Article: Long Island-based Cablevison working on Web-to-TV content

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Long Island Business News
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June 25, 2009
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Our local cable company will likely to bring Web content to your television.

According to a Cable Digital News story, the Bethpage company will use a platform developed by ActiveVideo Networks Inc. to send Web-like applications to subscribers. ActiveVideo's system utilizes a central server that does most of the processing of the applications so the individual set-top boxes in customers' homes only have to run a small piece of software to play the content or applications. That's because these set-top boxes normally do not have much computing power.

Cablevision is expected to launch the service this summer, though it's unsure which of these Web apps will be available. For example, online video ...

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