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TagsBY LINDA MOSS
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
Cablevision Wednesday launched of a new interactive gaming service that will be available free to all its iO digital TV customers.
The new offering, from ActiveVideo's TAG Games, has an array of puzzle, arcade and children's games, and allows customers to play on their own or even against other iO TV customers in a house-to-house mode.
"We are always looking to differentiate and add value to our products, and the addition of free games for our iO TV customers serves both objectives," John Trierweiler, Cablevision's senior vice president of product management, said in a prepared statement.
"With popular games like Bejeweled 2 and Diner Dash available for free unlimited play, and the ability to play live against other gamers across the street or across the state in house-to-house mode, we know our customers will really enjoy this new enhancement," he said,
The game lineup is available on channel 610, and features popular brands and classic favorites, such as Bejeweled 2, Sudoku and Bob the Builder.
Cablevision customers, and there are more than 900,000 of them in New Jersey, can use their remote control to play these selections as well as traditional card, word, trivia, arcade, and kid-friendly games, including educational titles for the youngest members of the family. Currently there are 17 games available, and one new game will be added each month.
The games service, which will eventually carry advertising, also allows iO TV customers to play against each other — an option not available from satellite or phone company competitors.
It's key features include: real-time multiplayer network games; player profiles to store high scores and achievements; high scores visible across Cablevision's service area; and instantaneous load time.
With more than 2.9 million total iO TV customers in the Tri-State area, 96 percent of Cablevision's cable customers are iO TV digital cable customers, the highest digital penetration in the nation.
iO TV offers customers access to more than 400 channels that includes 53 premium movie channels, 46 channels of commercial-free digital music, thousands of on demand titles available at all times — including thousands of free selections, an interactive programming guide, and more than 100 free high-definition channels.
