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To: levy who wrote (23464)	1/23/2001 8:52:46 AM
From: The O	Respond to of 28311

InfoSpace and OpenTV Announce Broadband Infrastructure and Technology Integration and Development Partnership LAS VEGAS, Jan 23, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- InfoSpace, Inc. (Nasdaq: INSP chart, msgs), a leading global provider of cross-platform merchant and consumer infrastructure services on wireless, broadband, and narrowband platforms, and OpenTV (Nasdaq: OPTV chart, msgs; Amex chart, msgs), the world's leading interactive television and media solutions company, today announced a strategic partnership to develop and integrate InfoSpace's broadband services and interactive TV (iTV) applications with the OpenTV Platform. (Photo:http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000420/INFOLOGO ) Through this partnership, OpenTV and InfoSpace will collaborate to provide and market InfoSpace's broadband services and iTV applications to current and potential OpenTV customers globally. InfoSpace will provide OpenTV with a customized suite of broadband services and iTV applications, including yellow and white pages, city guides, search, personalized TV ticker, as well as personal finance and games channels, all developed and integrated on the OpenTV Platform. "InfoSpace's broadband infrastructure services and OpenTV's software platform represent a winning combination, providing innovative ways to best serve the iTV marketplace," said Michael Riccio, InfoSpace executive vice president, broadband. "We are excited about the tremendous opportunities presented by this partnership and look forward to providing OpenTV's customers with InfoSpace-powered iTV services." "This partnership between OpenTV and InfoSpace will provide excellent content to network operators looking to enhance or expand their interactive television service," said James Ackerman, president and COO of OpenTV. "We look forward to working with InfoSpace to further accelerate the development of our combined offerings for the rapidly growing iTV marketplace." About OpenTV OpenTV is the world's leading interactive television and media solutions company. OpenTV's software platform provides a comprehensive solution for the development and delivery of digital interactive services by multichannel service operators to television viewers. The OpenTV solution includes its operating middleware, applications, software tools, and strategic consulting services expertise. OpenTV software has been shipped with or installed in more than 11 million digital set-top boxes worldwide and has been selected by 37 digital cable, satellite and terrestrial communications networks in over 50 countries, including BSkyB in the United Kingdom; TPS and Noos in France; PrimaCom in Germany; Via Digital in Spain; DLA, the exclusive provider of DIRECTV(TM) in Latin America; and EchoStar's DISH Network in the U.S. In addition, 31 digital set-top box manufacturers have licensed OpenTV's software, and OpenTV's authoring tools are licensed to more than 600 independent developers and content service providers. Worldwide headquarters for OpenTV is located in Mountain View, Calif. Information on OpenTV is available at www.opentv.com.