactive Systems)
IRG Infomedia Research Group (Canada) (ISTV Semi-HDTV equivalent ITV)
iSurfTV Inc. (Middleware, IPG, User Interface, application engine)
ITV Digital (No dish, no cable - just an ITV Digital box that plugs into your TV)
ITV Network 2 (UK Web TV & Internet ITV)
JumpCity(Internet Media) (Convergence products/supplies for consumers/producers; Web TV technologies)
Kingston Interactive Television (Major UK supplier of ITV)
Local Source Television (Source Media's Interactive Channel)
LocalNet(A Web TV system from Urbana)
Loewe AG (A German consumer electronics manufacturer)
Macmet(End-to-end ITV. Also OEM for those working with Cable Providers & ISPs, Web TV)
Metabox AG (Manufactures & sells Set-top Boxes & related software, more)
MSN® TV (WebTV/ITV offered by Microsoft)
Mobius PCTV (The wave of the future)
Moxi (Platforms, products & enabling technologies that enhance the digital home entertainment experience)
Multimedia Network Computer (Integrated entertainment product solutions for TV)
Neon Technology (Internet Appliances {Set-top Boxes} for Internet use)
NetChannel(Internet-TV service bought out by AOL for AOLTV)
Netclick (An American Web TV service)
NetGem S.A. (Makes Set-tops & links household devices to the Internet)
NOOS (French ITV provider often using Sagem Set-top Boxes)
NovaPal (Set-top Box for the conversion of British TV viewers to digital)
NTL Group Ltd. (UK) (Offers ITV, TV & Internet service)

  Ocean Blue Software - Ocean Blue creates and implements software solutions for global clients that embrace the best technological solutions for tangible business results. 

ON2.COM.comITV for viewers w/low & high bandwidth. Free Web TV/PC download
Ondigital(ITV Digital) (UK Web TV & ITV Content)
Open (An UK ITV service that's not part of the Internet)
Philips (Pay-TV digital receivers)
Pinnacle Systems (PCTV/digital video solutions. Software/hardware)
PlayJam (Free UK interactive television channel)
Profilo Telra A.S (CTV, Web TV, EPG, TV, video, receivers, VCD, DVD, Set top Boxs)
PowerChannel(Offers a Free Web TV & related services)
PREMIERE WORLD (German ITV)
QuieroTV(Spainish ITV)
Qi World (UK Provider of Web TV “Surf-Master™” & more)
Regent Electronics Inc. (Set-top Boxes & related products)
Response Television (RTNet) (ITV/Web packages)
SnapStream Media (Makes software enabling PCs to record & playback TV shows)
SpotPlayer(SpotMagic) Free Web TV/PC download to make PC, radio & TV interactive
Telewest (UK cable operator that has a Web TV service)
TAK(Internet/TV convergence device (TV) from Thomson Multimedia & Microsoft)
TECZ (View standard free to air TV through to your TV set or to a PC screen, including on-demand)
Thales Broadcast & Multimedia (Partnering with Microsoft with ITV)
Tivion® (Audio-Video-Home-Network)
TVC-MULTIMEDIA
TVPC(Offers an Entertainment PC which runs on Windows 98)
TVTonic (View Web content while watching TV on your PC)
Ultimate TV (WebTV® Enhanced TV platform from DIRECTV & Microsoft WebTV®)
Urbana.ca(Community-based entertainment & information services including ITV)
Veon(Video broadband programming/ITV platform (Free Web TV/PC download)
Vestel USA Inc. (An Internet appliances manufacturer/provider)
ViAlta.com(ESS Technology) Multi-media Internet appliance products/applications)
WaveWatcher Net-TV 98 (Downloading special Internet broadcast content)
Web2U(Web TV Internet access systems)
Webcasts(Offers varied Enhanced (ITV) over the Web)
Webflyer (A PCTV)
Web Computers International (Provides Web TV)
Wink Communications (Free consumer service for ITV programming)
Win TV Player (SpotMagic)(Free Web TV/ PC download)
Yes TV (UK Internet TV service-over-ADSL.  Specializes in Video-on-Demand)

Related:

