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ActiveVideo Networks Moves Beyond STBs
June 27, 2008 — NewTeeVee
ActiveVideo Networks (formerly ICTV), is branching out beyond set-top boxes to enable professional web and social media content on almost any Internet-connected device.
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ActiveVideo Networks Reveals Interactive Video Plans
June 25, 2008 — TWICE
ActiveVideo Networks, a company that develops interactive video solutions that infuse TV with Web content for cable and IPTV partners, has expanded the capabilities of its systems to simplify and accelerate the availability of Web-based programming and advertising on the television.
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ActiveVideo Networks Platform Facilitates Web 2.0 for TV
June 25, 2008 — CEPro
Watching TV, as most people know, is about to change, says ActiveVideo Networks — and it’s not referring to the upcoming government-mandated analog-to-digital conversion.
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ActiveVideo Bridges TV & Web 2.0 With IPTV Platform
June 25, 2008 — Contentinople
"We have the first platform that brings the Web to any network-connected device," says Ed Forman, ActiveVideo's executive vice president of strategy and corporate development.
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ActiveVideo Extends Web Content, ITV & Ad Apps into ETV Domain
May 31, 2008 — ScreenPlays
Integration of Web content, specialized applications and a full range of standards-based ITV into the legacy digital TV domain is now an option for a cable industry that is spending a lot of time and effort trying to figure out how to differentiate services within existing budgets.
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Under the Bridge...and Behind the Curtain
May 27, 2008 — The Bridge
There was very little really new at the show but we would single out three techno plays that caught our eye...we were much taken with the ActiveVideo (formerly ICTV) TV-with-Web offerings...
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Live from The Cable Show
May 19, 2008 — CED
CED's Janet Stilson talks to Ed Forman, EVP Products & Services, about the future of television as an interactive medium that gives viewers unprecedented choice and control.
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ICTV Rebrands as ActiveVideo Networks
May 19, 2008 — IPTV News
ICTV, a US provider of solutions that combine broadcast television with Web content and interactivity, has rebranded to ActiveVideo Networks to better reflect the company's product focus.
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ICTV Becomes ActiveVideo
May 19, 2008 — Cable Digital News
ICTV®, which provides ActiveVideo® solutions that infuse TV with Web content and interactivity, announced today that it is changing its name to ActiveVideo Networks™ to better communicate the company’s content and technology leadership that is driving television engagement for a new generation of viewers.
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ICTV Changes its Name to ActiveVideo Networks
May 19, 2008 —TMCnet
Silicon Valley-based ICTV, a provider of ActiveVideo solutions, is adopting a new name – “ActiveVideo Networks” effective today.
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ICTV Becomes ActiveVideo Networks
May 18, 2008 — Broadband TV News
Interactive television specialist ICTV has rebranded as ActiveVideo, a move the company says reflects the investment that has been made in the ActiveVideo name over the past two years.
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ICTV Changes Name
May 18, 2008 — Broadcasting & Cable
ICTV, a Los Gatos, Calif.-based firm that has been promoting the idea of bringing Web content to the living-room TV since the late 1990s, changed its name to ActiveVideo Networks and said it will focus on providing software and services instead of trying to sell headend hardware that reformats Web content for delivery over digital-cable networks.
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ICTV is now ActiveVideo Networks
May 17, 2008 — NewTeevee
Interactive television company ICTV is officially changing its name to ActiveVideo Networks, a move aimed at reflecting the ways in which video distribution is evolving.
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ActiveVideo Networks Rebrand Reflects Changes in TV
May 17, 2008 — Informitv
Arguing that “television isn’t just about TV any more,” interactive television company ICTV has been renamed ActiveVideo Networks, reflecting its emphasis on becoming a service provider rather than a technology vendor.
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ICTV Changes Name To ActiveVideo Networks, Broadens Vision
May 17, 2008 — Mashable
ICTV, a leader in bringing web content to televisions, has decided to adopt their ActiveVideo brand as their primary title.
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ICTV Renames Itself ‘ActiveVideo Networks’
Web-On-TV Company Also Debuts New Interactive TV Apps
May 17, 2008 — Multichannel News
ICTV is dropping its name of 18 years to become ActiveVideo Networks, and the company says it has a bevy of interactive TV applications to go with the new moniker.
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ICTV, Camiant Wrap Up Interactive Testing
April 29, 2008 — CED
Camiant and ICTV announced today that they have completed integration testing of a joint offering that was designed to aid cable operators in delivering new interactive services to their subscribers.
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ICTV to Show ActiveVideo at Cable Congress
April 21, 2008 — Communications Technology
ICTV will be demonstrating the latest additions to its ActiveVideo programming lineup of Web-infused television at Cable Congress '08 in Madrid.
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ICTV, iPanel Ink Marketing Agreement for Asia-Pacific Region
March 25, 2008 — CED
ICTV and iPanel have signed an agreement that was designed to spread the availability of ICTV’s ActiveVideo Web-based television technology throughout China and the Asia-Pacific markets.
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Interactive Television: Opportunity Knocks... Again
March 21, 2008 — PK Worldmedia
Considered by many to be the only one of the original U.S. cable ITV vendors still standing, it uses the web to generate MPEG streams for viewers in >800K homes.
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Navigating a Sea of Content: Operators and Set-Top Makers Strive to Help Viewers Find VOD Fare
February 25, 2008 — Multichannel News
“There's tons of VOD content on the Web, so it has a bigger problem to navigate VOD than cable, where VOD menuing was designed for the set-top box. That's clearly obsolete. Cable should take advantage of more graphically driven, Web-style navigation, and take advantage of what the Web can do,” said ICTV president and CEO Jeff Miller.
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CES 08: Day 4
January 10, 2008 — Digital Entertainment News
I also had a discussion with ICTV, a company that is working on delivering broadcast quality offerings through broadband solutions. This is a vast area that is only now beginning to be explored.
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Live from the Consumer Electronics Show
January 8, 2008 — The Huffington Post
"Simply put, ICTV's ActiveVideo service brings the interactivity and control of Web videos to the television through your existing cable box - with no new hardware to install or additional costs for the consumer. Viewers can navigate the broadcast-quality videos with their existing TV remote control, making it simple enough for anyone to use."
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