Preferred Technical Partner: Cognovi

Cognovi are specialists in developing interactive services for the significant minority who lack the skills, access or desire to use the PC-oriented web services.

Platform Partners: Sky, Virgin, 3 Mobile

Over nine million homes either subscribe to Sky or have bought the one-off Freesat option from Sky across the country, this is around 34% of the UK population. Sky boxes are equipped with either a dial up modem or a broadband Ethernet connection. Sky has a walled garden where dedicated DiTV services are provided to the end user. Looking Local is available on Sky for free.

Over 3.5 million households receive Virgin TV services, alongside enhanced channel choice, interactive services can be accessed by an 'always on' cable service. Looking Local is available for free as part of Virgin's interactive services.

The mobile network 3 is one of the UK's leading provider of mobile communications and mobile Internet. Looking Local is a preferred partner on the 3 network, the portal is listed in their menu giving easy access to people on the move.

Housing: Abritas, IBS Systems, Locata, Home Connections

Abritas are an innovative supplier of web based systems, focusing on the local authority housing and social services sectors. Abritas has worked with Looking Local to enable their leading choice based lettings technology to work seamlessly with the Starter Kit, allowing people to bid, view and search for properties on DiTV.

IBS OPENSystems is a dedicated supplier of software solutions to Local Authorities & Housing Organisations throughout the UK. IBS has integrated their choice based lettings system with the Looking Local technology, allowing DiTV users to view, bid and search for properties.

Choice based lettings solution provider for a range of local authorities and housing organsations in London and the Southeast. Locata has integrated their CBL solution to allow access via Looking Local to residents using DiTV and mobiles.

Home Connections is a social business providing market leading technology and consultancy to the housing sector. Working with Looking Local, Home Connections has integrated its systems to allow its clients residents to use choice based lettings via DiTV and mobile.

Health: Tunstall

Tunstall is the world's leading provider of telehealthcare solutions. Their solutions play a pivotal role in supporting older people and those with long-term needs to live independently, by effectively managing their health and well-being.

Education, Parenting & Youth Services:
Txttools, Substance, Truancy Call, CACI, School of Everything

Txttools Provide world class sms message delivery in education and healthcare. Currently Txt Tools are working with Looking Local to integrate their school alert system to work on DiTV, giving parents the latest information from their childrens schools.

Substance provides innovative training, consultancy and publications with the aim of promoting effective support for vulnerable young people. They are one of the partners in the DCFS Youth Portal project.

The Truancy Call system automatically contacts parents whose children are absent from school. The service has met with unprecedented success since launch in 2001, repeatedly receiving recognition and praise throughout the Education and Technology industry.

CACI is building the API for the Birmingham Schools Admission system which will interface with Looking Local and allow further access to this successful system via the TV

School of Everything is building a Informal Adult Learning portal that will also interface with Looking Local.

eDemocracy: Napier Teledemocracy Centre, Tribal, Public-I

The International Teledemocracy Centre was established at Edinburgh Napier University in 1999. The centre is dedicated to researching innovative e-democracy systems that will strengthen public understanding and participation in democratic decision-making. An E-petitioning service is available on Looking Local in the South Yorkshire area, Napier were a partner on this project, which can be rolled out further.

Tribal provides consultancy, support and delivery services focused on improving the delivery of public services.

Looking Local is working with Public-I integrating their Virtual Town Hall (Citizenscape) product to be usable on digital interactive TV and mobile.

Transport: ACIS, Kizoom, Cloud Amber

ACIS is one of the leading solutions providers of real time location based intelligence servicing communities within the travel industry. Having integrated their system Looking Local is able to deliver real time local transport information to South Yorkshire residents, which can be extended elsewhere.

Kizoom is the UK's leading provider of systems to transform transport data into intelligent travel information.

Cloud Amber built the 'Neighbourhood Watch' and 'Get there sooner' (traffic info) plugin for South Yorkshire.