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Playcast Media Systems brings video games to the world's largest media distribution platform Pay TV networks. The company's solution includes a head-end based system, which streams a game's audiovisual content as a standard MPEG stream, as well as the provisioning of the content and programming itself. Playcast's media streaming systems, located in operators headends, host the games and stream them over the existing video network to an already distributed base of set-top boxes. Playcast is a privately owned, venture capital backed company, based in Israel and the UK.

Direct2Drive is an online retailer that sells video games to its users. The platform enables its users to search, view, and purchase games based on price, release date, and ESRB rating. It offers old, new, and pre-orderable games for purchase. Direct2Drive was launched in 2001.

Shacknews is a gaming-focused web development company founded in 1996 and based in Dallas, Texas. It operates gaming websites that provide comprehensive news, reviews, previews, and interviews related to video games across all major platforms. In addition to delivering well-researched content, Shacknews offers web storage services, webmail accounts, and a network for downloading game demos, patches, and movies. The platform is also known for fostering a vibrant community of gamers who engage in discussions about the latest gaming news and features. As of February 2009, Shacknews operates as a subsidiary of GameFly, Inc.