Founded in 1995, WebTV introduced the first consumer product to enable web surfing without a computer, and later, the first true convergence products, combining Internet TV, interactive TV, digital TV, Digital Video Recording, and games into simple and inexpensive consumer electronics devices.
Twenty months after it was founded, WebTV Networks was acquired by Microsoft Corporation. A financially and strategically successful acquisition, WebTV (renamed MSNTV and operated until 2013) produced over a billion dollars in revenue.
The WebTV team also developed the Xbox 360 hardware and both of Microsoft's TV distribution platforms, Cable TV Foundation and IPTV. WebTV products have been sold throughout the world, retailed under license by DirecTV, Dish Network, Sony, Philips, RCA, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Samsung, Fujitsu, Sega, Scientific Atlanta, and On Command.
Company Details
- Founded
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- Address
- Palo Alto, California, Us
- Industry
- Computers And Electronics Manufacturing
- NAICS
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Computer and Electronic Product ManufacturingBare Printed Circuit Board ManufacturingSemiconductor and Related Device ManufacturingCapacitor, Resistor, Coil, Transformer, and Other Inductor ManufacturingElectronic Connector ManufacturingPrinted Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) ManufacturingOther Electronic Component Manufacturing
- Keywords
- Charlotte.
- HQ
- Palo Alto, California
- Competitors
- Captora, Array, Tinder, Cisco ThousandEyes, QXO, Caring, Yahoo, Betterhalf.
Webtv Networks Questions
Webtv Networks's LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/company/webtvnetworks
Webtv Networks's industry is
Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
Webtv Networks's top competitors are
Captora,
Array,
Tinder,
Cisco Thousandeyes,
Qxo,
Caring,
Yahoo,
Betterhalf.
Webtv Networks's categories are Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
Webtv Networks's founding year is 1995
