From: Ramon Chen
\nSent: Monday, March 25, 2002 1:07 PM
\nTo: *All MetaTV
\nSubject: Hot News Alert: MetaTV headlined as one of Liberate’s premier tier PopTV partners<\/p>\n
RELEVANCE: Liberate announced their “premier partner” level in a press release today. MetaTV is headlined as one of the 15 premier partners \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The first set of Premier Partners includes:<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 — Buzztime Entertainment, Inc. – A subsidiary of NTN Communications, Inc. From: Ramon Chen Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 1:07 PM To: *All MetaTV Subject: Hot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[81,12],"class_list":["post-476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all","tag-liberate","tag-metatv"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramonchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramonchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramonchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramonchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramonchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramonchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":477,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramonchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476\/revisions\/477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramonchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramonchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramonchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nRESPONSE: MetaTV is proud to be a premier partner in the Liberate program
\nRELATED: 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.
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\nhttp:\/\/biz.yahoo.com\/prnews\/020325\/sfm092_1.html<\/a>
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\nBuzztime, MetaTV, NDS and Visionik Amongst the First Set of Premier Tier PopTV Partners
\nLiberate Announces Fifteen Premier Partners Across Europe and the US
\nSAN 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.
\n\u2022\u00a0 (Photo: http:\/\/www.newscom.com\/cgi-bin\/prnh\/19990630\/LIBERATE<\/a> )
\n“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.”
\n“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.”
\n“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.
\nUnder 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\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Amex: NTN – news), Buzztime Entertainment, Inc. is a leading developer and
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 distributor of interactive television entertainment programming.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 www.buzztime.com<\/a>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 — Caiman Technologies – a leading multi platform provider of interactive
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and enhanced TV applications and services. http:\/\/www.caiman.co.uk<\/a>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 — Cylo – Cylo is widely recognized as an industry leader in next
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 generation digital media. The company conceives and creates interactive
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 content and advertising for television programmers, advertisers,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 advertising agencies, cable and satellite operators, and technology
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 companies. www.cylo.com<\/a>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 — Extend Media – ExtendMedia is a world leading media iTV production
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 company that creates interactive programming and manages the
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 integration and delivery of interactive content. www.extendmedia.com<\/a>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 — Gist – Gist is the leading independent innovator of interactive TV
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 guides and related applications. Gist is currently licensing and
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 deploying personalizable interactive guide products for use on multiple
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 onscreen platforms and distribution channels in the United States and
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Europe. www.gist.com<\/a>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 — Massive – Massive is the leading solutions provider for screen-based
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 media in the Austral\/Asia region. Massive’s interactive television
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 division is at the forefront of the industry providing application’s
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for every significant iTV roll-out in the region. www.massive.com.au<\/a>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 — MetaTV – MetaTV is a global provider of software that enables the
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 automation and optimization of iTV applications, services and content.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The MetaTV Platform(TM) features iTV application and services
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 management combined with commerce and advertising solutions that are
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 optimized for each network operators’ specific environment and
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 infrastructure. www.metatv.com<\/a>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 — Mindhouse – Mindhouse works with network operators, broadcasters and
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 channels throughout Europe, developing centrally managed client- and
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 server-side applications and services for enhanced television. Core
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 expertise includes transactional return-path services across DCable,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DSat and DTT platforms. www.mindhouse.co.uk<\/a>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 — NDS – NDS Group PLC is committed to digital choice, providing open
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 conditional access software and interactive systems for the secure
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 delivery of entertainment and information to television set-top boxes
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and personal computers. www.nds.com<\/a>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 — Picotent – Founded in 2000, Picotent is a leading provider of the
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 service infrastructure broadcasters use to create new revenue streams
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 from interactive television, including productions for the Sydney
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Olympics and Video Hits in Australia. www.picotent.com<\/a>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 — Pixelpark – one of Europe’s leading e-service companies. Pixelpark AG
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 offers integrated e-business solutions targeted particularly at the
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 corporate areas of marketing, sales and customer services. The focal
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 point of the activities is the development and implementation of
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 portals, marketing websites, e-shops and multi-channel including iTV
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 solutions for customers. www.pixelpark.com<\/a>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 — Two Way TV – the interactive eTV technology solutions provider working
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for broadcasters and networks across the world. www.twowaytv.com<\/a>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 — Victoria Real – a digital media production company with a focus on
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 content, the company develops services, sites and applications for a
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 range of digital platforms including iDTV.\u00a0 Victoria Real is part of
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the Endemol Group of companies. www.victoriareal.com<\/a>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 — Visionik – a pioneer in developing award winning interactive broadcast
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 services and management solutions working across satellite, terrestrial
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and cable platforms worldwide.\u00a0 www.visionik.com<\/a>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 — Visiware – Visiware creates, develops, markets and manages interactive
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TV services worldwide:\u00a0 digital program guides, portals and browsers,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 enriched-TV services, interactive TV ads, home-shopping services.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 www.visiware.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"