ActiveVideo Enhances Product Engineering and Development Leadership to Support Increased Demand, Accelerated Deployment Worldwide

ActiveVideo Enhances Product Engineering and Development Leadership to Support Increased Demand, Accelerated Deployment Worldwide

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- ActiveVideo Networks(TM), a leading global provider of cloud-based interactive services that are redefining television (iTV 2.0), today announced enhancements to the leadership of its product engineering and development team to drive accelerated deployment of ActiveVideo products and solutions.

In order to address growing market demand worldwide, ActiveVideo announced that Greg Brown has been promoted to the position of Vice President, Product Development, and that Mark Dawson, Vice President, Product Management, and Dr. Lena Pavlovskaia, Vice President, Advanced Development, have assumed expanded roles. All three executives report to John Callahan, CTO of ActiveVideo Networks.

Earlier this year ActiveVideo Networks strengthened its position in the fast-growing market for delivery of interactive services from the network "cloud" through the acquisition of Avinity Systems BV, a Netherlands company that now serves as ActiveVideo's European headquarters. ActiveVideo Networks anticipates that its cloud-based interactive TV solutions will be available to more than 5 million homes worldwide by the end of 2009.

"This has been a watershed year for the adoption of cloud-based interactivity," said Callahan, in making the announcement. "Over the past four months alone, ActiveVideo Networks has substantially increased both its involvement in Europe and its rate of subscriber growth. By adding additional management talent to our product management and development team now, we can leverage the collective skills of Greg Brown, Mark Dawson and Lena Pavlovskaia to foster the innovation that generates new revenue opportunities for customers in the cable, IPTV, and CE spaces."

Brown, who most recently was director of software engineering, will work with ActiveVideo's growing list of cable, IPTV and CE customers to ensure the continued quality, reliability and scalability of the company's solutions. During his 13-year tenure with ActiveVideo and its predecessor, ICTV, Brown has been actively involved in driving the development of the company's digital solutions and for increasing the performance and scalability of the ActiveVideo software.

In his new role as vice president, product management, Dawson will assume responsibility for creating and defining all aspects of ActiveVideo's product roadmap, including technical capabilities; developer tools; content development; targeted advertising; and data collection and reporting. Previously, Dawson had served as vice president, programming services, with responsibility for internal, third-party and branded content creation at the company's Los Angeles-based application design studio.

Dr. Pavlovskaia, who has been a key contributor to the ActiveVideo development team for more than a decade, will incorporate several new activities into her duties as Vice President, Advanced Development. Pavlovskaia will lead the company's high-density streaming initiatives and will be responsible for the integrating the ActiveVideo platform with the technology platforms of Avinity Systems and those of other strategic alliances that are expected to be announced in the future.

About ActiveVideo Networks

ActiveVideo Networks is the world leader in cloud-based interactive services that are redefining television (iTV 2.0). The company's network-centric approach simply and inexpensively enables expanded programming, navigation and advertising possibilities, allowing viewers to define and share their TV experiences. ActiveVideo combines Web-based media and targeted, clickable advertisements with the high-quality video, immediate responsiveness and remote control navigation of television for uniform interactivity across all digital and IPTV set-tops, CI+ enabled televisions, and broadband-connected CE devices. ActiveVideo Networks is based in the heart of Silicon Valley, with offices in Los Angeles, Baltimore and Hilversum, the Netherlands. For more information, visit www.activevideo.com.

Source: ActiveVideo Networks

CONTACT: Paul Schneider, +1-215-702-9784 (Office), +1-215-817-4384
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Web Site: http://www.activevideo.com/

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