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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
for the period ending December 31, 2002 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.


Date: March 28, 2003                 By: /s/ David Reese
                                          Name: David Reese
                                          Title: Chief Executive Officer





