TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2005--ExtendMedia today announced that it has signed an enterprise license agreement with Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC) that will allow the cable company, which serves more than 3 million customers in the New York metropolitan area, to use ExtendMedia's OpenCASE(TM) solution to develop new content service management applications. The new agreement builds on a record of cooperative success between the two companies that has included development work supporting Cablevision's groundbreaking interactive television applications and additional Web development.
"OpenCASE is proof that ExtendMedia understands our business," said Brian Sweeney, Cablevision SVP eMedia. "We conducted a thorough review of competing solutions, and OpenCASE was the clear choice for a turnkey, end-to-end solution that is scalable to meet our broadband content service requirements today and in the future."
ExtendMedia CEO Keith Kocho added, "Cablevision continues to be one of the leading lights of this industry for one simple reason: commitment to delivering value, reliability and leading-edge technologies to its customers. Their selection of OpenCASE illustrates that commitment, giving Cablevision an advanced core infrastructure to launch the next generation of advanced consumer content services into the broadband connected home."
About OpenCASE(TM)
OpenCASE is an open, extensible technology platform that enables service providers to harmonize their existing services and launch compelling new services across a multitude of networks and devices. It provides a complete software infrastructure for managing complex business rules and policy controls, and provides out-of-the-box support for such critical services as Customer Self Care, Triple Play Marketing, Customer Profiling, Service Personalization, Asset Inventory Management, Secure Broadband Services, Content Distribution Management, Device Management, and Enterprise Provisioning.
About ExtendMedia Inc.
ExtendMedia knows content services. Our in-depth knowledge has been acquired though 15 years of experience working closely with such successful and innovative communications and media companies as Cablevision, ESPN, Sony, BCE and Tribune. Our OpenCASE(TM) solution is the foundation of the connected future, offering compelling services, elegant user interfaces, and freedom for consumers to control and enjoy their media experience. For more information, please visit us at www.extend.com .
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"OpenCASE is proof that ExtendMedia understands our business," said Brian Sweeney, Cablevision SVP eMedia. "We conducted a thorough review of competing solutions, and OpenCASE was the clear choice for a turnkey, end-to-end solution that is scalable to meet our broadband content service requirements today and in the future."
ExtendMedia CEO Keith Kocho added, "Cablevision continues to be one of the leading lights of this industry for one simple reason: commitment to delivering value, reliability and leading-edge technologies to its customers. Their selection of OpenCASE illustrates that commitment, giving Cablevision an advanced core infrastructure to launch the next generation of advanced consumer content services into the broadband connected home."
About OpenCASE(TM)
OpenCASE is an open, extensible technology platform that enables service providers to harmonize their existing services and launch compelling new services across a multitude of networks and devices. It provides a complete software infrastructure for managing complex business rules and policy controls, and provides out-of-the-box support for such critical services as Customer Self Care, Triple Play Marketing, Customer Profiling, Service Personalization, Asset Inventory Management, Secure Broadband Services, Content Distribution Management, Device Management, and Enterprise Provisioning.
About ExtendMedia Inc.
ExtendMedia knows content services. Our in-depth knowledge has been acquired though 15 years of experience working closely with such successful and innovative communications and media companies as Cablevision, ESPN, Sony, BCE and Tribune. Our OpenCASE(TM) solution is the foundation of the connected future, offering compelling services, elegant user interfaces, and freedom for consumers to control and enjoy their media experience. For more information, please visit us at www.extend.com .
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