tvtv Services, trading as tvtv, is a consumer-oriented pan-European

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(EPG) service provider, owned by the

arvato AG Arvato is a global services company headquartered in Gütersloh, Germany. Its services include customer support, information technology, logistics, and finance. The history of Arvato goes back to the printing and industry services division of Be ...

subsidiary

rtv media group GmbH RTV may refer to: Broadcasting * RTV (Bangladeshi TV channel), a satellite television channel * RTV (Indonesian TV network), an Indonesian television network * RTV-7, a Dutch television network with programming from the Dutch Caribbean * RTV NH, ...

since January 2013. It was formerly broadcast on Freeview channel 304 (owned by YooMedia, timesharing with Absolute Radio) until 30 October 2008.

History

In 1999, the first tvtv website was launched by Munich-based company Fast TV Server AG to enable remote programming. In 2001 Fast TV Server announced the first

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(PVR) with remote programming, and in 2002, the first TV set with

EPG Electronic programming guides (EPGs) and interactive programming guides (IPGs) are menu-based systems that provide users of television, radio and other media applications with continuously updated menus that display scheduling information for ...

and PVR was launched. In November 2003,

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acquired Fast TV Server AG's

services, and tvtv Services became a branch of Sony UK Ltd, but continued to be run from Munich. This was followed by the launch of the first digital PVR in 2004 and the first customized web-EPG in 2005. In September 2011, the ownership of tvtv was moved from Sony UK to the US Sony subsidiary

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, under its German daughter company Gracenote GmbH. The purpose of the move was, according to the official press release, ''"to enable Gracenote to expand its portfolio of products and technology to

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manufacturers, cable operators and broadcasters."''Gracenote press release, Sept 1, 2011: ''Gracenote Opens European Development Center with the Acquisition of TVTV Services''
Retrieved 2012-06-23 In November 2012, tvtv suspended the offer for new subscriptions to their online services, and announced that existing subscriptions would not be extended. In January 2013, tvtv was moved from Gracenote GmbH to the arvato AG subsidiary

. With this transfer the rtv media group expands its portfolio to further digital products and is constantly on a growth course with positioning its products as leading platforms for program navigation and advertising media for online and cross-media campaigns.

Service

tvtv enables users to personalize their TV listings, receive personalized and collaborative recommendations, recommend programs to their friends and remotely control their recording lists via the

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or a

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. Tvtv provides EPG technology and metadata to various

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es and websites of large cable operators, digital TV sets,

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s, TV tuner sticks, mobile devices and web portals. In order to benefit from the premium services like remote recording, users need to have a compatible device and register for the service.AltSearchEngines.com
/ref> The delivery of metadata for set-top boxes, TV tuner sticks and hardware in general as well as the online recording function was ceased on February 28, 2013. Nevertheless, the tvtv websites for Germany, Austria and Switzerland are still operated by rtv media group.

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