A few of my posts mat be lengthy but it is important to see the many partnerships (SPYG) has...
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LINK: spyglass.com
*Interactive Television
CMI Worldwide has developed, patented and will distribute, this fall, Advantage 2000, the world's first kitchen resource center. Within the Advantage 2000, CMI Worldwide has successfully integrated television, stereo audio and video CD, and network computing technologies to provide entertainment, Internet and email access, home security monitoring and appliance communications designed specifically for the kitchen. Advantage 2000 utilizes the Spyglass Device Mosaic browser for its Internet access features.
View the in-depth CMI case study.
This leading European manufacturer of communications products has developed SurfTV, an innovative and modular TV Internet decorder. COM One, in conjunction with QNX Software Systems Ltd. used the Spyglass Device Mosaic embedded Web browser for this product. This partnership sets the standard for what is expected to be a highly competitive and sharply growing European marketplace. In fact, France Telecom has announced it will use SurfTV to enhance the widely distributed Minitel information system.
Excite@Home is a global media company that provides broadband Internet service to consumers nationwide through their local cable company partners. Excite@Home named SurfWatch, a division of Spyglass, as the sole provider of filtering technology for their broadband Internet service. The SurfWatch award-winning filters will be bundled with Excite@Home's point-of-sale retail demonstrations and available for download from the @Home service to @Home subscribers. SurfWatch's filtering software can be used to manage the content being delivered to your home and can be used to limit violent sites, hate speech, gambling and sites that glorify the use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco.
General Instrument, a leading worldwide provider of integrated and interactive broadband access solutions, recently teamed up with Spyglass to create the Acadia Application Integration Center. This strategic partnership acts as an addition to GI's existing Horizon Developers program and will allow GI to collaborate the efforts of their partners, customers and third-party technology companies in developing and integrating Internet cable services to advance their already powerful digital platform. GI has more than 800 installed digital systems in North America (more than 37 million households are passed by these 800 systems) and to date has made shipments of more than 4 million digital interactive set-top boxes. In further recognition of the value of software advancements in the digital cable services realm, GI has taken a 5 percent equity position in Spyglass with the option of acquiring another 5 percent. Together, Spyglass and GI plan to support software and content developers in bringing innovative applications to GI's digital interactive set-top boxes.
A leading cable interactive multimedia programmer, Source Media's Interactive Channel utilizes Spyglass Remote Mosaic technology, Spyglass Prism and SurfWatch technologies to provide high-quality Internet access and interactive services to consumers through their cable television. The Interactive Channel deal demonstrates the depth and breadth of the Spyglass product line and shows how the various technologies can be integrated to provide customers with a comprehensive, end-to-end solution.
View the in-depth Interactive Channel case study, "Making Interactive Television Work with the Web"
A Korean-based electronics company, LG Electronics licensed Spyglass technology to strengthen its global digital TV (DTV) strategy. By using Spyglass Device Mosaic embedded Web browser, and Spyglass ThinGUI Library, a small footprint graphics library, LG Electronics now has a standards-based framework for authoring Web content, creating revenue-generating applications, and connecting to online services. These technologies can be used to create Internet browsing applications, electronic programming guides, video-on-demand services, and a variety of other useful services accessible from the set-top box which will distinguish LG Electronics in the interactive digital television market.
The leading high-end television manufacturer in Germany, Loewe has just announced TV-Online (TVO), one of a family of high-end TVs dubbed Xelos@media. With QNX's Voyager Browser, a customized version of Spyglass Device Mosaic, viewers can surf the Web, and shop and bank at home. But that's only the beginning. TVO offers a complete home multimedia solution. It integrates television viewing with all sorts of capabilities like email, appointment organizers, and games. It even lets you leave onscreen post-it note messages for family members.
