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  Active - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Active electronics are components, circuits or units of equipment that consume power other than the signal itself, most normally to provide amplification.
in any sexual activity involving penetration, active refers to the penetrating party, and passive to the receiving one
in a fraternity or sorority, a member currently enrolled in school and actively participating with the organization (in this case, "active" is used as a noun)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Active   (135 words)

  
 informitv - Sky Active launches next generation service
Sky Active has launched a new interactive portal with which it aims to “re-assert its creative leadership in interactive television”.
Sky says the he magazine-style concept of the new Sky Active is based on insights gained during extensive customer research into why consumers choose to interact with the television.
Sky Active at last lives up to its name and has certainly set a new benchmark for what can be achieved with an interactive magazine service.
informitv.com /articles/2004/11/18/skyactivelaunches   (627 words)

  
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Sky Active was formed when Open (its predecessor) was bought by BSkyB after BT (one of its joint owners of the venture) pulled out.
Sky Active is based at the Sky Digital headquarters at Isleworth in Middlesex.
The Sky Active banner had to incorporate onto all the services that was available through Open, to cover up the Open banner, which was present on all screens then.
members.lycos.co.uk /satellitehelp/_skyactive_nav_1.htm   (351 words)

  
 Digital Spy - Satellite - EXCLUSIVE: Sky News Active changes
Talking to Jim Rudder (Director of Interactive Programming for Sky Active), he mentioned that their goal is to increase Sky News Active to 8 video screens by the end of the year.
This will extend over time as Sky migrate their content to the WML language which allows the video stream to be maintained in a window.
Sky's goal is to shift as much of its text content as possible into the WML language and onto the new Sky Active style over the next few months - so that will also mean a new version of Sky Digital text.
www.digitalspy.co.uk /article/ds3918.html   (447 words)

  
 Sky Interactive - Sky Active
Sky Active is an interactive entertainment channel that is a cross between a television channel and a magazine.
The magazine-style concept of Sky Active is based on research into why consumers choose to interact with television.
Sky Interactive welcomes new and innovative ideas for interactive services that fit the Sky Active proposition and offer a compelling experience for the viewer.
www.skyinteractive.com /sky/our+services/sky+active   (417 words)

  
 ITWALES.COM - Sky provides new portal for retailers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Sky is particularly keen to stress how the new service can effectively be used to promote products.
Sky Active already incorporates a host of enhanced TV applications such as Sky News Active, Sky Sports Active, Sky Movies Active and services such as email, SMS messaging, games, banking, shopping and betting.
The new Christmas Gifts service has the potential to reach a huge number of customers sitting comfortably in front of their TV sets: around 6.1 million homes in the UK and Ireland currently have Sky digital, and it is estimated that 39% of all UK digital satellite subscribers use Sky Active each week.
www.itwales.com /999571.htm   (412 words)

  
 Sky-active-Fish4
Sky Active is a fast-paced video environment with features updated throughout the day and allowing access to a range of interactive services to shop, play games, win prizes, chat, search for information and more.
Viewers can access the fish4 service by pressing red on their Sky remote whilst tuned to Sky One Sky Sports, Sky News or a Sky Movies channel or by pressing the interactive button on their Sky remote.
As you're exploring Sky Active, you'll see all sorts of fun stuff advertised with prompts to press the yellow, blue or green buttons.
www.homesgofast.com /Sky-active-Fish4.php   (397 words)

  
 National Lottery - How to Play on Sky Active   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The difference is you input your numbers using your Sky remote.
The National Lottery on Sky Active is available to residential viewers with a minidish and digibox connected to a phone line.
Sky Active is available to residential viewers with a minidish and digibox connected to a phone line.
www.national-lottery.co.uk /player/p/profile/sky/howToPlay.do   (379 words)

  
 informitv - Sky Active re-launch as video magazine
The Sky Active portal is being re-launched as a video magazine, in a move which Sky hopes will further promote interactive revenues.
However, while turnover on SkyBet alone was up 18% in the last quarter to £59m, remaining revenues from Sky Active were down 12% to £22m.
It is a long way from Open…, the first ambitious attempt at an interactive portal on Sky, which failed to convince viewers of the virtues of a virtual retail experience on television.
informitv.com /articles/2004/11/15/skyactiverelaunch   (355 words)

  
 SourceWire | Press Releases - SKY ACTIVE AND FERNHART LAUNCH NATIONAL ‘WHAT'S ON' GUIDE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Sky Active What’s On Guide gives viewers a personalised service that searches events and venues within their local region automatically.
A member of the Sky Interactive Developers’ Programme, Fernhart was one of the first independent agencies to develop services for the Sky platform.
It is designed to be a failsafe framework for the development of interactive services for the Sky platform, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget and on spec.
sourcewire.com /releases/rel_display.php?relid=XzAiQ   (746 words)

