Meanwhile, other interactive TV firms like TiVo (nasdaq: TIVO - news - people ), Liberate Technologies (nasdaq: LBRTE - news - people ) and OpenTV (nasdaq: OPTV - news - people ), have demonstrated how brutal the interactive TV business is: Not one is profitable.

FORBES: The Fight For Interactive Television

UltimateTV combined programming from Hughes Electronics ' (nyse: GMH - news - people ) DirecTV unit, digital video recording, live TV controls, interactive television and Internet access.

FORBES: The Fight For Interactive Television