ANT Ltd. (Enabling Smart Appliances, embedded web/email)
AOLTV StyleGuide (For optimizing your site for AOLTV users)
Broadband-television.com
CLUB-E-SHOP WEBTV ORIENTED SHOP (in French)
Grundig AG (ITV consumer Products)
TV Hotlinks
HTTV(French ITV)
ITvSearch.com(Search engine made for Web TV users)
Kodak Picture Channel (The) (Enables picture viewing/sharing/ordering over TVs)
Liberate - Ryerson Polytechnic University - Rogers Communications Center - (Canada) - (Web TV production)
Microsoft UltimateTV Layoffs (Article on)
MSN® TV service Developer Home Page
MSN® TV service Developer Forum
MSN® TV Code writing Tip
Net4TV(Site made by & for users of WebTV™ & other Internet TV Set-top Boxes)
Numericable (Spanish - ITV via cable)
ON2.COM.comITV for viewers with low & high bandwidth. Free Web TV/PC download
PCDTV(Promoting digital broadcast receivers & DTV technology for the PC)
Personal Computer - Digital Television: FAQ on
Photela(Web TV digital photography)
RUEL - (News about Set-top Boxes)
RUEL - (TV Tuner Card {for your PV}& PC-TV  Web page)
Ryerson Polytechnic University - Rogers Communications Center - (Canada) - (WebTV production index)
Sesame TV (Connects the TV to the PC)
Set-top.com (TV entertainment available via the Internet, broadcast cable, or satellite)
SKY WEB inc. (Marketer of Digital Satellite Systems & TV Internet Access Solutions)
Shopping for Microsoft WebTV®
More Tips etc if Shopping for a WebTV™ {LookSmart}
Webtv Msntv Secret Pics - Info (Preview Upgrades Hidden Accounts Webtv Hacking Pics)
WebTV Newsgroup
WebTV Report Card 2001, Pt. 1: Users Grade the Product
Wink & MSNTV (Formerly Microsoft WebTV)

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Electronic Program Guides & Directly Related
(Also see listings above)
Definition

Agency.com(Helps businesses incorporate ITV into their projects/activities)
SES-ASTRA (Transmits over 1,000 analogue & digital TV & radio channels)
ATI Technologies (World's largest manufacturer of graphics chips for PCs)
BetaResearch(Develops/markets digital C/A & other communication technology)
CANAL+TECHNOLOGIES (Interactive TV Solutions : Adding Value to Entertainment)
Decisionmark (PVR-enabled Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) 
Digital Infrastructure Technology
Diva Systems (Sun CTG)
Etronica (Etronica technology enhances the end-user experience with a simple, yet robust, guide to content)
F A Bernhardt GmbH, FAB (Numerous solutions for Teletext)
FAST TV SERVER AG
Galaxis Technology AG (ITV, Digital TV, Receivers & more)
Gist Communications (Interactive TV Guides)
IBIS (Television station automation-End to End Broadcast Solutions)
ICE Interactive (iTV software and applications developer)
Infomedia S.A.  A market leader in delivering data to Electronic Program Guides 
Infosat (Broadband Internet Protocol, satellite Internet technology) 
Institut Für Rundfunktechnik (ITV, Teletext, EPGs, more. Site is in German)
iSurfTV Inc. (Specializes in interactive digital TV technology)
IP Planet (Broadband interactive content & multicast via satellite networks)
Liberate Technologies (One of the largest of ITV businesses)
Loewe AG (A German consumer electronics manufacturer) 
Lysis(Digital media content on Digital TV & over the Internet)
MAP multiMEDIA (Broadcast Management solutions)
MediaGeniX (Programme Scheduling & Airtime Sales Broadcasting Software)
Microsoft Interactive Television (Click on hyperlink)
MITV(Microsoft Interactive Television) 
Minerva Networks (Active in the digital video industry)
Nagravision (The Kudelski Group) (Digital TV, audio & broadband Internet)
NDS Ltd. (End-to-end digital broadcasting solutions)
NetGem S.A. (Makes Set-tops & links household devices to the Internet)

  Ocean Blue Software - Ocean Blue creates and implements software solutions for global clients that embrace the best technological solutions for tangible business results. 

Orca Interactive (Interactive Television integration software/platform)
PEAKTIME
Phillips Digital Networks (Conditional access/copy protection/storage/STB/more)
Pharos Communications (Broadcast & telecommunications delivery of signal management)
Pilat Media (Broadcast/Subscriber management, Video libraries, more)
Premiere Fernsehen  CA-System Mediaguard, EPG with MPEG2 - Stills, and PPV applications)
Profilo Telra A.S (CTV, Web TV, EPG, TV, video, receivers, VCD, DVD, Set top Boxs)
RAI
S4M{Solutions for Media GmbH} (Full service provider for various media)
Scopus (Digital compression system for video & data distribution networks)
Screenpeaks (VIC-TV™ - For Satellite and Cable-TV operators)
SintecMedia (mfr of broadcast management systems)
Sofia Digital ({EPG} and the digital teletext for Finnish DVB-T)
Strategy & Technology Ltd (Digital TV/interactive content broadcasting)
Sysmedia (Products for Teletext, Programme Delivery Control, EPGs & more)
Tandberg TV (Open solutions for digital broadcasting)
Telenor (Norwegian telecommunications with Internet & broadband)
Triveni Digital (Data broadcasting over the digital television spectrum)
TSS
TVGateway (EPG deployed today in numerous major cable systems)
TV Guide Inc.(A leading provider of Electronic Program Guides)
UEC (High speed IT products for mpeg2, dvb and DTV. Satellite decoders)
Viewcall America Inc (Internet access with a browser on a Set-top)
Visionetics (VIStar STBs for satellite, cable, and wireless networks)
WebTV for Windows (Microsoft)(An Electronic Program Guide from Microsoft)
Zandar Technologies (Designs/manufactures video display products) 

Related:

DigiGuide
Incentive Based Advertising description (interface)
More on what IPGs are and Gemstar court case
 
 

 
 
 









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