Knology deploys FourthWall caller ID on TV app

Cable overbuilder Knology Inc. (Nasdaq: KNOL) is using an EBIF app from FourthWall Media that allows digital cable and telephone subscribers to see caller ID messages displayed on their TVs.

FourthWall's EBIF suite of products.

Knology, which had already deployed FourthWall's EBIF platform on its Montgomery, Ala., system, plans to expand its FourthWall deployment to additional markets within its Southeast and Midwestern footprint.

Formerly known as Biap Inc., FourthWall has also licensed its interactive TV applications to Time Warner Cable  (NYSE: TWC), Charter Communications (Nasdaq: CHTR) and BrightHouse Networks. In addition to caller ID on TV, it distributes eBay on TV and apps that allow cable subscribers to track news and sports information, and pay their bills with a click of a remote control.

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