  
 [itvt] Bloggit: Sky Launches "Flexible Sponsorship Packages" for Sky Active   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Sky has launched what it terms "flexible sponsorship packages" for its interactive TV portal, Sky Active.
The first advertiser to take advantage of the new packages is frozen food brand, Captain Birds Eye, which has become the first-ever sponsor of one of Sky Active's feature sections: for four weeks, the brand will sponsor Sky Active's Health and Lifestyle section as part of its ongoing "Nutrition Mission" advertising campaign.
The new advertising packages build on a Sky Active advertising campaign that Sky Interactive developed earlier this year for the Chemical Brothers' album, "Push the Button," and that also blurred the distinction between programming and advertising.
blog.itvt.com /my_weblog/2005/07/sky_launches_fl.html   (451 words)

  
 Sky News: UK News, World News and Business News. The First for breaking global News!
Sky News: UK News, World News and Business News.
Eastern areas will be a little gloomy come the middle of the week, but there will be a gradual improvement from the west as we head towards next weekend.
WARNING Sky News Online is not designed to be viewed in older browsers.
news.sky.com /skynews/home/0,,,00.html   (124 words)

  
 Online Recruitment - Sky Active dishes up Interactive "TV jobs"
The launch of the Job Channel, accessible via the Sky Active menu, allows jobseekers to search from around 20,000 job vacancies nationwide, covering a wide range of market sectors and skill levels.
Tobin Ireland, commercial director at Sky Interactive, added: “The launch of the Job Channel is a further step in the on-going enhancement to classified offerings on Sky Active.
Launched in October 2001, Sky Active was created to house Sky Digital''s interactive services.
www.onrec.com /content2/news.asp?ID=1594   (478 words)

  
 Sky.com
Get a Sky+ box - £99 for greater choice
Sky online for customers - with great competitions, features, quizzes & fun, plus our 10-day TV Guide
Sky HD - be amongst the first and order now
www.sky.com /skycom/home   (105 words)

  
 Digital Spy Forums - Sky New - Overdoing it with the sky active banner?
Well Sky News are always telling us to get in touch with them so why doesn't everyone e-mail them and tell them how bad their new idea is.
By differentiating themselves from other news channels they hope to regain their "News Channel of the year" status which they have just lost to the BBC after years of winning it.
To be honest, I dislike all the banners on Sky News and I prefer the radio (or a newspaper!) for news digest.
forum.digitalspy.co.uk /board/showthread.php?t=350244   (989 words)

  
 Sky Customer Zone - Exclusive offers and content for Sky customers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Sky Customer Zone - Exclusive offers and content for Sky customers
Providing your Sky box is connected to a working telephone line, you can access your Sky account on TV whenever you want by following these instructions:-
Press the interactive button, followed by option 5 for Sky Customer Services then select option 1 to view your statement.
czone.sky.com /customerzone/article/0,2129,1157797,00.html   (69 words)

  
 Satellites TV - Sky active not working in Germany
For a while now, the active (red button) function on my Sky system is not functioning, nor is the Sky guide, programme synopsis, etc.
Although when watching world cup games on ITV or BBC the picture is appearing inside a frame, making the picture very small, I thought this was something to do with widescreen presentation, but when I was in the UK recently, I noticed this wasn’t the case.
One thing I've seen is that my remote forgot it's setting to a certain extent and suddenly half of the buttons didnt work (including the red button).
www.satellites.co.uk /php-bin/forum/printthread.php?t=500   (278 words)

  
 GreyLight : Active Worlds : Sky Boxes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
This is a sky box remake of the classic Inferno background.
A night scene designed to blend in with the default active worlds grass texture.
This alien wasteland is designed to blend in with the same kind of ground as used on the public world Mars.
www.greylight.com /awskybox.html   (154 words)

  
 YooMedia Makes a Date With ITVi Anytime and Sky Active | newratings.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Dateline has already enjoyed success on the Sky Active TV portal, with
Sky Active can be accessed via the interactive button on the Sky digital
Channels, such as Sky One (Sky digital channel 106).
www.newratings.com /analyst_news/article_496736.html   (609 words)

  
 BMPtvi and BBC MediaArc bring Tiger Electronics’ i-Cybie to Sky Active.
The launch of i-Cybie, Tiger Electronics’ interactive robotic cyber dog, on 9th October is the first from the newly formed BMPtvi and BBC MediaArc partnership (planning through OMD UK).
The “doggie style” campaign is also the first to use animated video banners on the new Sky Active channel.
The yellow key on the remote control allows viewers to purchase the i-Cybie through the Argos store located on Sky Active.
www.pressbox.co.uk /detailed/2890.html   (573 words)

