<PAGE>   1

     AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 15, 2001.
                                                    REGISTRATION NO.
                                                                    -----------
===============================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                            WINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

           DELAWARE                                    94-3212322

    ------------------------                           ----------

    (STATE OF INCORPORATION)               (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)

                           1001 MARINA VILLAGE PARKWAY
                            ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA 94501
                                 (510) 337-2950
   (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

                                 1999 STOCK PLAN
                        1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)

                             MARY AGNES WILDEROTTER
                     PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,
                            WINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                           1001 MARINA VILLAGE PARKWAY
                            ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA 94501
                                 (510) 337-2950
         (NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE,
                             OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                                   Copies to:
                            HERBERT P. FOCKLER, ESQ.
                        WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
                            PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
                               650 PAGE MILL ROAD
                            PALO ALTO, CA 94304-1050
                                 (650) 493-9300

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                   CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
=====================================================================================================================
                                                               PROPOSED MAXIMUM        PROPOSED            AMOUNT OF
          TITLE OF SECURITIES                  AMOUNT TO BE     OFFERING PRICE     MAXIMUM AGGREGATE     REGISTRATION
           TO BE REGISTERED                   REGISTERED (1)      PER SHARE          OFFERING PRICE          FEE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                               <C>              <C>                 <C>                 <C>
Common Stock, $.001 par value..........
  - 1999 Stock Plan                             1,000,000          $5.69(2)            $5,690,000          $1,422.50
  - 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan              75,000          $4.84(3)            $  363,000          $   90.75

TOTAL                                           1,075,000                              $6,053,000          $1,513.25
=====================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

(1)  This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
     Common Stock which become issuable under any of the Plans being registered
     pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend,
     stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected
     without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
     number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.

(2)  Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for purposes of calculating
     the registration fee on the basis of $5.69, which was the average of the
     high and low reported prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on the Nasdaq
     National Market on May 14, 2001 (the "Market Price").

(3)  Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for purposes of calculating
     the registration fee on the basis of $4.84 (85% of the Market Price).




<PAGE>   2
                            WINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.   INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
          ----------------------------------------

     There are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
the following documents and information heretofore filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission:

          (a)  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the
               fiscal year ended December 31, 2000 and the Registrant's
               Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for the period ended March 31,
               2001, filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act
               of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").

          (b)  The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
               Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated July 8,
               1999, filed pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.

     In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

ITEM 4.   DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
          --------------------------

     Not applicable.

ITEM 5.   INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
          ---------------------------------------

     Not applicable.

ITEM 6.   INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
          ------------------------------------------

     Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "DGCL")
provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation) by
reason of the fact that any such person is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is
or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding,
provided that such officer or director acted in good faith and in a manner such
person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. A Delaware
corporation may indemnify officers and directors against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) in connection with the defense or settlement of an action by or
in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no
indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer or
director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or
director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action
referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the
expenses (including attorneys' fees) which such officer or director actually and
reasonably incurred. The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the more


                                      II-2


<PAGE>   3
detailed provisions of Section 145 of the DGCL.

     Section 102 of the DGCL allows a Delaware corporation to eliminate or limit
the personal liability of a director to the corporation or to any of its
stockholders for monetary damage for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except in the case where the director (i) breaches such person's duty of loyalty
to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) fails to act in good faith, engages
in intentional misconduct or knowingly violates a law, (iii) authorizes the
payment of a dividend or approves a stock purchase or redemption in violation of
Section 174 of the DGCL or (iv) obtains an improper personal benefit.

     In accordance with the DGCL, the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation
contains a provision to limit the personal liability of its directors for
monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duty to the fullest extent
permitted by the DGCL now, or as it may hereafter be amended.

     In addition, as permitted by the DGCL, the Registrant's Bylaws provide that
(i) the Registrant is required to indemnify its directors and officers and
persons serving in such capacities in other business enterprises at the
Registrant's request, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law; (ii) the
Registrant may indemnify its employees and agents to the maximum extent
permitted by Delaware law; (iii) the Registrant is required to advance expenses
incurred by its directors and officers in connection with defending a proceeding
(except that a director or officer must undertake to repay any advances if it
should ultimately be determined that the director or officer is not entitled to
indemnification); (iv) the rights conferred in the Bylaws are not exclusive; and
(v) the Registrant may not retroactively amend the Bylaw provisions in a way
that adversely affects any director or officer.

