Digeo and Iacta Announce Games4TV on the Award-Winning Moxi Media Center.DOWNEY, Calif. & KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Iacta and Digeo, Inc., today announced the availability of four new Games4TV(TM) titles on the award-winning Moxi(TM) Media Center. The Moxi Media Center is currently deployed with Charter Communications Charter Communications NASDAQ: CHTR is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 5.7 million customers in 29 states. It is the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. , Adelphia, BendBroadband and Sunflower Broadband. "The Games Channel has had great success on Digeo iTV, and we are expecting the same consumer success for games on the Moxi Media Center," said David Billmaier, senior director, Product Marketing for Digeo, Inc. "Iacta has developed games for our iTV platform since our first trials in 2001 and now, with the powerful Moxi Media Center platform they will further expand their extensive experience in developing games for TV." The four new Games4TV titles are Solitaire solitaire or patience, any card game that can be played by one person. Solitaire is the American name; in England it is known as patience. There are probably more kinds of solitaire than all other card games together. , Depth Charge, Checkers, and Bijoux bi·joux n. Plural of bijou. . These new titles join a suite of other games developed by Digeo on Moxi Games including Domino Dementia, Video Poker, Blackjack blackjack, one of the world's most widely played gambling card games; also known as twenty-one or vingt-et-un. Despite contesting claims between the French and Italians, its origins are unknown. , Blast it, Invasion Wave, and Tomato. All Moxi games are designed to be played with the Moxi remote control using the arrow keys and OK buttons. "With its advanced animation and audio capabilities, the Moxi media center is a powerful delivery platform for Games4TV," said Laura Buddine, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Iacta. "We believe that consumers who want the most from their TV will love Moxi. We're converting our entire Games4TV library to take full advantage of Moxi's capabilities so that operators will see even greater revenues with Moxi and Games4TV." About Iacta: Founded in 1994, Iacta develops applications for iTV platforms and services in cable, IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. , and consumer electronics. Iacta's Games4TV includes more than 40 casual games designed for iTV play with a remote control. Games4TV is also offered on MTS (1) See Microsoft Transaction Server. (2) (Modular TV System) The stereo channel added to the NTSC standard, which includes the SAP audio channel for special use. 1. MTS - Message Transport System. 2. TV in Manitoba, SaskTel's Max TV in Saskachewan, and UPC (Universal Product Code) The standard bar code printed on retail merchandise, which is administered by GS1 US, Brussels, Belgium and Lawrenceville, NJ (www.gs1.org). in Vienna and Amsterdam, as well as on cruise ships and resorts with InSystCom's SeaLynx. Iacta also hosts its own subscription service over the Internet, where thousands of MSN TV and PC users play every day. About Digeo, Inc. Digeo, Inc. enables cable providers to deliver Emmy(R) award-winning Moxi(TM) Media Center software and services to customers nationwide. Moxi opens the door for cable providers to develop new revenue streams while delivering on the promise to consumers of a fully digital home entertainment and communications experience. The new generation of cable-provided Media Center products empower subscribers with enhanced entertainment capabilities including: digital video recording (DVR (1) (Digital Video Recorder) A device that records video onto a hard disk from one or more ceiling mounted video cameras. Part of a security system, the DVR typically supports 4, 8 or 16 separate camera channels. ), high-definition (HD) programming; telephony services; digital media management of photography and music with Moxi Photos and Moxi Music; live, interactive news feeds with Moxi Ticker; Moxi Games and more. Customers of Moxi Media Center's revenue-generating and customer-retaining applications include Comcast, Charter, Adelphia, Sunflower Broadband, and BendBroadband. Digeo is primarily backed by Paul Allen's Vulcan Inc. The company was founded in 1999 and has offices in Kirkland, Wash., Palo Alto, Calif. and Longmont, Colo. For more information, please visit www.digeo.com. |
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