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Interview: Delivery Agent CEO, Mike Fitzsimmons, on the Company's $5 Million Investment from Samsung
Interactive TV Commerce Expert, Will Keller, Named EVP of International Business at HSE24
--Will Lead the German Home-Shopping Company's International Expansion
Will Keller--who will be familiar to many of our readers from his [itvt] blog and from the highly praised debate session that he organized at TVOT San Francisco last spring--has been appointed to the newly created post of EVP of international business at Munich-based TV home-shopping company, Home Shopping Europe (HSE24).
[itvt] Presents...TVOT NYC Intensive 2012
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East Coast "TV of Tomorrow Show" Event Will Feature Three Tracks, over 100 Expert Speakers and Panelists, Hands-On Workshops, the Return of [itvt]'s Popular Holiday Party, and Much More
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Interview: Visiware's PlayAlong Second-Screen Interactive TV Platform
Visiware, a company best known for its interactive TV games, recently announced that its PlayAlong second-screen platform has added interactivity to over 700 broadcasts across 10 countries (see the article published on itvt.com, May 20th). [itvt] recently emailed some questions about PlayAlong to Visiware, and the company's responses are below (note: our regular daily news coverage will return shortly):
Interactive TV News Round-Up (V): icueTV, DropWallet, Real Simple, KIT digital, NBC Sports
--icueTV's DropWallet in mCommerce Deal with Real Simple
--KIT digital Launches Social TV-Enabled Programming Guide
--NBCOlympics to Offer Comprehensive Streaming Olympics Coverage, but on "TV Everywhere" Basis
Because the [itvt] editorial team has been working on The TV of Tomorrow Show 2012, we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format. Due to the volume of news generated by the NAB Show last week, we anticipate that it will take us a few more days to catch up: 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 (IV): NDS, Pace, RVU Alliance, PayWizard, Samsung
--NDS Expands its Presence in China
--Pace Set-Top Receives RVU Alliance Certification
--PayWizard Launches Payment App for Samsung Connected TV's
Because the [itvt] editorial team has 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 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.
Brightcove Powers vCommerce-Enabled Broadband Video Service for Online Retailer, Net-a-Porter.com
--Service Features Custom Full-Screen Interface for Google TV Devices

New iTV Doctor Column Features Interview on New FourthWall/CSG EBIF App, Bill Pay on TV
--Also Features Video Demos from the Finalists of CTAM's "iTV Idol" Competition
[itvt] has just published the latest edition of Rick Howe's regular column, "The iTV Doctor Is In!"
New Interview on FourthWall Media's New PayPal-Powered Interactive TV Commerce Solution
[itvt] has just published an INTERVIEW with Ellen Dudar, chief product officer of FourthWall Media, in which she discusses the company's new PayPal-powered tcommerce solution. According to the company, the solution--dubbed the TV Buy Button--will enable cable operators to deploy applications on their EBIF platforms that allow viewers to access their PayPal digital wallets for tcommerce payment.
News Round-Up (II): Canoe Ventures, Disney/ABC, Nielsen, FourthWall Media, Blue Ridge
--Canoe CTO: US Cable Industry to Focus on Interactive TV Commerce
--New Disney/ABC-Nielsen iPad App Uses Audio Watermarks to Enable Broadcast-Synchronized ITV
--FourthWall's "My Football Tracker" EBIF App Launched by Blue Ridge Communications
Due to the large volume of interactive TV-related news generated over the past few days, we are covering stories in this issue in round-up format. Our regular news coverage will return shortly.
New iTV Doctor Column Focuses on ICE's Interactive TV Commerce Solution
[itvt] has just published the latest edition of Rick Howe's regular column, "The iTV Doctor Is In!" THIS EDITION focuses on ICE Innovative Technologies, a company which has developed a solution that uses music-recognition technology to enable interactive TV commerce on DVR-recorded and VOD programming.
[itvt] Presents...TVOT NYC Intensive: The Rise of the ITV Economy--Commercials, Content, Commerce and Clicks
Unique Event Will Enable Advertisers, Agencies, Broadcasters and Other Stakeholders to Engage in Productive Dialog with Canoe Ventures, the Company Charged with Implementing Cable's Vision for a National Interactive TV Platform
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