Contact Information: For Dave.TV Elina Heng Terpin Communications (619) 820-0527 Email Contact For AO Media Edelman Renee Edelman 212.704.8249 Leslie Nakajima 650.762.2940
Dave.TV Selected by AlwaysOn Media as Top 100 Private Company Award Winner
Recognized for Leadership in Emerging Technology
| Source: DAVE.TV
LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 17, 2007 -- Dave.TV today announced that it has been
chosen by AlwaysOn Media as one of the Top 100 Private Company award
winners. The AO Media 100 is a power list of the top private digital media
companies. Dave.TV was handpicked by the AO Media editorial team based on a
set of five criteria -- innovation, market potential, customer adoption,
media buzz and investor value creation.
Dave.TV and the AO Media 100 will be honored at the AO Media executive
summit January 29-31 at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City. The
summit will focus on the forces that are disrupting user behavior and
creating new opportunities in the digital era, showcasing top innovative
private companies that are revolutionizing the way media is created,
distributed and consumed.
The AO Media 100 was selected from over 1,000 companies, peer-nominated by
leading venture capitalists, investment bankers and industry analysts. The
AO Media 100 consists of private companies at all stages of development.
As a pioneer in integrated video distribution and social community
platforms, Dave.TV has completely changed how brands can reach their
audience. Enabling both big enterprise brands as well as emerging brands
to make an impact on the internet and its increasingly social communities,
Dave.TV has created a new vehicle for companies, allowing them to involve
and excite their perspective users.
"We scoured hundreds of applications we received to vote on the top
emerging private technology companies," said Tony Perkins, founder and
editor of AlwaysOn. "Selected are the companies we think are demonstrating
significant market traction or pursuing game-changing technology. We expect
these organizations to have a big impact for both New York and Silicon
Valley."
Dave.TV CEO Rex Wong states, "We are thrilled to be recognized as one of
the AO Media Top 100 companies for 2007. It is an honor to be in the
presence of such innovative, emerging businesses who are shaping the future
of digital media."
A full list of all the AO Media 100 companies can be found on the AlwaysOn
website at http://www.alwayson.goingon.com/.
About DAVE Networks
DAVE Networks, Inc. is the first provider of an integrated video
distribution and social community platform designed to ignite brands.
Powered by its revolutionary P2P grid-based content delivery network (CDN),
DAVE.TV solutions represent a radical paradigm shift from the current
"one-to-many" distribution model to a model of "many-to-many more"
distribution. Founded in 2003, DAVE Networks has built a robust set of
software features that empower brands to build digital ecosystems while
embracing online social communities. S.O.C.I.A.L. is the first platform to
enable both big, enterprise brands, as well as emerging brands, to fortify
online brand impact on what we call the "New Web" -- the social Web. For
more information, please visit www.davenw.com.
About OnHollywood 2007: May 2-4 @ The Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood
AlwaysOn Hollywood is where cutting-edge technology CEOs from the back
streets of Silicon Valley meet the Hollywood digital entertainment and
media elite. This two-and-a-half-day executive event features CEO
presentations and high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user
behavior and creating new opportunities in the video, music, gaming,
search, and mobile industries.
At AlwaysOn Hollywood, our editors will also honor the AO Hollywood 100 Top
Private Companies. Fifty of the top CEOs from the AO Hollywood 100 will
pitch their market strategies to a panel of industry experts in our "CEO
Showcase."
About AlwaysOn
ALWAYSON ignited the open-media revolution in early 2003 by being the first
media brand to launch a global blog network. In 2004, ALWAYSON continued
to lead the media industry in innovation by introducing a social network
where members can connect and engage. ALWAYSON is also revolutionizing the
media business by applying its open-media principles to its executive event
series (STANFORD SUMMIT, ALWAYSON HOLLYWOOD, ALWAYSON MEDIA and GOINGGREEN)
and quarterly print "blogozine" by empowering its members to post and share
their ideas and meet each other online. As our loyal readers know, ALWAYSON
is committed to the free-market, merit-driven approach to reporting and
event programming. No other media brand has dared to create such open
interaction with its readers and event participants.