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Interactive TV News Round-Up (I): Apple, Clearleap, eyeIO, Netflix

--Piper Jaffrey's Munster: Apple to Launch Connected-TV Set in Late 2012
--Clearleap Hires Ex-Cisco GM of IPTV Middleware as VP of Product Marketing
--eyeIO Unveils "Ultra-Low-Bandwidth" Encoding Technology, Deployed by Netflix

Due to the large volume of news generated by the recent 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and other factors, we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format. We anticipate that it will take us several more days to process all the news from the show: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't yet see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.

Interactive TV News Roundup

-- CableLabs Offers Free License for Advanced Advertising Toolset

-- blurbIQ cross-platform ads turn videos into interactive games

-- NDS Hits Milestone of 20 Million Digital Homes in India

-- Clearleap Teams with IBBS on OTT Video Solutions

-- PBS Deal Expands Amazon Instant Video Library to 12,000 Hours

-- Comcast, Disney Invest in New Social Media Network Chime

Interactive TV News Round-Up (II): Cablevision, Civolution, Clearleap, LG Electronics

--Cablevision Launches Live Streaming App for iPhone, iPod touch
--Civolution Announces its IBC2011 Exhibit Plans
--Clearleap, LG Partner to Enable Operators to Deliver Programming OTT to LG Connected TV's

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been on the road the past few weeks, we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format. We anticipate that it will take us several days to catch up with all the recent news: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't yet see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.

Interactive TV News Round-Up (II): Bravo, Clearleap, CIMM

--Bravo Teams with Cars.com on Webisode Spin-Off for "Work of Art"
--Clearleap Announces Cable Show Exhibit Plans
--CIMM Completes Consumer Survey Phase of its "USA TouchPoints" Cross-Media Research Study

Due to the large volume of news being generated this week by the Cable Show, we are covering today's stories in abbreviated round-up/summary form:

Interactive TV News Round-Up (I): ActiveVideo, BBC iPlayer, BigBand, Clearleap, CableLabs

--ActiveVideo Demo's Delivery of HTML5 Interactive TV Apps by its CloudTV Platform
--BBC iPlayer's Global Roll-Out to Begin in Western Europe
--BigBand, Clearleap Team on IP Video Delivery Solution
--CableLabs Updates Technical Report on Converged Cable Access Platform

Due to the large volume of news being generated this week by the Cable Show, we are covering today's stories in abbreviated round-up/summary form:

Clearleap Shops iPad Solution to Pay TV Providers

-- itaas Builds App Based on Clearleap Platform

Clearleap is looking to boost revenue from pay TV providers that want to develop iPad applications, taking the wraps off of a cloud-based solution that can enable the delivery of IP video to tablets and other connected devices. 

Interactive TV News Round-Up (II): Boxee, Brightcove, Astral Radio, Clearleap

--Boxee Raises Another $16.5 Million
--Brightcove Powers Online Video for Canada's Astral Radio
--Clearleap Teams with Set-Top Maker, Pace, on IP-Based VOD Solution for Cable Operators

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been busy this week working on the TV of Tomorrow Show 2011, we are covering recent news in round-up/summary form. We anticipate that it will take us a few days to catch up with all the news we plan to cover: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't yet see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.

"Pay TV Embraces IP and the Cloud" at TVOT NYC Intensive

[itvt] is pleased to present an AUDIO RECORDING of "Pay TV Embraces IP and the Cloud," a session at TVOT NYC Intensive (November 18th, 2010).

The panelists for the session were:
* Braxton Jarratt, CEO of Clearleap
* Craig Leddy, principal of Interactive TV Works (moderator)
* Tara Maitra, VP and general manager of content services and advertising sales at TiVo

Interactive TV News Round-Up (III): Capablue, Chad, Matt & Rob, Charter (Ascent), Cisco, Clearleap, CloverLeaf Digital, ConciseClick, Clikthrough, CNBC, Comcast

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[itvt]'s daily news coverage went on hiatus October 18th in order to allow our editorial staff to work full time on TVOT NYC Intensive. This issue contains a round-up of some of the major interactive TV-related news stories that have broken since then. Due to the volume of news we are covering in this issue, our summaries of each item are somewhat more abbreviated than usual (note: extensive background information on most of the companies and technologies covered in this issue can be found by using itvt.com's search functionality). We apologize for any inconvenience to our readers.

