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[2] Metabyte to Demonstrate MbTV at the Western Cable Show; See the MbTV suite of products and services for personal television.


FREMONT, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Dec. 13, 1999--

Metabyte, Inc. today announced the demonstration of the MbTV(TM) suite of products and services for personal television at the Western Show in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Under development for three years, MbTV is a personal TV agent that puts "your thumbprint on TV"(TM).

The MbTV technology is unique. MbTV automatically learns its viewers' television watching tastes without any user intervention A procedure used in a lawsuit by which the court allows a third person who was not originally a party to the suit to become a party, by joining with either the plaintiff or the defendant.  and creates personalized per·son·al·ize  
tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es
1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.

2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify.
 profiles that can be used to provide a variety of services. It can automatically recommend, record and delete To remove an item of data from a file or to remove a file from the disk. See file wipe, trash and undelete.

1. (operating system) delete - (Or "erase") To make a file inaccessible.
 desirable programs based on viewers' television watching tastes on a one way broadcast stream. The artificial intelligence built into MbTV automatically identifies multiple viewers in a household without requiring them to log in. MbTV does not manage a viewer's privacy, but protects their privacy 100%, as it does not require any data to be transmitted from the viewer's home.

Metabyte will host a hospitality suite at the Wilshire Grand Hotel during the Western Show in Los Angeles. To schedule an appointment, please call Rebecca Jensen at 510-494-9700 or send e-mail to info@metabyte.com.

                    Wilshire Grand Hotel and Centre
           (4 blocks from the Los Angeles Convention Center)
             930 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90017
                       Hotel Phone: 213-688-7777
                           Dec 15: 9AM - 9PM
                           Dec 16: 9AM - 9PM


MbTV Networks, a division of Metabyte, Inc., develops the MbTV(TM) suite of products and services for personal television ranging from digital VCRs See DVR.  to targeted advertising, personalized TV portals and personalized data broadcasting. For personalized television, Metabyte has strategic partnerships with C-Cube Microsystems, Seagate Technology (company) Seagate Technology - A major manufacturer of hard disk drives, founded in 1979 as "Shugart Technology" by Alan F. Shugart and Finis Conner. That name is on the original patents for the 5.25" hard disk drive.  and Western Digital and offers its MbTV products for Microsoft TV Microsoft TV is a division within Microsoft Corporation that develops software platforms for use in set top boxes to access programming over a Cable TV network. It provides integrated audio, video and data services over a single network. , the client software member of the Microsoft TV Platform Adaptation Kit (Microsoft TVPAK).

Contact Metabyte at 39350 Civic Center Drive, Suite 200, Fremont, CA 94538. Phone: (510) 494-9700. Fax: (510) 494-9100. E-mail: info@metabyte.com http://www.metabyte.com/mbtv/.
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