Grande Communications Launches Innovative "GrandeVision" in the Austin Market
Grande Offers World's First Personalized Video Mosaic for Television
to Austin Digital Cable Consumers.
San Marcos, TX (PRWEB) April 17, 2008 -- Grande Communications® announces the Austin launch of its trademarked mosaic platform GrandeVisionTM that allows digital customers to watch up to five channels simultaneously on the same screen. Grande initially makes available three pre-set screens featuring news, entertainment and children's channels for mosaic navigation. Grande customers have the unique added bonus of being able to customize up to three additional mosaic screens.
GrandeVisionTM allows Austin customers to use their remote controls to navigate through feeds, interact with Web-driven video and banner ads and add or delete channels that are available on the mosaic. This service comes at no additional charge to digital cable customers.
Grande became the first video provider in the world to debut this unprecedented navigation experience in May 2007. Designed by the ICTV ActiveMedia Group to be customized and branded exclusively for individual network operators such as Grande, the P:Mosaic personalized mosaic was initially deployed by Grande Communications as GrandeVisionTM in San Marcos, Texas in June 2007.
"GrandeVisionTM is another breakthrough service that helps us to continue to earn our reputation as an innovator in the markets we serve," said Grande Vice President and Austin General Manager Hutch Bass. "It will change the way our Austin customers enjoy cable by offering them a multitude of customizable, cutting-edge options for video services. GrandeVisionTM is a major advantage for our viewers. No other cable television provider offers customers the ability to customize their own mosaic screens and our main competitor doesn't even offer this viewing technology at all."
About Grande Communications (www.grandecom.com)
Headquartered in San Marcos, Grande Communications® is building a deep-fiber broadband network to homes and businesses from the ground up. Grande delivers high-speed Internet, local and long-distance telephone and digital cable over its own advanced network to communities in Texas. Grande's bundled service area includes portions of Austin, Corpus Christi, suburban northwest Dallas, Midland, Odessa, San Antonio, San Marcos and Waco. Grande also leverages its telephone and data infrastructure by serving enterprises and communications carriers nationwide with broadband transport services and network services. Grande's voice network terminates traffic worldwide, offering both traditional and IP-based services; its managed modem network provides coverage nationwide; and its private line and metropolitan networks provide optical services in Texas and surrounding states. Grande's 3,100-fiber-mile network incorporates SONET-based technology for protection, diversity and optimal performance.
About ICTV
ICTV® delivers ActiveVideo™, a dynamic viewing experience that brings broadband choice and control to the television. ActiveVideo combines interactive elements and targeted, clickable advertisements with the high-quality video, immediate responsiveness and remote control navigation of TV. The ActiveVideo platform requires no new customer premise equipment and utilizes existing Web and video standards, enabling network operators, programmers and advertisers to create content once for real-time delivery to any digital set-top box. ICTV is based in the heart of Silicon Valley, with offices in Los Angeles, Baltimore, Beijing and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.ictv.com.
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