Colin Shave Joins ICTV as Vice President, European Sales

Colin Shave Joins ICTV as Vice President, European Sales

LOS GATOS, Calif. and SURREY, England, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- ICTV, Inc., creator of HeadendWare(R), the most powerful platform for the delivery and distribution of interactive television programming, announced today that 20- year industry veteran Colin Shave has joined the company as Vice President, European Sales.

Shave, who previously had been Vice President, Sales with NDS, will be responsible for sales throughout Europe. He will be based out of the ICTV International headquarters in Surrey.

"With a solid background in digital end-to-end pay TV solutions, Colin brings experienced executive sales and account management skills to our international team," said Jeff Miller, president and CEO of ICTV. "Colin's proven ability to work at a strategic level with the world's leading multi- service operators will ensure high level exposure of ICTV's leading edge interactive platform and personalized television solutions to the continent's expanding broadband market".

Prior to his eight-year tenure with NDS, Shave held several sales account management positions both for Digital Equipment Corporation and resellers of Digital Equipment Corporation's products. He also was a product consultant for five years with Able Communications in Irvine, CA.

About HeadendWare(R)

ICTV HeadendWare enables network operators to deliver the widest variety of interactive programming and advertising to any digital set-top box. Combining centralized application servers and existing cable, telco or wireless infrastructure, HeadendWare uniquely removes middleware constraints and allows the delivery of a high-quality Web-based interactive television experience - including animation, high-fidelity audio and full motion video. HeadendWare supports the latest versions of HTML, JavaScript(TM), Java(TM), Windows Media Player(R), Flash(R), RealPlayer(R) and QuickTime(R), enabling network operators and advertisers to reach subscribers with a limitless array of content, applications, branding and addressable advertising opportunities.

About ICTV(TM)

ICTV offers a solutions-oriented approach for the delivery of new television services to cable and telco subscribers that combines the standards-based technology of the ICTV HeadendWare platform with a portfolio of branded iTV applications and personalized interactive programming and addressable advertising opportunities. The company is based in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, with offices in Baltimore and the United Kingdom. Strategic investors include Liberty Media, Motorola, OpenTV, Shaw Communications, TV Guide, Cox Communications and Lauder Partners. For more information, visit http://www.ictv.com/.

HeadendWare is a registered trademark and ICTV is a trademark of ICTV, Inc.

Source: ICTV, Inc.

CONTACT: Paul Schneider, +1-215-702-9784, or pspr@att.net, for ICTV, Inc.

Web site: http://www.ictv.com/

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