Cloud

LG Electronics generated a fair amount of news at CES. Here is a round-up of interactive TV-related announcements and news from and about the company:

Rovi generated a fair amount of news over the past couple of weeks at CES and beyond. Here is a round-up of recent major announcements from the company:

Because the [itvt] editorial team was recently on the road for several weeks--and has also been working on TVOT NYC Intensive 2011--we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format. We anticipate that it will take us a few more 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.

Because the [itvt] editorial team is on the road this week, we are covering stories in this edition of the newsletter in round-up format:

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:

NDS on Wednesday unveiled two new offerings: its Service Delivery Platform (SDP), an application development portal that it says "marries" digital TV platforms with OTT content; and the Infinite TV Exchange, a B2B content marketplace that is designed to connect service providers with content owners, in order to enable the creation of special-interest programming channels.

Here is a round-up of some other interactive TV-related stories we didn't have room for in this issue:

[itvt] has just published the latest edition of Rick Howe's regular column, "The iTV Doctor Is In!" This edition sees the iTV Doctor asking a group of industry experts--Joe Costello, chairman and CEO of Orb Networks; Ellen Dudar, chief product officer at FourthWall Media; Ed Graczyk, chief marketing officer at Ceton Corporation; Todd Weaver, CEO of ivi TV; and Gary Arlen, president of Arlen Communications--what the world will be like when all the content we use--television, mobile, handheld, tablet, electronic magazines, etc.--comes from the cloud.

Miniweb, a London-based company that offers cloud-based video distribution for connected TV's, contacted [itvt] Wednesday to let us know that it will be showcasing its flagship woomi "connected-TV marketplace" at the NATPE show in Miami next week (January 25th-27th). The company says that it will demo how woomi helps online and video content publishers extend their reach, maximize their audience and generate new revenues from advertising and commerce.

[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

Due to the large volume of news coming out of the Consumer Electronics Show, which kicked off Wednesday in Las Vegas, we are covering stories in this issue in summary/round-up form. We anticipate that it will take us several days to catch up with all the news generated by 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. Our regular news coverage will return shortly.

Interactive TV software developer, Zodiac Interactive, will announce today (Tuesday) that its PowerUp platform has been deployed in digital set-top boxes across its existing customer Cablevision's entire tri-state service area (note: for some background on the Zodiac-Cablevision relationship, see the article published on itvt.com, November 5th).

Due to the huge volume of interactive TV-related news generated over the past few days by the IBC, we are covering stories in this issue in round-up format. 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. Our regular news coverage will return shortly.

Due to the huge volume of interactive TV-related news generated over the past few days by the IBC, we are covering stories in this issue in round-up format. 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. Our regular news coverage will return shortly.

Due to the large volume of interactive TV-related news generated over the past few days by the IFA and the run-up to the IBC, we are covering stories in this issue in round-up format. 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. Our regular news coverage will return shortly.