SOURCE: DAVE.TV
January 24, 2006 12:26 ET
DAVE.TV™ Rolls Out Revolutionary Content Publishing Network Through IPTV Platform
Content Publishers Can Now Reach a New Broad Audience and Monetize/Distribute Content Simultaneously to Multiple Devices via a Revolutionary Platform
LAS VEGAS, NV -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 24, 2006 -- NATPE -- DAVE.TV™, a global IPTV digital
entertainment distribution network, today announces the launch of its
Content Publishing Network enabling content owners and publishers, for the
first time, to deliver their content simultaneously to the TV, PC, portable
and mobile devices all over the world and across multiple service provider
networks. DAVE.TV develops IPTV platforms for service providers such as
Telcos, CLECs, MSOs and ISPs. DAVE.TV will be exhibiting at the NATPE
Conference in Las Vegas January 24-26, 2006 in Booth #748 in the ITA
Alternative Upfronts Digital Village.
DAVE.TV's Content Publishing Network offers tremendous opportunities to
media-makers, content owners and publishers through the ability to
broadcast their content to consumers worldwide simultaneously. The system
provides creative publishing with unlimited opportunities to reach new
audiences. DAVE.TV's Content Publishing Network allows Publishers to
publish to the DAVE.TV network under a Creative Commons License and allows
them to choose their business models. Publishers can choose from five
business models - Free via ad-sponsorship, Rent (Video On Demand),
Subscribe, Buy and Buy and Burn. Publishers, for the first time, now have
total control over everything from pricing, use models, business rules,
platforms and even what advertising they want associated with their
content.
"DAVE.TV aims to become an economically frictionless exchange where content
providers can post their content for consumption and purchase, while having
full control of rights management, billing, pricing and advertising to
create a virtual broadcast ecosystem," says Rex Wong, CEO of DAVE.TV.
"This is in stark contrast to traditional broadcasting, where control of
distribution defines the economic relationship."
Built on a proprietary Peer-to-Peer (P2P) grid architecture, DAVE.TV
delivers compelling digital entertainment, including movies, TV shows,
documentaries, music videos, songs and more, efficiently and
cost-effectively to multiple platforms. Best of all, a significant amount
of DAVE.TV's content will be offered free to the public in an ad-supported
model giving consumers a legal alternative to get their digital content.
"DAVE.TV's new Content Publishing Network enables content owners and
publishers big and small to distribute their content to a worldwide
audience," says Mr. Wong. "DAVE.TV empowers content owners and publishers
by allowing them to monetize content and reach new markets."
As part of its Digital Delivery Ecosystem, DAVE.TV delivers media content
to the PC via the free DAVE Media Center (DMC™) software and to the TV
via its XPORT Set-Top Box (STB). Content can then be delivered to portable
or mobile devices by connecting them to a DMC-powered PC or XPORT STB. The
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. The
XPORT STB is a complete STB solution that sits on the TV to deliver DAVE.TV
content to the TV. The DMC and XPORT can communicate with each other in a
Digital Home network whereby videos, music and songs can be streamed over
the network from a DMC-powered PC and played on the TV with an XPort STB or
vice versa creating a true Digital Home environment.
About DAVE.TV
DAVE.TV currently delivers over 100 channels of content from publishing
sources worldwide, and that number is continuing to grow rapidly. DAVE.TV
captures local, national, and international entertainment in the form of
music, videos, news, sports, games, and more. Content is broadcast through
a virtual broadcast network via the DAVE Media Center™ (DMC™)
software. Broadcast and Affiliate Partners in cities throughout the world
are able to capture and distribute content in Windows Media format as a
DAVE.TV™ Affiliate and DMC Publisher. By distributing protected content
with Microsoft Digital Rights Management (DRM) that can be enjoyed
anywhere, DAVE.TV is staking its ground in the next generation of media
broadcasting. For more information please visit www.dave.tv.