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Digeo and Iacta Announce Games4TV on the Award-Winning Moxi Media Center
DOWNEY, Calif. & KIRKLAND, Wash. --(Business Wire)-- March 29, 2005 -- 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, 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, Depth Charge, Checkers, and Bijoux. These new titles join a suite of other games developed by Digeo on Moxi Games including Domino Dementia, Video Poker, Blackjack, 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 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, 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 TV in Manitoba, SaskTel's Max TV in Saskachewan, and UPC 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), 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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