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Seasoned Executives Join
Leading IPTV Digital Entertainment Distribution Network Team
Other Topics: China IPTV
Services, IPTV Deployment Growth
Market Wire
December 29, 2005
Newly Appointed DAVE.TV CEO and COO Bring Industry Expertise to
IPTV/ITV Services and Platforms
Los Angeles, CA -- DAVE.TV, an IPTV pioneer and leader in digital
entertainment distribution, announced today the addition of Rex Wong
and Lee (Trey) Gaskins, III, to its management team as Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer/President. Wong also
joins DAVE.TV's Board of Directors. DAVE.TV (Distributed Audio Video
Entertainment) is the first cross-platform digital delivery network
that delivers IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) and video over IP
to TVs, PCs, portable and mobile devices. DAVE.TV develops IPTV
platforms for service providers such as Telcos, CLECs, MSOs and
ISPs. DAVE.TV will be exhibiting at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
being held in Las Vegas January 5-8, 2006 and will be announcing a
broad range of IPTV products and services. DAVE.TV will be in Booth
#72240 in the IPTV Tech Zone of the Sands Convention Center.
Rex Wong, a serial entrepreneur brings extensive sales, marketing
and product development expertise to DAVE.TV. Before joining DAVE.TV,
Wong was responsible for co-founding several technology companies
including Applied Semantics, the developer of AdSense which was
acquired by Google in 2003, Accelertech, a manufacturer of high
density server platforms where he served as President, and X2, a
digital lifestyle consumer electronics manufacturer. X2, which
launched in late December 2004, offers an array of popular digital
lifestyle products that have won many awards including Best of CES
2005 Innovation Award and being named Best of CES 2005 Finalist for
the X2 Mega View. X2 was also a huge hit at the Consumer Electronics
Show 2005, with 15 prominent appearances on national television and
dozens of product-related stories in prominent national magazines
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"IPTV will revolutionize the way we watch TV and DAVE.TV is well
positioned to take advantage of this trend," says Rex Wong, CEO of
Dave.TV. "Consumers want choice and convenience when it comes to
entertainment and DAVE.TV gives them an interactive, on-demand
environment to receive, experience and enjoy their digital content."
Lee (Trey) Gaskins, III, was previously the co-founder and CEO of
Advanced Telemedia, a regional Cable MSO that was acquired by
Comcast in 2003. Gaskins has served in senior management roles at
various companies such as Siemens Rolm. Gaskins is a graduate from
Clemson University where he received a B.S. Degree in Business
Administration.
"For the first time, content owners can now reach consumers
efficiently and cost-effectively using the power and flexibility of
the Internet," says Trey Gaskins, COO of DAVE.TV. "DAVE.TV connects
users and content owners creating a complete digital ecosystem."
Kenneth O. Lipscomb, DAVE.TV's Founder, will remain as Chairman of
the Board and take on the new role of Chief Strategy Officer.
Lipscomb is the founder of several successful start-ups including
ADAM Software (NASDAQ: ADAM), InfoGraphix and Zap Media, an original
pioneer in digital content delivery.
"The addition of Rex Wong and Trey Gaskins makes DAVE.TV even
stronger and will help DAVE.TV solidify its position as a leader in
the IPTV space," says Kenneth Lipscomb, Chairman and Founder of
DAVE.TV.
The growing Interactive Television (ITV) space reveals a new demand
for the convergence of interactive technology and television in
which the user experience is enhanced through increased control over
program content, enabling the viewer to immediately respond or alter
programming. Video-on-demand (VOD), interactive news and educational
programming, niche or local live event streaming video, and more are
possibilities in the ITV experience. DAVE.TV is at the forefront of
this development with its IPTV/ITV set-top box platforms.
DAVE.TV provides consumers with the added benefit of customizing
their programming through an easy-to-use interface, in the comfort
of their own home. DAVE.TV is truly taking consumers to the next
level of access to media and entertainment venues. Imagine
customizing not only music and video play lists, but being able to
receive digital content from all over the world to the digital
medium of their choice. In the segmented world of Internet
broadcasting, DAVE.TV brings it all together for consumers.
About DAVE.TV
DAVE.TV takes television and entertainment delivery into the new
digital era and places Internet Broadcasting in the hands of the
consumer using the free DAVE Media Center (DMC™) software. DMC™ is
an intuitive and easy-to-use PC application allowing consumers to
personalize how-what-where-when they want their digital
entertainment delivered including videos, music, movies, photographs
and much more. DAVE.TV captures local, national, and international
entertainment in the form of music, videos, news, sports, games, and
more with over 100 channels of content. Content is broadcast through
a virtual broadcast network via the DAVE Media Center™ (DMC™)
software and all content is protected using Digital Rights
Management (DRM). For more information please visit www.dave.tv. |
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