Valley Stream, N.Y. - Zodiac Interactive, whose interactive TV software has garnered the company an Emmy award, announced on Wednesday that it has sold its Zodigo mobile content search engine through a management buy-out led by Matt Johnston, formerly Zodiac SVP of strategy and CEO of Zodigo.

Palm Desert, Calif. - Zodiac Interactive, a developer of software for interactive television, on Monday introduced its new mobile content search engine, Zodigo, at the DEMO 08 conference. The search engine is compatible with digital TV systems, next-generation DVD players and game consoles, and enables consumers to use their TV remote control or PC to discover and download mobile content to their mobile phones.

Valley Stream, N.Y. - Zodiac Interactive, a provider of ad-supported and subscription-based games for distribution on TV set-top boxes, announced on Monday a partnership with Skyworks, a developer of ad-supported games. The companies will develop and deploy an Advergames service for online and set-top box distribution, which is slated to launch with over 13 million digital set-top subscribers in 2007.

Valley Stream, N.Y. - Interactive TV applications developer Zodiac Interactive on Wednesday introduced TVLocalSearch, which allows consumers to use their televisions to search for local businesses while still watching TV. The service also includes TVCallME, a feature that lets users click to be connected by phone to local businesses. New York-based Zodiac recently demonstrated TVLocalSearch at the Consumer Electronics Show, powered at the time by Yahoo Local Search listings.