Henow covers alltechnology, media, newsservices, sales, content and heads up theteamthat developed (among many other things) QVC's interactiveTVoperationsonSkyand Freeview.
Meanwhile, other interactiveTV firms like TiVo (nasdaq: TIVO - news - people ), Liberate Technologies (nasdaq: LBRTE - news - people ) and OpenTV (nasdaq: OPTV - news - people ), have demonstrated how brutal the interactiveTV business is: Not one is profitable.
UltimateTV combined programming from Hughes Electronics ' (nyse: GMH - news - people ) DirecTV unit, digital video recording, live TV controls, interactive television and Internet access.