     The Registrant maintains insurance covering its directors and officers
against certain liabilities incurred by them in their capacities as such,
including among other things, certain liabilities under the Securities Act.

ITEM 7.   EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
          ------------------------------------

          Not applicable.

ITEM 8.   EXHIBITS.
          ---------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     EXHIBIT
     NUMBER                          DESCRIPTION
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       4.1     Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. (1)

       4.2     Bylaws of the Registrant. (1)

       4.3     Specimen of Common Stock Certificate. (1)

       4.4     1999 Stock Plan and form of agreement thereunder. (1)

       4.5     1999 Director Stock Option Plan and form of agreement
               thereunder. (1)

       4.6     1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and form of agreement
               thereunder. (1)

       5.1     Opinion of Counsel as to legality of securities being registered.

       23.1    Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

       23.2    Consent of Independent Accountants.


                                      II-3


<PAGE>   4


       24.1    Power of Attorney (see Page II-5).

 ------------------

(1)    Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Registrant's
       Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 Registration Statement dated July 29, 1999.

ITEM 9.   UNDERTAKINGS.

       A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

          (i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
          Securities Act of 1933;

          (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
          the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
          post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
          aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
          in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
          increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
          dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
          registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
          estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
          prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
          the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
          a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
          in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
          registration statement;

          (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
          distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
          any material change to such information in the registration statement.

          Provided, however, that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.

          (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

          (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

       B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

       C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered hereunder, the Registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.



                                      II-4
<PAGE>   5


                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Alameda, State of
California, on this 15 day of May, 2001.

                             WINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                             By: /s/ Mary Agnes Wilderotter
                                ------------------------------------
                                Name: Mary Agnes Wilderotter
                                Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Mary Agnes Wilderotter and Jonathan W. Spatz or any of them, each acting
alone, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, in connection with this Registration
Statement, including to sign and file in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned as director or officer of the Registrant (i) any and all amendments
or supplements (including any and all stickers and post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, and (ii) any and all additional registration statements,
and any and all amendments thereto, relating to the same offering of securities
as those that are covered by this Registration Statement that are filed pursuant
to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities
self-regulatory body, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
things requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of
them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on May 15, 2001
in the capacities indicated:

          SIGNATURE                                TITLE
          ---------                                -----

/s/ Mary Agnes Wilderotter      President and Chief Executive Officer; Director
-----------------------------   (principal executive officer)
    Mary Agnes Wilderotter

    /s/ Jonathan W. Spatz       Chief Financial Officer; Executive Vice
-----------------------------   President (principal financial officer and
      Jonathan W. Spatz         principal accounting officer)


   /s/ Brian P. Dougherty       Chairman of the Board of Directors and
----------------------------    Chief Technical Officer
      Brian P. Dougherty


      /s/ Jeffrey Coats         Director
-----------------------------
        Jeffrey Coats

    /s/ Bruce W. Dunlevie       Director
-----------------------------
     Bruce W. Dunlevie


       /s/ Lawton Fitt          Director
-----------------------------
        Lawton Fitt


    /s/ Michael Fuchs           Director
-----------------------------
       Michael Fuchs


  /s/ F. Philip Handy           Director
-----------------------------
      F. Philip Handy

  /s/ Donald Ohlmeyer
-----------------------------   Director
      Donald Ohlmeyer

 /s/ William Schleyer
-----------------------------   Director
     William Schleyer




<PAGE>   6


                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     EXHIBIT
     NUMBER                         DESCRIPTION
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       4.1     Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. (1)

       4.2     Bylaws of the Registrant. (1)

       4.3     Specimen of Common Stock Certificate. (1)

       4.4     1999 Stock Plan and form of agreement thereunder. (1)

       4.5     1999 Director Stock Option Plan and form of agreement
               thereunder. (1)

       4.6     1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and form of agreement
               thereunder. (1)

       5.1     Opinion of Counsel as to legality of securities being registered.

       23.1    Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

       23.2    Consent of Independent Accountants.

       24.1    Power of Attorney (see Page II-5).
---------------------
(1)    Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Registrant's
       Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 Registration Statement dated July 29, 1999.
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1

     AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 15, 2001.
                                                    REGISTRATION NO.
                                                                    -----------
===============================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                            WINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

           DELAWARE                                    94-3212322

    ------------------------                           ----------

    (STATE OF INCORPORATION)               (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)

                           1001 MARINA VILLAGE PARKWAY
                            ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA 94501
                                 (510) 337-2950
   (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

                                 1999 STOCK PLAN
                        1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)

                             MARY AGNES WILDEROTTER
                     PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,
                            WINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                           1001 MARINA VILLAGE PARKWAY
                            ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA 94501
                                 (510) 337-2950
         (NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE,
                             OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                                   Copies to:
                            HERBERT P. FOCKLER, ESQ.
                        WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
                            PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
                               650 PAGE MILL ROAD
                            PALO ALTO, CA 94304-1050
                                 (650) 493-9300
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
=====================================================================================================================
                                                               PROPOSED MAXIMUM        PROPOSED            AMOUNT OF
          TITLE OF SECURITIES                  AMOUNT TO BE     OFFERING PRICE     MAXIMUM AGGREGATE     REGISTRATION
           TO BE REGISTERED                   REGISTERED (1)      PER SHARE          OFFERING PRICE          FEE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock, $.001 par value..........
  - 1999 Stock Plan                             1,000,000          $5.69(2)            $5,690,000          $1,422.50
  - 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan              75,000          $4.84(3)            $  363,000          $   90.75

TOTAL                                           1,075,000                              $6,053,000          $1,513.25
=====================================================================================================================
(1)  This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
     Common Stock which become issuable under any of the Plans being registered
     pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend,
     stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected
     without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
     number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.

(2)  Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for purposes of calculating
     the registration fee on the basis of $5.69, which was the average of the
     high and low reported prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on the Nasdaq
     National Market on May 14, 2001 (the "Market Price").

(3)  Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for purposes of calculating
     the registration fee on the basis of $4.84 (85% of the Market Price).
2
                            WINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.   INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
          ----------------------------------------

     There are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
the following documents and information heretofore filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission:

          (a)  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the
               fiscal year ended December 31, 2000 and the Registrant's
               Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for the period ended March 31,
               2001, filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act
               of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").

          (b)  The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
               Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated July 8,
               1999, filed pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.

     In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

ITEM 4.   DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
          --------------------------

     Not applicable.

ITEM 5.   INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
          ---------------------------------------

     Not applicable.

ITEM 6.   INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
          ------------------------------------------

     Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "DGCL")
provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation) by
reason of the fact that any such person is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is
or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding,
provided that such officer or director acted in good faith and in a manner such
person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. A Delaware
corporation may indemnify officers and directors against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) in connection with the defense or settlement of an action by or
in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no
indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer or
director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or
director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action
referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the
expenses (including attorneys' fees) which such officer or director actually and
reasonably incurred. The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the more

                                      II-2
3
detailed provisions of Section 145 of the DGCL.

     Section 102 of the DGCL allows a Delaware corporation to eliminate or limit
the personal liability of a director to the corporation or to any of its
stockholders for monetary damage for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except in the case where the director (i) breaches such person's duty of loyalty
to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) fails to act in good faith, engages
in intentional misconduct or knowingly violates a law, (iii) authorizes the
payment of a dividend or approves a stock purchase or redemption in violation of
Section 174 of the DGCL or (iv) obtains an improper personal benefit.

     In accordance with the DGCL, the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation
contains a provision to limit the personal liability of its directors for
monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duty to the fullest extent
permitted by the DGCL now, or as it may hereafter be amended.

     In addition, as permitted by the DGCL, the Registrant's Bylaws provide that
(i) the Registrant is required to indemnify its directors and officers and
persons serving in such capacities in other business enterprises at the
Registrant's request, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law; (ii) the
Registrant may indemnify its employees and agents to the maximum extent
permitted by Delaware law; (iii) the Registrant is required to advance expenses
incurred by its directors and officers in connection with defending a proceeding
(except that a director or officer must undertake to repay any advances if it
should ultimately be determined that the director or officer is not entitled to
indemnification); (iv) the rights conferred in the Bylaws are not exclusive; and
(v) the Registrant may not retroactively amend the Bylaw provisions in a way
that adversely affects any director or officer.

