I dont know, I would like to have a an HTML page back as an option. Active Desktop was removed after Windows XP. I ran a simple web server which monitored my backup jobs for servers I administered, listed all services and hosts, some loading time statistics, and had links to view drill-down statistics. I also had some utilization graphs. Lastly, I had a security camera that took a picture every minute overlooking the view to the ocean (in San Diego where I was) that refreshed the image on a corner of my "dashboard" wallpaper. It was so nice. Whenever I wanted to check on anything, I simply minimized my windows and looked at all the green signals, and if anything was yellow, or red, it was what I paid attention to. Otherwise, I could see out the building's roof, at the beautiful ocean and skyline.
I wish they would bring a modern Active Desktop back. If they want a video, you could just run an RTSP stream or an embedded video in a web page. I miss that.