Spyglass is providing Internet technologies for the software platform of Motorola's interactive entertainment architecture, named Streamaster. Spyglass technologies will include a customized version of Spyglass Device Mosaic, the industry's first full-featured small footprint browser, Spyglass Device Mail, a full-featured embedded email client, and Spyglass MicroServer, a small footprint Web server used for control and messaging to the set-top box. These Internet-enabling technologies provide the platform for compelling Internet-based applications and services to be built on the system. Streamaster is Motorola's extensible multimedia architecture aimed at revolutionizing video entertainment and video communications. The Streamaster architecture supports interactive 3D graphics, Java, MPEG digital video, high-fidelity audio, Internet access, electronic commerce and broadband networking in a single integrated unit.
This Internet and information service was designed to extend the television experience by delivering personally relevant information and entertainment through the television. The system used SurfWatch technology to ensure that families are able to safely explore the Internet without encountering objectionable material. The NetChannel service was accessed using Thomson/RCA set-top boxes and utilized a Spyglass-developed EPG (Electronic Programming Guide). NetChannel was purchased by AOL and this service is no longer active.
A leading provider of digital set-top boxes for cable and satellite, Nokia turned to Spyglass to incorporate Web technology into their next generation digital cable, satellite and terrestial set-top boxes. By adding an HTML engine to the Nokia platform, cable, satellite and terrestial operators will be able to reap the greatest benefit from their digital networks.
PowerTV, an interactive television application developer financed by Scientific-Atlanta, relies on Spyglass Device Mosaic to allow its television operating system to work with the Web. Currently, PowerTV is developing software for a number of U.S. operators implementing advanced digital HFC TV systems, including TimeWarner, Pacific Bell, and BellSouth, as well as the international IMMXpress consortium consisting of Siemens, Sun Microsystems, and Scientific-Atlanta.
View the in-depth PowerTV case study, "Saving Time and Money Developing Robust Set-Top Solutions for Digital Cable Television"
Sony Corp. has licensed Spyglass Internet software for use in future information appliances, such as advanced digital set-top devices. Sony's decision to license Spyglass Device Mosaic, an embedded Web browser, and Spyglass ThinGUI Library, a small footprint graphics library, is indicative of a greater trend among major electronics and communications businesses just beginning to recognize the great growth potential offered by broadband Internet access through digital cable.
This leading electronics company known for its RCA, GE and ProScan brands, now offers the RCA Network Computer, an affordable Internet access product that lets consumers use their TVs to access information on the Web. Spyglass developed an electronic programming guide (EPG) that is provided as part of the personalized Internet service included in the RCA Network Computer. Through the revolutionary EPG, viewers have a single interface that seamlessly combines broadcast programming with related Web content. Spyglass is also doing strategic Internet consulting for Thomson as they aggressively map out their long-term plans for integrating the Internet with a variety of products and services.
Philips Semiconductors is collaborating with Spyglass to bring Spyglass Device Mosaic to the TriMedia processor for use in ATSC and other digital television receivers. Spyglass' Web browser technology will enable consumers to view Internet and datacast content on their televisions. With the addition of Spyglass technologies, the TriMedia reference platform will support full-featured Internet browsing and evolve to accommodate new data delivery specifications being worked on by multiple standards bodies. The Philips TriMedia processor was specifically designed to process high-quality video, multi-channel audio, data and communication signals simultaneously.
This Microsoft subsidiary which is dedicated to bringing Internet access to television consumers, uses SurfWatch technology to ensure that their Internet service delivers content appropriate for all audiences. SurfWatch filtering technology, available as a part of the WebTV Network service, offers parents the ability to safely bring the Internet into their homes while maintaining control over which content their children can access.
A leading provider of Internet cable service, WorldGate incorporates Spyglass browser technology into its WorldGate's service for online TV. The service was recently rolled out in conjunction with four of the country's largest cable operators Cablevision, Adelphia, Comcast and Charter Communications and claims over 13.6 million subscribers. The service allows customers to access the Internet through their TVs without the use of a PC, modem or additional in-home
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