DAVE.TV, a global IPTV digital entertainment platform and Social Broadcast Network (SBN), today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the Top 100 Private Company award winners. DAVE.TV was handpicked by the AlwaysOn editorial panel based on a set of five criteria -- technology innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation.

DAVE.TV and the AO100 will be honored as part of the AO2006: Stanford Summit, July 25-27, at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, California. It will bring together successful entrepreneurs, business and political thought leaders, and top venture capitalists to spot trends and spark new ideas and initiatives.

The AO100 was selected from over 1,000 companies, peer-nominated by leading venture capitalists, investment bankers and industry analysts. The AO100 consists of private companies at all stages of development, from early to late stage.

Publishing, posting and sharing the videos on the growing DAVE.TV Social Broadcast Network will create mass appeal through personal experience and entertainment. Consumers can create integrated video clips and highlights by combining their user-generated footage with that of broadcast content from other DAVE.TV members in the communities and hundreds of channels of ad-supported content from DAVE.TV's large library of videos on the IPTV network. Generated content reaches a cross platform of devices including, television via the DAVE.TV set-top box, Internet via the many MyChannels™ Players, the PC via the DAVE.TV Media Center (DMC) software, and more.

"The AO100 companies are driving the next wave of innovative technologies that are disrupting the old guard and shaping the new media landscape," said Tony Perkins, founder of AlwaysOn. "As ever, we were inundated with nominations from leading companies, and it's heartening to know that tomorrow's thought leaders and technology visionaries are already out there. My congratulations to each AO100 winner -- these are the companies which we predict will have the greatest market traction, strongest innovation and most game-changing approaches this year."

"We are honored to receive the AO100 award among several distinguished private companies from around the world," says Rex Wong, CEO of DAVE.TV. "DAVE.TV is unique in that it allows consumers to be the "Broadcaster" and "Producer" by creating and sharing play lists showcasing their media tastes and choices to friends, families and peers."

A full list of all the AO100 companies can be found on the AlwaysOn website at: http://stanfordsummit.goingon.com/permalink/post/866.