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<STREET1>6501 EAST BELLEVIEW
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;9, 2008</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333- 146337</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1<BR>
on<BR>
FORM S-1<BR>
to<BR>
FORM S-3<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</I></B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>180 CONNECT INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1731</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>20-2650200</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Primary Standard Industrial<BR>
Classification Code Number)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>6501 E. Belleview Avenue<BR>
Englewood, Colorado 80111<BR>
(303)&nbsp;395-6000</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>David
Baker<BR>
Senior Vice President<BR>
180 Connect Inc.<BR>
6501 E. Belleview Avenue<BR>
Englewood, Colorado 80111<BR>
(303)&nbsp;395-6000</B><BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B><BR>
<B>John A. Laco, Esq.<BR>
Christine Tam, Esq.<BR>
O&#146;Melveny &#038; Myers LLP<BR>
400 South Hope Street<BR>
Los Angeles, CA 90071<BR>
(213)&nbsp;430-6407 &#151; Facsimile</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: </B>Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous
basis pursuant to Rule&nbsp;415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box: <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities
Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the
earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities
Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the
earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On September&nbsp;26, 2007, 180 Connect Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) filed a registration statement on Form
S-3, Registration No.&nbsp;333-146337 (as amended on November&nbsp;29, 2007, the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;),
to register the resale of up to 942,060 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001
per share (the &#147;Registered Securities&#148;), that may be offered and sold from time to time by certain
selling stockholders named in the prospectus contained therein, to be issued upon the exercise of
outstanding warrants originally issued to certain investors in a private placement by 180 Connect
Inc., a Canadian corporation, on March&nbsp;21, 2006 and assumed by the Company (formerly known as
Ad.Venture Partners, Inc.) pursuant to an arrangement consummated on August&nbsp;24, 2007.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On April&nbsp;18, 2008, the Company entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the
&#147;Merger Agreement&#148;) with DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC (the &#147;Purchaser&#148;) and DTV HSP Merger Sub, Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of the Purchaser (&#147;Merger Sub&#148;). In accordance with the terms of the Merger
Agreement, on July&nbsp;9, 2008, the effective date of the Merger, each share of the Company&#146;s common
stock, par value $0.0001 per share, outstanding immediately prior to the Merger was cancelled and
converted into the right to receive $1.80 in cash.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accordingly, the Company hereby files this Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 in order to remove
from registration the Registered Securities that have not been and will not be issued under the
Registration Statement. Upon effectiveness hereof, none of the Registered Securities remain
registered under the Registration Statement for issuance.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused
this Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of El Segundo and State of California, on the 9th day of July&nbsp;2008.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>180 CONNECT INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">By /s/ Keith U. Landenberger
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Keith U. Landenberger&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
was signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date stated.
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Chase Carey
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Chase Carey</TD>
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 9, 2008</TD>
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Pat Doyle</TD>
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Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 9, 2008</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Chase Carey
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Chase Carey</TD>
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Director
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