# GTE Interactive Media

> American entertainment software company

**Wikidata**: [Q5514680](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5514680)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTE_Interactive_Media)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/gte-interactive-media

## Summary
GTE Interactive Media was an American entertainment software company and video game developer and publisher founded in 1990 and owned by the telecommunications company GTE. Headquartered in Carlsbad, California, the company operated in the video game industry and was dissolved in 1997.

## Key Facts
- GTE Interactive Media is an American entertainment software company (Wikidata description).
- Founded (inception): 1990 (owned by GTE).
- Dissolved: 1997.
- Owned by: GTE.
- Industry: video game industry; instance of both a video game developer and a video game publisher.
- Headquarters: Carlsbad, United States.
- Common aliases: GTE Entertainment, GTE ImagiTrek, GTE IM.
- Registered identifiers include Freebase ID /m/0462znb, VIAF ID 159684120, and Golden ID GTE_Interactive_Media-GRNM83.
- Present in multiple game and media databases (examples: MobyGames company ID 1514 for GTE Entertainment; PCGamingWiki Company:GTE_Interactive_Media; Rawg developer/publisher IDs gte-entertainment and gte-interactive-media).
- Wikipedia title: GTE Interactive Media; sitelink languages include English and Swedish.

## FAQs
### Q: What was GTE Interactive Media?
A: GTE Interactive Media was an American entertainment software company that functioned as a video game developer and publisher. It was owned by GTE and headquartered in Carlsbad, California.

### Q: When did GTE Interactive Media operate?
A: The company was founded in 1990 and was dissolved in 1997.

### Q: Who owned GTE Interactive Media?
A: GTE Interactive Media was owned by the telecommunications company GTE.

### Q: Under what other names was it known?
A: The company used aliases including GTE Entertainment, GTE ImagiTrek, and GTE IM.

## Why It Matters
GTE Interactive Media represents a corporate example of a telecommunications firm operating an entertainment software division in the 1990s. As an entity that was both a video game developer and a publisher, and as an arm of GTE, it illustrates the period’s cross-industry activity where non-traditional media companies invested in interactive entertainment. Its presence in many game and media databases (MobyGames, PCGamingWiki, Rawg, VGM Rips, and others) indicates an archival footprint and relevance to researchers and collectors who track 1990s interactive media and corporate-run game initiatives. The company’s seven-year span (1990–1997) situates it within a dynamic era of platform and media change, and its Carlsbad headquarters places it within the U.S. West Coast game development ecosystem. For anyone studying corporate media diversification, 1990s game industry history, or cataloguing historical game publishers and developers, GTE Interactive Media is a verifiable example of those trends.

## Notable For
- Being the interactive media/video game division owned by the telecommunications company GTE.
- Operating as both a video game developer and a video game publisher.
- Founded in 1990 and formally dissolved in 1997, giving it a defined operating period in the 1990s.
- Headquartered in Carlsbad, California, while maintaining registrations across multiple game and media archival databases.
- Known by multiple aliases (GTE Entertainment, GTE ImagiTrek, GTE IM), reflecting branding variants used in records and databases.

## Body

### Overview
- Entity name: GTE Interactive Media.
- Short description: American entertainment software company.
- Roles: Video game developer and video game publisher (instance_of video game developer and publisher).

### Corporate ownership and founding
- Owned by: GTE (structured property indicates ownership by GTE).
- Inception year: 1990 (reference: owned_by and inception property).
- Dissolved: 1997 (dissolved, abolished or demolished date).

### Location
- Country: United States.
- Headquarters: Carlsbad, California.

### Names and aliases
- Primary aliases: GTE Entertainment; GTE ImagiTrek; GTE IM.
- Wikipedia title: GTE Interactive Media.
- Sitelink languages recorded: English and Swedish.

### Industry and classification
- Industry: Video game industry.
- Classified as: video game developer (primary class) and video game publisher.
- Topic’s main category for games: Category:GTE Interactive Media games.

### Identifiers and database presence
- Freebase ID: /m/0462znb (qualifier: GTE Interactive Media).
- VIAF ID: 159684120.
- Golden ID: GTE_Interactive_Media-GRNM83.
- IMDb company IDs (examples): co0057318 (GTE Entertainment); co0245593 (GTE ImagiTrek).
- MobyGames company ID for GTE Entertainment: 1514.
- PCGamingWiki: Company:GTE_Interactive_Media.
- Rawg IDs: gte-entertainment (developer), gte-interactive-media (developer & publisher).
- Other archival IDs present: vgmrips_company_id gte-interactive-media; vgdb/thegamesdb entries; SNESMusic.org company IDs; LastDodo area IDs; and additional listings across niche and general game databases.

### Archival footprint
- The company appears in multiple databases and archival resources, including fan and preservation sites (e.g., fandom article gamia-archive:GTE_Interactive_Media).
- Topic has a dedicated games category (Category:GTE Interactive Media games) indicating a distinct catalog of related titles and materials across records.

### Status
- Active period in records: 1990 (inception) to 1997 (dissolution).
- Current classification in structured data: instance_of video game developer and video game publisher; described as an American entertainment software company.

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## References

1. LastDodo
2. VideoGameGeek