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Zodiac Gaming Becomes
Zodiac Interactive to Launch Broad Range of Interactive TV
Applications
Other Topics: IPTV Interactive
Mobile Content, IPTV Market
Growth, DC-LAN Gaming Streaming
Zodiac Gaming
January 4, 2006
Company Partners with Scientific-Atlanta and LG Electronics at
2007 International CES, January 8-11 in Las Vegas to Demonstrate
Applications
Valley Stream, NY -- Zodiac Gaming, developer and distributor of the
cable industry's largest Interactive TV games library, is being
renamed Zodiac Interactive to reflect the company's reorganization
and commitment to bring a broad range of interactive television
applications to the iTV marketplace. Zodiac Interactive is formed
from Zodiac Gaming and the Emmy-winning technology from sister
company DevelopOnBox. The new company brings forward a large game
library, a broad portfolio of deployed middleware technologies,
unique and rapid product design solutions, a new advertising model,
and exciting iTV applications that will be previewed at 2007
International CES, January 8-11 in Las Vegas. These demonstrations
will be held in the Scientific-Atlanta (a Cisco Company) booth
#N227, and the LG Electronics's booth #N243. |
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At CES, Zodiac
Interactive will be demonstrating a wide range of iTV applications,
including their patent-pending INSTATM framework for iTV content,
"Best of Web" content form-factored for iTV, high-definition games
and interactive platforms, and a unique new patent-pending iTV
transactional application called "TVcallME TM," which allows
subscribers to click a single button from their standard remote
control and immediately receive a telephone call that is promptly
connected to an advertiser or merchant.
"Zodiac Interactive's CES presence demonstrates the appeal of our
products and technology in the Consumer Electronics space," said
Zodiac Interactive's CEO and Co-founder Michael Rivkin. "Zodiac has
been recognized for Emmy-nominated games and the Emmy-winning iO
User Interface Platform for Cablevision Systems Corporation, as well
as innovative technology that enable a wide variety of tools and
applications on virtually all interactive television platforms. As
Zodiac Interactive, we are announcing our intention to offer new and
exciting applications that will engage iTV users and bring immediate
revenue to iTV operators."
About Zodiac Interactive
Zodiac Interactive, based in New York, is an Emmy Award winning
developer of iTV applications, games and service-oriented middleware
for cable, satellite and IPTV. The company has the largest wholly
owned library of set-top box ad-supported and subscription games for
all major platforms. Zodiac's technology is centered around its
flagship product suite, the PowerUp Framework, which includes
embedded set-top box software, an advanced application authoring
environment and head-end solutions. This complete framework makes it
easier for cable operators and CE manufacturers to design, deploy,
manage and monetize interactive television applications, faster and
with greater overall performance. For more information, visit
www.zodiac.tv. |
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