ACTV, Inc. Bolsters Senior Management Team, Opens Denver Office.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sept. 18, 2000 ACTV ACTV Active ACTV Activate ACTV Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano (Venice Public Transport Company, Italy) ACTV Advanced Compatible Television , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : IATV), a pioneer of digital interactive television (iTV) and enhanced media programming and services, today announced that Dave Rudnick and Jim Martin, both seasoned cable industry executives, have joined the company's senior management team. Mr. Rudnick was previously Vice President for Content Acquisition and Development at AT&T Broadband. Mr. Martin is the former Executive Vice President and Head of Business Operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets for FOX Sports Networks. Rudnick and Martin will be responsible for commercial and strategic deals, including alliances and licensing agreements in the cable, satellite, broadcast, advertising, technology development, and broadband sectors. Rudnick, Martin, and Daniel Turak, who joined ACTV earlier this summer as Vice President of Sales, will be located in ACTV's new Denver, Colorado office. The Denver office will play a key role in the implementation of ACTV's products and services, and the company's aggressive expansion of strategic corporate partnerships. "Dave, Jim and Dan provide the company with a strong presence in a region that has significant influence on the creation and distribution of television programming worldwide," said David Reese David Reese may refer to:
Dave Rudnick Dave Rudnick joins ACTV with extensive senior management experience in the digital TV and broadband services See broadband and broadband service provider. sector. Prior to joining ACTV, Mr. Rudnick ran his own consulting services business in the broadband service sector with clients including Liberty Media, Liberty Digital and Intellocity. Mr. Rudnick was previously Vice President for Content Acquisition and Development at AT&T Broadband and Internet, where he was responsible for developing and managing interactive content for the next generation cable boxes to be deployed by AT&T and other cable operators. Earlier, he served as Vice President of Service Development for Tele-Communications, Inc.'s (TCI (Trustworthy Computing Initiative) An umbrella term from Microsoft for its efforts to improve security in Windows. TCI was announced in 2002 after viruses such as Code Red and Nimda had succeeded in attacking numerous Windows computers. ) National Digital Television Center. Prior to TCI, Mr. Rudnick was Product Manager, Digital at TV Guide, Inc. (TCI, Liberty Media, United Video Satellite Group), where he worked on the development and deployment of TV Guide Interactive, the first interactive program guide for digital cable television. Jim Martin Jim Martin has spent more than a decade in the cable industry helping to establish some of the industry's most successful networks. He has broad knowledge of all aspects of network operations and development, as well as extensive experience in acquisitions and investments. From 1997 through 1999, Mr. Martin served as Executive Vice President and Head of Business Operations for Fox Sports Networks, where he was instrumental in the development and consolidation of the regional sports network In the United States of America, a Regional Sports Network, or RSN, is a cable television station that presents sports programming to a local market. The most important programming on an RSN consists of live broadcasts of professional and college sporting events, as those games business and development of Fox's national cable networks. Earlier, Mr. Martin served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of FOX Sports Net, where he was responsible for the direction and management of all U.S. cable sports operations. Previously, he was Executive Vice President of Liberty Sports, Inc. and President of Regional Network Operations. In the early 1990's, Mr. Martin was Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Liberty Media Corporation and Corporate Attorney for Tele-Communications, Inc. About ACTV, Inc. ACTV, Inc. (Nasdaq: IATV), with headquarters in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , pioneered enhanced media with its patented convergence technology, which it markets under the brand name HyperTV(R) (http://www.hypertv.com). The company also created interactive one-to-one digital television with its proprietary One To One TV(TM) software and programming capabilities. SpotOn(TM), the advertising application of One To One TV(TM), is a service of ACTV subsidiary Digital ADCO ADCO Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations ADCO Alcohol and Drug Control Officer ADCO Air Defense Control Center ADCO Alcohol & Drug Control Office ADCO Air Defense Communications Office ADCO Air Defense Coordination Organization , Inc. (http://www.spoton.tv). ACTV has developed an extensive patent portfolio that broadly covers the core methodologies for enhancing television, radio and other audio visual programming with an array of synchronous and non-synchronous Internet-based functions, and for the creation and delivery of interactive, one-to-one digital television. ACTV has key strategic relationships with many of the dominant players in the Internet, television and digital technology fields, including Liberty Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: LDIG), Motorola (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : MOT) Broadband Communications Sector, OpenTV (Nasdaq and AEX AEX See: Amsterdam Exchange : OPTV), and Liberty Livewire Corporation (Nasdaq: LWIRA). For more information, visit http://www.actv.com. This news release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements which are other than statements of historical facts. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, product and service demand and acceptance, changes in technology, economic conditions, the impact of competition and pricing, government regulation, and other risks defined in this document and in statements filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All such forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, and whether made by or on behalf of the Company, are expressly qualified by the cautionary statements and any other cautionary statements which may accompany the forward-looking statements. In addition, the company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. |
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