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Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent veteran to expand market reach of CloudTV(TM), bringing consistent TV user experiences across all connected devices SAN JOSE, Calif., March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Murali Nemani, a highly-regarded strategist who has led key market initiatives for Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Alcatel-Lucent, has joined ActiveVideo Networks(TM) as senior vice president and chief marketing officer, the company announced today. (Photo:...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ActiveVideo Networks(TM) today announced the launch of its "CloudTV Access(TM)" developer program, an initiative designed to accelerate the design and deployment of advanced HTML5 user experiences for millions of users on CloudTV(TM)-enabled Smart TVs, set-top boxes and other CE devices. The CloudTV Access program leverages the "write-once, deploy-everywhere" content creation environment of ActiveVideo's CloudTV(TM) platform to cut app...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ActiveVideo Networks today announced that it has resolved its ongoing patent dispute with Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ). "After the Federal Circuit's decision affirming the validity of our patents and the jury verdict against Verizon, we are happy to announce that ActiveVideo has settled the dispute with Verizon," said Jeff Miller, president and CEO of ActiveVideo Networks. "While the terms of the agreement are confidential, we...

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IBC - mDialog, the leader in video stream management on connected devices, today announced the ability to replicate the national and local TV ad inventory split on IP-connected devices including the iPhone, iPad, Android, GoogleTV, AppleTV, Roku and Xbox. Working with mDialog, media companies will be able to effectively replicate the existing ad break business rules for linear, live and on-demand programming across the fragmented landscape...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ActiveVideo Networks said today that it is poised to accelerate deployments of CloudTV(TM), a virtual set-top box platform for TV navigation, guides and other content, following Friday's appellate court decision to uphold an award of $260 million or more in a patent infringement suit against Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ). According to Jeff Miller, president and CEO of ActiveVideo, the decision provides immediate benefits to the...

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ActiveVideo Networks(TM) will demonstrate next week how small and mid-size television service providers can harness the power of the cloud to cost-effectively deliver a state-of-the-art television user experience including on-demand search, navigation, personalization and HTML5-based web applications to all set top boxes. ActiveVideo's CloudTV(TM) platform employs an advanced HTML5 application engine running entirely in remote servers...

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ActiveVideo Networks(TM), creators of CloudTV(TM), the advanced TV software platform based entirely in the cloud, today announced Comcast has licensed its CloudTV H5(TM) platform. Comcast is using this platform in an enhanced video-on-demand (VOD) user experience trial in Chattanooga, TN. The cloud-based user interface provides a graphically rich way for Xfinity On Demand customers to search and discover VOD content. "Our goal is...