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Interactive TV Headlines Round-Up (I): BAMM.tv, BBC, Bemis Balkind, Blinkbox, Samsung, blinkx, Channel 4, Channel 5, Channel Master TV, Cisco, Conax

Submitted by tracyswedlow on September 18, 2011 - 5:51pm
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In order to catch up with the huge volume of interactive TV-related news generated over the past two weeks at IBC, IFA, CEDIA, IDF and beyond, we have prepared a series of headline round-ups with hyperlinks to press releases and other news sources.

Interactive TV News Roundup

Submitted by Steve Donohue on May 27, 2011 - 1:49pm
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-- AOL Teams with i.TV for Relaunch of AOL TV

-- Bravo Pushes Multiplatform 'Platinum Hit'

-- Blinkx Builds Video Search App for Roku

-- Tvinci Powers Dutch Online Video Portal

-- ANT Building Set-Tops with Harvard International

 

blinkx Brings its Online Video Index to Miniweb's woomi Connected-TV Platform

Submitted by tracyswedlow on February 16, 2011 - 12:14am
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Video Search Engine Company, blinkx, Eyes Connected-TV Space with New TV API

Submitted by tracyswedlow on February 4, 2011 - 12:48am
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--Company's Connected-TV Partners Include Amino, Miniweb
 

Video search engine company, blinkx, on Wednesday announced the launch of a TV API, which it says is designed to provide partners in the "fast-growing connected-TV ecosystem"--including CE and set-top box manufacturers, game console vendors and app developers--access to its index of approximately 35 million hours of online video.

Interactive TV News Round-Up (I): BBC, blinkx, TV Guide Network, Channel 4, CineMexicano, Rentrak

Submitted by tracyswedlow on January 18, 2011 - 10:20pm
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--BBC iPlayer Sets New Records in December
--blinkx in Exclusive Online Video Deal with TV Guide Network
--Channel 4 Establishes Annual Fund to Invest in Apps and Concepts for Next-Generation Connected TV
--CineMexicano to Use Rentrak's OnDemand Essentials Service

Here is the first of two round-ups of interactive TV-related news stories that we didn't have room for in this issue.

News Round-Up

Submitted by tracyswedlow on August 24, 2010 - 10:29pm
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--Report: Apple in Talks with Networks to Launch $0.99 Rental Service, Will Unveil iTV September 7th
--blinkx in Online Video Partnership with AccuWeather.com
--DISH Network Officially Announces DishOnline TV Everywhere Service
--FoxSoccer.tv to Offer More Games, Multiple New Enhancements
--Tremor Media to Support HTML5

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Here are some other interactive TV-related stories we didn't have room for in this issue:

News Round-Up

Submitted by tracyswedlow on January 20, 2010 - 12:17am
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--ABC Licensing Deal with CafePress Will Enable Fans to Design Merchandise Based on its Shows
--blinkx Trumpets Ranking by Nielsen as a "Top Online Video Site"
--Freeview Australia to Feature Ads that Appear When Viewers Fast-Forward
--Reports: YouTube to Offer Live Streaming Coverage of Indian Premier League Cricket

Because the [itvt] editorial team is busy working on The TV of Tomorrow Show (March 3rd-4th in San Francisco) and on our new EBIF Intensive event (March 5th in San Francisco), we are covering a number of stories in this issue in summary form:

Miniweb Integrates blinkx's Video Search, Recommendation and Personalization Technology

Submitted by tracyswedlow on May 11, 2009 - 10:25pm
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--Says Integration Will Make Vast Amounts of Internet Video Content Easily Accessible on TV
--Claims it Will Also Enable "Web-Like Business Models to Emerge on TV"

London, UK-based interactive TV company, Miniweb (note: last September, the company--which is best known for offering an interactive TV alternative to the red button on the Sky satellite-TV platform--announced that it had raised $32 million in venture funding--see [itvt] Issue 8.06 Part 1), and San Francisco, Calif.-based video search company, blinkx, announced Monday that they have signed a technology integration agreement which they are billing as having the potential to, among other things, make vast amounts of Internet video content easily accessible

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The 2nd Annual TVOT NYC Intensive

The second annual TVOT NYC Intensive took place on Monday, December 5th at 730 Third Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. We would like to thank everybody who participated and attended for making the event a success! 

Read more about the highlights - video and photos to be posted soon.

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