ActiveVideo, the joint Arris and Charter Communications cloud venture, has again teamed up with New York-based multiscreen software supplier Zodiac Interactive, as the pair continue to find ways of extending the shelf life of legacy hardware by bridging the gap between the set top and the cloud. The two firms have been developing a joint system for over four years now, and this week’s press release finally opens up some of the inner workings – combining ActiveVideo’s CloudTV virtualization capabilities with Zodiac’s PowerUp Stack software and PowerUp AMS (Advanced Messaging Solution) platform. The joint ActiveVideo-Zodiac system, which is a nameless product at the moment, claims “rapid time-to-market” – a statement ActiveVideo declined to elaborate on – giving operators a platform…