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TVTonic In CNET’s Top Five!

We’re extremely happy to report that CNET has named us their third most popular podcast client!

CNET TV Top Five
CNET’s Top Five

Go to TVTonic’s Technology section to check out CNET’s The Buzz Report, Crave, Loaded and their handy compilation feed All CNET.

And head to CNET host Tom Merritt’s blog for all sorts of insider-y, Web culture-y goodness.

Wanna Play? HD Gaming & Gridiron Action on TVTonic!

Just added to TVTonic! Three great new channels (two in HD) from our friends at ON Networks and GTtv. Check ‘em out:

Draftguys TV

Draftguys TV HD
See draft season the way the scouts do. ON Networks’ Draftguys TV gives football fans over 40 in-depth player profiles via practice footage, training film, exclusive interviews and more. With Draftguys TV, you’ll get up close and personal with the players in high-def and see the grit, determination and skills that make this annual process so riveting.

Invisible Walls
GTtv’s weekly look inside the video game industry. The hosts take a back seat, giving viewers more of what they want — games! Non-stop gaming and news footage with running audio commentary from GTtv’s sages. Featuring One-Word Reviews, Head-to-Head, Fact or Fiction and more.

Play Value HD
Take the biggest all-time gaming successes, throw in a few spectacular failures, add a bit of corporate rivalry and some product controversy and … voila! You’ve got Play Value. In ON Networks’ incredibly entertaining show, insiders and hardcore gamers tell the tales that have shaped the multi-billion dollar world known as the video game industry. Go inside the strange and exciting saga that is the history of video games.

Play Value

Subscribe today in the Featured Guide!

HD Shows From ON Networks!

Now on TVTonic!

Lately ON Networks has been getting a lot of attention for their rapidly-expanding roster of original online programming. Due in no small part to the shows’ consistently smart writing and high production values, ON Networks is creating some of the most entertaining viewing on the Net. And we’re very happy to announce that you’ll now be able to watch five of their best shows on TVTonic…in glorious HD!


Golf Tips with Joe Beck

Golf Tips with Joe Beck
Make your drive longer, your putts more accurate and your game better! PGA instructor Joe Beck drives home advice on the links with a touch of humor and a determined eye. From hook shots to the Rockport Stinger, Joe can help.

ON Dating
Need help wading through the online dating waters? Want to take a first dive in? Each episode, celebrity dating coach Andrea Syrtash offers advice on how to date in the 21st century, revealing the do’s and don’t’s that help viewers stand out in the Net singles crowd.

The Parent Code
Timely tips on challenges facing today’s parents. Information-packed episodes covering topics on all stages of child development, from toddler to teen. Since kids don’t come with instructions, viewers can count on The Parent Code to help tackle child-raising with greater confidence.

Backpack Picnic
Absurdist sketch comedy at its best. With a combination of one-off skits and recurring character pieces, comedy troupe veterans Mitch Baker, Dave Bewley and their band of merry men break boundaries in the bizarre, pushing the “weird” button when you least expect it.

Bif! Bam! Pow! Wow!
Comic book aficionado Tom Seymour offers a behind-the-counter report filled with news and reviews for anyone into comic books, graphic novels, movies, action figures or video games. Bif! Bam! Pow! Wow! takes viewers on a virtual tour through the Land of Geekdom.

ON Networks — Original programming for original people. Go to the Featured Guide to subscribe today!

TVTonic Announces Content License with ON Networks

Five of New Media Company’s HD TV Shows to be Featured in TVTonic’s Channel Guide

NEW YORK — February 12, 2008 — Wavexpress, a provider of broadband media technology and services, majority-owned by Wave Systems Corp. (NASDAQ: WAVX), today announced a new content license with ON Networks, a leading new media company. The content license will allow Wavexpress to feature five of ON Networks’ entertaining and engaging TV shows in high-definition (HD) in its free Internet television application, TVTonic.
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