• "All of the programming and app layer is done in common on the backend. It is the same whether you are on an LG, Panasonic or a Samsung smart TV."Tom Morgan, CEO
  • "Cost savings, service flexibility and speed of deployment for new services are advantages when using the cloud. We think cloud technology has great potential to substitute, to a large extent, the hardware needed in the consumer home."Randolph Nikutta, Leader
  • "The recent launch of our cloud based user interface for set top boxes has resulted in a strong increase in the number of interactive receivers since its launch."Bernard Dijkhuizen, CEO
  • "Because CloudTV supports an HTML5, cloud-based UI, Ziggo is able to add functionality or change the UI literally overnight. Compared to normal change cycles of several months on STBs, this is a game-changing innovation."Eric Meijer, Senior Product Developer
  • "We found that by using CloudTV and moving the UI and other applications to the cloud, scalability was improved by an order of magnitude and total cost of ownership was reduced by 83% relative to upgrading set-top boxes."Dr. Ray Mota, CEO
  • "CloudTV…enables us to capitalize on HTML5 web standards for rapid content creation, it allows customers to expand the capabilities of existing STBs today; and it lays the foundation for advanced services on any screen in the near future."Toshifumi Shibuya, General Manager
  • "ActiveVideo's CloudTV technology helps enable our move of the UI into the cloud and is intended to help accelerate service innovation to our customers across a range of devices."Jim Blackley, EVP Engineering
  • "Horizon as a concept is here to stay, but Horizon as a technology will evolve. The user interface will move to the cloud."Mike Fries, CEO
  • "The set-top box can become a thinner client, which means again, less capital intensity on a set-top box basis and a better user experience."Tom Rutledge, CEO
  • "It allows all of our boxes that are already deployed regardless of their processing power and age to be capable of using the cloud-base infrastructure."Tom Rutledge, CEO
  • "We're moving to a world where I don't think we'll have to buy CPE. I think we'll be able to make our product work on the devices people have."Tom Rutledge, CEO

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