     The Registrant maintains insurance covering its directors and officers
against certain liabilities incurred by them in their capacities as such,
including among other things, certain liabilities under the Securities Act.

ITEM 7.   EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
          ------------------------------------

          Not applicable.

ITEM 8.   EXHIBITS.
          ---------
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     EXHIBIT
     NUMBER                          DESCRIPTION
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       4.1     Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. (1)

       4.2     Bylaws of the Registrant. (1)

       4.3     Specimen of Common Stock Certificate. (1)

       4.4     1999 Stock Plan and form of agreement thereunder. (1)

       4.5     1999 Director Stock Option Plan and form of agreement
               thereunder. (1)

       4.6     1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and form of agreement
               thereunder. (1)

       5.1     Opinion of Counsel as to legality of securities being registered.

       23.1    Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

       23.2    Consent of Independent Accountants.

                                      II-3
4

       24.1    Power of Attorney (see Page II-5).

 ------------------

(1)    Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Registrant's
       Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 Registration Statement dated July 29, 1999.

ITEM 9.   UNDERTAKINGS.

       A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

          (i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
          Securities Act of 1933;

          (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
          the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
          post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
          aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
          in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
          increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
          dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
          registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
          estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
          prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
          the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
          a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
          in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
          registration statement;

          (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
          distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
          any material change to such information in the registration statement.

          Provided, however, that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.

          (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

          (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

       B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

       C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered hereunder, the Registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                      II-4
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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Alameda, State of
California, on this 15 day of May, 2001.

                             WINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                             By: /s/ Mary Agnes Wilderotter
                                ------------------------------------
                                Name: Mary Agnes Wilderotter
                                Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Mary Agnes Wilderotter and Jonathan W. Spatz or any of them, each acting
alone, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, in connection with this Registration
Statement, including to sign and file in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned as director or officer of the Registrant (i) any and all amendments
or supplements (including any and all stickers and post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, and (ii) any and all additional registration statements,
and any and all amendments thereto, relating to the same offering of securities
as those that are covered by this Registration Statement that are filed pursuant
to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities
self-regulatory body, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
things requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of
them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on May 15, 2001
in the capacities indicated:

          SIGNATURE                                TITLE
          ---------                                -----

/s/ Mary Agnes Wilderotter      President and Chief Executive Officer; Director
-----------------------------   (principal executive officer)
    Mary Agnes Wilderotter

    /s/ Jonathan W. Spatz       Chief Financial Officer; Executive Vice
-----------------------------   President (principal financial officer and
      Jonathan W. Spatz         principal accounting officer)

   /s/ Brian P. Dougherty       Chairman of the Board of Directors and
----------------------------    Chief Technical Officer
      Brian P. Dougherty

      /s/ Jeffrey Coats         Director
-----------------------------
        Jeffrey Coats

    /s/ Bruce W. Dunlevie       Director
-----------------------------
     Bruce W. Dunlevie

       /s/ Lawton Fitt          Director
-----------------------------
        Lawton Fitt

    /s/ Michael Fuchs           Director
-----------------------------
       Michael Fuchs

  /s/ F. Philip Handy           Director
-----------------------------
      F. Philip Handy

  /s/ Donald Ohlmeyer
-----------------------------   Director
      Donald Ohlmeyer

 /s/ William Schleyer
-----------------------------   Director
     William Schleyer
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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

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     EXHIBIT
     NUMBER                         DESCRIPTION
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       4.1     Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. (1)

       4.2     Bylaws of the Registrant. (1)

       4.3     Specimen of Common Stock Certificate. (1)

       4.4     1999 Stock Plan and form of agreement thereunder. (1)

       4.5     1999 Director Stock Option Plan and form of agreement
               thereunder. (1)

       4.6     1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and form of agreement
               thereunder. (1)

       5.1     Opinion of Counsel as to legality of securities being registered.

       23.1    Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

       23.2    Consent of Independent Accountants.

       24.1    Power of Attorney (see Page II-5).
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(1)    Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Registrant's
       Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 Registration Statement dated July 29, 1999.