  
 ActiveSky Version 6 - ActiveSky Graphics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
From high-quality cloud and sky graphics to real-time weather condition transition and depiction, this is a complete and robust system that provides the highest level of realism possible through all facets of weather simulation.
ActiveSky Graphics (included) is a brand new sky graphics upgrade enhancement with a variety of brand new content in Cloud and Sky Color textures.
ActiveSky Graphics replaces Active Environment and is configurable for use with a variety of other 3rd-party graphics add-ons.
sales.hifisim.com /ASv6   (945 words)

  
 National Lottery - About our Sky Active service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
You can play Lotto and EuroMillions through Sky Active from the comfort of your favourite chair!
You will have your own personal National Lottery Account, which is not shared by your household and does not need to be owned by the Sky subscriber.
You can access The National Lottery service on Sky Active in one of 2 ways:
www.national-lottery.co.uk /player/p/profile/sky/aboutPage.jsp   (166 words)

  
 INTERACTIVE TV TODAY - ScreenShot Gallery - SkyDigital - Sky News Active   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
This is the Top Headlines video featuring last month's scandal involving Sophie Rhys-Jones, the Countess of Wessex, who is married to Prince Edward.
Screen shows a mock up from Sky sent to [itvt] in advance of elections showing Tony Blair (Labour Party Leader) with the "Highlights" bar chosen.
Screen shows William Hague (Conservative Party Leader) with the "Parties" bar chosen.
www.itvt.com /sky.html   (243 words)

  
 Welcome to the ActiveSky Website!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Version v1.6 is the last scheduled feature update for v1.x, as work will begin on v2.0 designed specifically for use with "A Century of Flight" and its new weather features!
In addition, a new partnership with FS Sky World creators FSW Group is announced!
Cooperatively, FSW and HiFi will be working to enhance the visual and realism experience of your weather environment for use with the next version of Flight Simulator, "A Century of Flight".
www.hifisim.com   (1520 words)

  
 Sky active not working in Germany - Satellites TV
Sky active not working in Germany - Satellites TV Home
Satellites TV > Astra 28.2 and Eurobird 28.5 including Astra 2D for Sky Digital, BBC and ITV > B Sky B Digital and 28.2 East General
B Sky B Digital and 28.2 East General As it says, everything not included in the hardware and reception technical forum
www.satellites.co.uk /php-bin/forum/showthread.php?p=2036   (463 words)

  
 Sky launches Sky Active, closes Skytext
Rumours presist that a Sky Active Ireland will be launched early next year, encorporating online betting from PaddyPower's and Eircom's interactive Phone Book.
The move follows Sky's launch of Sky Text Digital earlier this year and the shutdown of Sky's final channels on analogue Astra last week.
Within the last fortnight BBC CEEFAX has also disappeared from most BBC channels on Sky's digital satellite platform to be replaced by soley by BBC TEXT.
myhome.iolfree.ie /~icdg/news_041001b.htm   (165 words)

  
 BBC1 ACTIVE (ON SKY TV)
All Forums >> [General] >> General >> BBC1 ACTIVE (ON SKY TV)
if you press the red button on sky, BBC1 you will see the davis cup team playing.
Last I heard he was in prison; he obviously took the defeat badly.
www.muscletalk.co.uk /m_387154/printable.htm   (177 words)

  
 Sky Active on Astra 2A/2B at 28.2°E - LyngSat
Sky Active on Astra 2A/2B at 28.2°E - LyngSat
CCTV 9 on AsiaSat 4: C band
You are welcome to send updates and corrections to webmaster@lyngsat.com
www.lyngsat.com /packages/skyactive.shtml   (82 words)

  
 Sky Sports - The Best Sport Coverage From Around The World
Sky Sports - The Best Sport Coverage From Around The World
Is Brad Gilbert the man to coach Andy Murray to Grand Slam success?
Niall Quinn has confirmed himself as the new Sunderland manager.
home.skysports.com   (118 words)

  
 Broadband Bananas - uk sky - Sky Active Ringtones & Logos
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This is one of the WML or WapTV "Microbrowser" based services on the Sky Platform.
Choosing the Ringtones and Logos service takes the viewer away from the video for a few short moments to retreive the data (from another transponder!) and then returns to the video so the viewer can continue to watch their favourite programming.
www.broadbandbananas.com /content/view/72/50   (188 words)

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