AnySource Media Enables Broadband Connected HDTV

AnySource Media Enables Broadband Connected HDTV

A Software and Service Platform That Connects Broadband to Broadcast Generating New Advertising and Revenue Opportunities for Content Providers

MALVERN, Pa., April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- AnySource Media, LLC today announced the availability of Internet Video Navigator(TM) 1.0, the first embedded platform that aggregates and organizes video, photos and music content from across the Internet and allows consumers to easily find, view and listen to it on their HDTVs using the remote control. Internet Video Navigator will drive value-added services for consumer electronic manufacturers, content owners, advertisers, and others with a strong internal recurring revenue business model driven by advertising and movie rental and purchase commissions.

"While broadband service has quickly become an integral part of consumers' lives, it will not vanquish broadcast by any means," states Keith Nissen, In-Stat principle analyst. "Our research indicates that the two markets will be intertwined and hybrid products addressing both market requirements, like the Connected HDTV Platform from AnySource Media, will be the long-term winners."

AnySource Media is currently working with leading HDTV manufacturers to integrate Internet Video Navigator 1.0 client software directly into high-volume, mainstream HDTVs that will be available in retail stores later this year. TV viewers can interactively select sites and jump to specific videos, photos, home networks and music, or they can passively sit back and watch any Internet-based video like a traditional broadcast experience.

"The timing for our product launch could not be better as the general consumer has moved from questioning if TVs will have broadband access to how and when," states Mike Harris, CEO of AnySource Media. "The TV manufacturers are thrilled to respond so quickly to consumer demand by embedding this value-add component and enhancing the functionality of the television set."

The turnkey Internet-enabled TV platform, which is designed to work with existing chips from silicon companies and consumer electronics manufacturers of HDTVs worldwide, supports popular Internet video formats such as Adobe's Flash, Microsoft's WMV and MPEG-4/H.264. The software is designed with an unprecedented system architecture that allows for future applications with Blu-ray players, set-top boxes, and other consumer electronics devices.

"In addition to the embedded software, AnySource has a data center back-end to support easy TV navigation and e-commerce transactions, as well as content and data aggregation deals for consumer electronics devices," says Bill Wagner, CTO of AnySource Media. "This allows the technology to do more than just provide Internet content to consumer electronics, because it presents new revenue opportunities for manufacturers and content partners."

About AnySource Media

AnySource Media is the creator of Internet Video Navigator(TM), a part of the Connected HDTV Platform(TM), which allows the television set to be directly connected to the Internet. Consumers will be able to navigate and play videos from hundreds of existing web sites all through a standard TV remote control. The Philadelphia-based company produces software that is embedded directly into HDTVs and other consumer electronics devices with a data center back-end to support easy and fast TV navigation and e-commerce transactions, as well as content and data aggregation deals for consumer electronic devices. For more information, please visit http://www.anysource.com/.

Contact:

Alison Guzzio
610-925-2761
alison.guzzio@verizon.net

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Source: AnySource Media, LLC

CONTACT: Alison Guzzio for AnySource Media, +1-610-925-2761,
alison.guzzio@verizon.net

Web Site: http://www.anysource.com/

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