Lime (TV)

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Lime offers information and entertainment centered around physical and mental health with a focus on organic ingredients, whole foods consumption, mental conditioning through meditation and yoga, and physical fitness. Until February 25, 2007, Lime was available as a television network on cable and network television. Since then, it is only available via the Internet, mobile web, and satellite radio, with a small sampling of Video on Demand features on some cable systems. They have also produced several DVD titles entitled the Lime Simple Steps. The television network was previously known as Wisdom Television before being bought out by Steve Case, owner of Revolution Living, the major investor in the channel. Lime's tagline is: "Healthy Living with a Twist."

Combining community and editorial content with streamed video and social networking tools, lime.com includes features such as The Meditation Room, eco-celebrity gossip in The Green Room, a news feed and articles, tips, and polls. Lime.com is also the home of a feature called Live the Change that offers simple tips that make big changes for living better. Updated weekly, Lime's podcasts offer nine channels of content covering tips and information from Lime Radio and Lime Television hosts, specifically customized for podcast content. Podcast topics include eco-friendly gardening, fighting stress, parenting skills, and relationship advice.

Lime Radio is a 24/7 channel on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 114. It offers 8 daily hours of live call-in shows. Hosts include Andrew Weil, Herbal Pharmacist Dave Foreman, Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert, Jesse Dylan, Neale Donald Walsch, Josh Dorfman ("The Lazy Environmentalist"), Mel Robbins and Karen Salmansohn.

Lime Wireless provides mobile phone information on wellness, sustainability and personal growth. It is currently available on Sprint and Verizon Wireless via the On-The-Go Mobile Web 2.0 Community.

Wisdom Media Group was purchased by Steve Case to become Lime

Lime has partnered with 1% For The Planet, an alliance of businesses donating at least 1% of their annual net revenues to environmental organizations worldwide.

On January 29, 2007, Lime announced they would discontinue the television channel in favor of online content distribution.^[1] Both Comcast Cable and Dish Network notified their subscribers that the last day of Lime TV service would be February 25, 2007.