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New iTV Doctor Column Features NBCU's Michael Aaronson on Making Winter Olympics Interactive

--Plus Villalpando on STB vs. Cloud, Grant Hay on the Problem with TV, Vinson on the FCC

[itvt] has just published the latest edition of Rick Howe's regular column, "The iTV Doctor Is In!" This week, NBC Universal's VP of digital distribution, Michael Aaronson, provides a detailed overview of how the broadcaster brought interactive TV coverage of the Winter Olympics to AT&T U-verse TV, Cablevision, Comcast, DirecTV, DISH Network, Oceanic Time Warner Cable, and Verizon FiOS TV.

In addition:

March 19, 2010 - 12:37am
ALERT: Deadline for Entries for the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards for Interactive Media is April 30th

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Interactive Media Peer Group (IMPG) has announced that the deadline for submitting entries for the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media is April 30th.

Entries can be submitted online at http://www.emmys.tv, and additional entry and eligibility information is available at http://www.emmys.tv/interactive.

March 15, 2010 - 11:35pm
New iTV Doctor Column Profiles Time Warner Cable's Joan Gillman

--[itvt]'s Daily News Coverage to Resume Later This Week

[itvt] has just published the first in a new series of columns from "The iTV Doctor Is In" columnist, Rick Howe. Entitled "The iTV Doctor: Profiles" and sponsored by HSN, the columns will profile various prominent figures in the interactive TV industry, starting with Joan Gillman, president of media sales at Time Warner Cable.

March 15, 2010 - 1:01am
New iTV Doctor Column Asks Whether Interactive TV Games Can Compete with Regular Programming

[itvt] has just published the latest edition of Rick Howe's regular column, "The iTV Doctor Is In!" This week, Sangita Verma, founder and CEO of TAG Networks, explains how that company's interactive TV games channel on Oceanic Time Warner Cable is beating major linear programming networks in terms of average daily viewing minutes. (Note: [itvt] would like to thank Rick for moderating the highly praised panel, "The iTV Doctor Is In!: The Operating Room," at the TV of Tomorrow Show last week.)

March 8, 2010 - 10:50pm

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News Round-Up: Video-on-Demand

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