Charter, Cablevision Tap ActiveVideo

ActiveVideoNetworks announced updates to its CloudTV H5 in platform and network scalability, intended to accelerate rollout of TV services embedded with UIs that support guide, navigation and rich media applications across a range of devices and networks.ActiveVideo also says CloudTV has been picked for cloud-based UI for Charter Communications and interactive applications for Cablevision in the United States. ActiveVideo also is partnering with Sumitomo to target deployments in Japan and in the Asia-Pacific market.The all-IP CloudTV platform includes four upgrades: Render Layers to reduce required bandwidth up to 50%; Smart Multiplexing to increasing the number of CloudTV sessions delivered across an existing cable QAM network; Dual-Stream Rendering for partial-screen user interfaces that are controlled from the cloud but rendered locally on devices; and CloudTV Nano, CloudTV Nano Lite and CloudTV Nanoware support for a family of thin clients based on an ultra-light code base for any connected device.