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                                                                    Exhibit 99.1


CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION
                     906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Annual Report of ACTV, Inc. (the "Company") on Form
10-K/A for the period ending December 31, 2001 as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, David Reese, Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
         material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of
         the Company.



                                           By:
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                                           Name: David Reese
                                           Title: Chief Executive Officer



