TV.com
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Type of site
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Entertainment |
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CBS Interactive (CBS Corporation) |
| Website | tv |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | June 1, 2005 |
| Current status | Active |
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Type of site
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Entertainment |
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| Owner | CNET Networks, Inc. (now part of CBS Interactive) |
| Created by | John Nestoriak III |
| Website | http://www.tvtome.com/ (defunct) |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | June 2000 |
| Current status | Defunct |
TV.com is a website owned by CBS Interactive (CBS Corporation). The site covers television and focuses on English-language shows made or broadcast in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom. It emphasizes user-generated content. Australia and UK versions of the website are also available, at au.tv.com and uk.tv.com, respectively.
CNET originally acquired the domain name (among other generic domain names like news.com, radio.com, etc.) in the mid-1990s to host a website for the company's technology-related TV shows. One of these shows was titled TV.com. The program, highlighting the best of the Internet for new and casual computer users, aired in U.S. syndication.
CNET then acquired TV Tome, a fan-run television database. TV.com was launched a few months after that acquisition on June 1, 2005. Many of the features and content from the original TV Tome site were maintained in the new TV.com site.
On May 15, 2008, CBS formally announced its purchase of CNET Networks, and the company changed its name to CBS Interactive.
TV.com continually looked at innovating the television-viewing experience by incorporating it with technology, as seen with the creation of WatchList. This service offered personalized TV listings influenced by user actions and social media, which eventually carried over to the creation of TV.com Relay.
TV Tome was an American website devoted to documenting English-language television shows and their production. It was run by volunteer editors, with the assistance of user contributions. The site was founded by John Nestoriak III.
The site had over 2,500 complete television series guides, over 3,500 developing television series guides, and filmographies for 250,000 actors and crew members moderated by a five-member crew. In addition to the television series guides, TV Tome had a forum for each television series, with information regarding episodes, their interpretation, and general discussions.
A spin-off site, Movie Tome, was established in August 2003. A video game tome and a music tome were originally planned as well, but such plans were abandoned with the purchase of TV Tome and Movie Tome by CNET (see below).
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