SageTV Selected by AlwaysOn as an OnHollywood 100 Top Private Company Award Winner

SageTV Selected by AlwaysOn as an OnHollywood 100 Top Private Company Award Winner

Recognized for leadership in emerging technology for digital entertainment and media

INGLEWOOD, Calif., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- SageTV LLC, a leading developer of home and commercial Media Center, Media Server and Placeshifting software solutions today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnHollywood 100 Top Private Companies. The OnHollywood 100 is a power list of the top private emerging technology companies in digital entertainment and media. SageTV was handpicked by the AlwaysOn editorial team based on a set of five criteria -- innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation.

SageTV and the OnHollywood 100 will be honored at the OnHollywood digital entertainment and media event, May 1-3, 2007, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California. OnHollywood delves into the challenges, opportunities and business models of the digital era, and showcases the most innovative private companies that are changing the way entertainment and media is created, distributed, consumed and monetized.

OnHollywood is an important forum that presents and debates the critical issues surrounding the transformation of the entertainment economy to one based on digital technology," said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn. "Digital technology has transformed the way content is created and delivered to consumers everywhere. The OnHollywood Top 100 companies are an elite group of innovators who are using this technology to revolutionize the industry."

The OnHollywood 100 was selected from more than 1,000 companies, peer-nominated by leading venture capitalists, investment bankers and industry analysts.

SageTV provides Media Center software for consumers combining TV/PVR, personal media and online content on any TV or PC screen at home. When you're away from home SageTV Placeshifter let's consumers access the full SageTV Media Center experience over a broadband connection on any Windows, Mac or Linux PC. SageTV licenses it's software solutions and SageTV Studio toolset to PC and CE OEMs, IPTV/cable/sat operators and commercial customers including news and trading desks, hotels and government offices.

A full list of all the OnHollywood 100 companies can be found on the AlwaysOn Web site at: http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/8389

"We're excited by the pace of change in digital entertainment today and greatly appreciate the recognition from the AlwaysOn team," said Mike Machado, Chief Executive officer for SageTV. "There is tremendous potential to enhance the digital entertainment experience and it's great to get positive feedback on our efforts. We look forward to working with our hardware and service provider partners on creating a leading digital entertainment experience."

About OnHollywood 2007: May 1-3 @ The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, California

OnHollywood is where cutting edge technology from the backstreets of Silicon Valley converges with Hollywood's media and entertainment elite. The two-and-a-half day event borrows from the "film market" tradition by providing an open environment for digital media and entertainment entrepreneurs to meet the big-time studio, telco and consumer electronics executives, venture capitalists and media. At OnHollywood, our editors will also honor the OnHollywood 100 Top Private Companies. Fifty of the top CEOs from the OnHollywood 100 will pitch their market strategies to a panel of industry experts in our "CEO Showcase."

About SageTV

SageTV, LLC is a pioneer in home and commercial media center and media server technologies that combine television, personal media and online content into a complete, easy-to-use media experience controlled from a single remote control on any TV as well as PC or Mac screen. SageTV Media Center, the company's flagship product, can be deployed on either Linux, Windows or Mac, and supports placeshifting, multiple tuners, networked streaming and the SageTV Studio customization/rebranding toolkit. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Inglewood, CA. For more information, visit http://www.sagetv.com/ or contact oem@sagetv.com.

About AlwaysOn

AlwaysOn ignited the open-media revolution in early 2003 by being the first media brand to launch a global blog network. In 2004, AlwaysOn continued to lead the media industry in innovation by introducing a social network where members can connect and engage. AlwaysOn is also revolutionizing the media business by applying its open-media principles to its executive event series (Stanford Summit, AlwaysOn Hollywood, AlwaysOn Media and GoingGreen) and quarterly print "blogozine" by empowering its members to post and share their ideas and meet each other online. As our loyal readers know, AlwaysOn is committed to the free-market, merit-driven approach to reporting and event programming. No other media brand has dared to create such open interaction with its readers and event participants.

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Source: SageTV, LLC

CONTACT: Aly Saltzman of SS|PR, +1-847-415-9303, asaltzman@sspr.com, for
SageTV; or Renee Edelman of Edelman, +1-212-704-8249,
renee.edelman@edelman.com, for OnHollywood

Web site:

http://www.sagetv.com/

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