Total Entertainment Network

T E Network, Inc.
Predecessors
  • Optigon Interactive
  • Outland
FoundedJune 1995; 29 years ago (1995-06)
DefunctOctober 1999 (1999-10)
SuccessorPogo.com, Inc.
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
,
United States

Total Entertainment Network (TEN) was an online gaming service that existed from September 1996[1] until October 1999.[2] T E Network, Inc., which created and operated the TEN service, was formed from the merger[3] of Optigon Interactive and Outland[4] in June 1995 when they received their first round of venture capital funding from Vinod Khosla, a general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

  1. ^ "TEN goes commercial; Leading interactive entertainment network for game players offers special introductory pricing to first 25,000 members," Business Wire Sep. 23, 1996. Available online at http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TEN+goes+commercial%3b+Leading+interactive+entertainment+network+for...-a018698627
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Planet Optigon, Outland to merge and form "The Total Entertainment Network"; Online Entertainment companies merge, receive venture financing from Kleiner Perkins, Caulfield & Byers," Business Wire Apr. 24, 1995. Available online at http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Planet+Optigon%2c+Outland+to+merge+and+form+%22The+Total+Entertainment...-a016857194
  4. ^ Outland