As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2008

Registration No. 333- 142319

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3
on

FORM S-1

to

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

180 CONNECT INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) 1731
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number) 20-2650200
(I.R.S. employer
identification number)

6501 E. Belleview Avenue
Englewood, Colorado 80111
(303) 395-6000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

David Baker
Senior Vice President
180 Connect Inc.
6501 E. Belleview Avenue
Englewood, Colorado 80111
(303) 395-6000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:
John A. Laco, Esq.
Christine Tam, Esq.
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
400 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 430-6407 —Facsimile

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not Applicable.

     If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box: o

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

     180 Connect Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 3 to its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-142319) (the “Registration Statement”) solely for the purpose of specifying the number of shares of the Company’s common stock that were registered under the Registration Statement but which have not been and will not be issued under the Registration Statement. No other changes or additions are being made hereby to the Registration Statement.

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

     On September 13, 2007, the Company filed Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-3 to Form S-4, in order to convert such Registration Statement on Form S-4 into a Registration Statement on Form S-3, which contained an updated prospectus relating to the offering and sale of 3,102,739 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Registered Securities”) issuable upon exchange of exchangeable shares and exercise of options that were issued in connection with the arrangement between the Company (formerly known as Ad.Venture Partners, Inc.), a Delaware corporation and 180 Connect Inc., a Canadian corporation, on the Registration Statement and which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 21, 2007.

     On April 18, 2008, the Company entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC (the “Purchaser”) and DTV HSP Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Purchaser (“Merger Sub”). In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, on July 9, 2008, the effective date of the Merger, each share of the Company’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.

     Accordingly, the Company hereby files this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 in order to remove from registration the 136,890 shares of the Company’s common stock that were registered under the Registration Statement but which 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.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of El Segundo and State of California, on the 14th day of July 2008.

180 CONNECT INC.
By:	/s/ Keith U. Landenberger
	Name:	Keith U. Landenberger
	Title:	Senior Vice President

     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.

Signatures	Title	Date
/s/ Chase Carey Chase Carey	President and Chief Executive Officer	July 14, 2008
/s/ Pat DoylePat Doyle	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	July 14, 2008
/s/ Chase Carey Chase Carey	Director	July 14, 2008