Clearleap, RCDb Partner on Solution that Transforms Blu-ray Players into VOD-Enabled Cable Boxes

--Solution Billed as Providing Cable with a "Counter Offer" to Direct-to-Consumer OTT Services

Clearleap, a company which offers a cloud-based content management, delivery and advertising platform for bringing Internet-sourced video content to television sets, and Related Content Database (RCDb), a company which offers a software platform that it bills as enabling customers to rapidly integrate and deploy a range of Web services to managed-network set-top boxes, connected TV's and Blu-ray discs and players, said Tuesday that they have developed a joint solution that will allow pay-TV operators to deliver their full VOD libraries to any subscriber equipped with an Internet-connected Blu-ray player. The companies unveiled the solution at the CableLabs Summer Conference, which is taking place this week in Keystone, CO.

News Round-Up (IV): Cadreon, Visible World, Clearleap, Verizon FiOS TV, Clicker

--Cadreon, Visible World Partner on Targeted Advertising Initiative
--Clearleap's Cloud-Based Platform Deployed by Verizon FiOS TV
--Clicker Launches Clicker Social and Clicker Mobile

The [itvt] editorial team is currently on the road, so we are covering most stories in round-up/summary form, and we anticipate that there will be some additional interruptions of our regular news publishing schedule beyond that. It will likely take a short while for us to catch up with all the recent news: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't yet see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience to our readers.

News Round-Up (III): BrightLine, Chad, Matt & Rob, Clearleap-Roku, Clikthrough, Comcast-NDS

--BrightLine iTV Study Shows Hispanic Viewers More Likely to Engage with Interactive TV Advertising
--Chad, Matt & Rob Release Trailer for their First FremantleMedia-Backed "Interactive Adventure"
--Clearleap, Roku Partner to Enable Operators, Premium Programmers to Offer VOD on Roku OTT STB's
--Clikthrough Creates "Interactive Stylepad" for Armani Exchange
--Comcast Taps NDS as Prime Integrator for tru2way, Says It Is "Committed" to CableLabs' tru2way RI

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Because the [itvt] editorial team has been on the road the past few weeks, we are covering recent news stories in summary/round-up form. We anticipate that it will take a couple of days for us to catch up with all the recent news: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't yet see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us. We apologize for any inconvenience to our readers.

Mediacom Deploys Clearleap's Web-Based TV Technology Platform

--Will Use Technology for Advertising Insertion and for Programming Linear and VOD Channels

Clearleap, a company that offers a technology platform for bringing Internet-sourced video content to television sets, said last week that it has deployed its Web-based content and advertising management technologies with Mediacom Communications, the seventh-largest cable operator in the US.

Clearleap, FourthWall Demo Local Mini-Guide, Based on Unbound, Video-Centric EBIF Application

--Strategy & Technology Integrates TSMonitor with FourthWall's EBIF User Agent

FourthWall Media, the interactive TV technology company formerly known as BIAP, and Clearleap, a company that offers a technology platform for bringing Internet-sourced video content to television sets, contacted [itvt] Tuesday to let us know that they have developed a video-centric EBIF application that is designed to serve as a "mini-guide" for local news, sports and information. The companies are currently demo'ing a local sports version of the new app--which they say illustrates "how the television industry can leverage video in EBIF form"--in the CableNET Pavilion at the NCTA Cable Show in Los Angeles.

News Round-Up (III)

--Clearleap, Arris Integrate Technologies to Offer Content Management Solution for VOD and Ad Services
--Clicker Media Launches Clicker Live
--Clikthrough Powers Interactive Video Commerce Service for Elle Magazine
--Comcast Media Center Launches Managed Solution for Delivering ETV Apps Less Expensively
--Concurrent Launches MediaHawk VX Multiscreen Video Delivery Software

The [itvt] editorial team is on the road this week, so we are covering most stories in round-up/summary form, and we anticipate that there will be some additional interruptions of our regular news publishing schedule beyond that. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience to our readers.

TVOT NYC Intensive

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.

To find out about future event sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, contact us at swedlow@itvt.com or 415-824-5806