CloverLeaf Digital adds Consolidated Communications to Interactive Television
Network
BROOKLYN, N.Y., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- CloverLeaf Digital LLC, a leading
provider of interactive television applications and services, today announced
that Consolidated Communications, a family of companies offering voice and
data communications services to both business and residential customers, has
deployed CloverLeaf's localized interactive TV walled garden network to its
subscribers. CloverLeaf's localized walled garden network allows Consolidated
to offer on demand local news and information, to more than 50,000 local
service subscribers in 20 central Illinois cities.
With over 250,000 access lines, Consolidated Communications is the 15th
largest local telephone company in the United States. Since 1894, the company
has been using the latest technologies to provide the best possible service to
its customers. By deploying CloverLeaf's network, Consolidated is able to
provide news, sports local weather, local cinema guides, and other local
information including school lunch menus and community events calendars --
allowing subscribers to access localized content on their TVs -- whenever they
want it, and just by using their remote control.
"We knew we wanted to deploy a localized walled garden service from when
we first launched video," said Consolidated Communications Video Product
Manager Matt Hallam. "CloverLeaf's service gives us exactly what we need to
provide our customers with the localized news and information that they want,
and provides us with a service that will differentiate our video service from
the incumbent providers."
"Consolidated's innovative culture and focus on their local customers is a
perfect fit for our localized interactive network," said Lawrence Brickman,
Managing Partner of CloverLeaf. "As our first IPTV customer, Consolidated is a
great introduction for us into the world of telephone companies."
CloverLeaf's localized interactive TV walled garden service provides
national, international, business, and entertainment news from Associated
Press, local weather, local cinema guides, horoscopes, and local information
such as school lunch menus and community events calendars to digital video
subscribers.
About Consolidated Communications
Consolidated Communications, Inc. is a family of companies offering voice
and data communications services to both business and residential customers,
including local and long distance, Internet, business systems, retail and
wholesale operator services, public services and fully integrated
telemarketing and fulfillment services. For more information, visit
Consolidated Communications at http://www.consolidated.com.
About CloverLeaf Digital LLC
CloverLeaf Digital is the leading independent provider of interactive TV
walled garden portal services in the United States. Distributed in 70 cities,
CloverLeaf's interactive network provides telephone companies, cable
operators, and other distributors of digital video with the ability to offer
on demand localized news and information to their subscribers. Characterized
by industry-leading user interface design, CloverLeaf's turnkey offering is
optimized for the underlying TV platform, customized to meet the operator's
requirements, and localized for the communities in which it is distributed.
For more information, visit CloverLeaf Digital at
http://www.cloverleafdigital.com.
Media Contact:
Lawrence Brickman
718/438-6448
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