--CNN Digital Previews "TV Everywhere" Offering, Other New Services at SXSW
--Dreampark Powers IPTV for Egypt's EAMS
--Fandor Launches Social Media-Enabled Online Video Service Devoted to Indie Films
--Fraunhofer: Using Object Databases to Deliver IPTV Results in Eightfold Performance Improvement
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. Once again, 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 see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.
[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.
--Solution Billed as Letting Operators Deploy Advanced UI, without Swapping out Existing Infrastructure --Dreampark Reveals Exhibit Plans for IBC
Swedish middleware (cable, terrestrial, IPTV) provider, Dreampark, said Wednesday that it has supplied a frontend middleware solution to Finnish pay-TV operator, Maxisat. According to the company, Maxisat is the first Finnish operator to offer TV and OTT services using a scalable vector graphics (SVG) client, allowing for high-definition user interfaces. The frontend solution delivered by Dreampark is based on the company's Dreamgallery Next Generation platform which is based on SVG and which it says allows operators to deploy a "cutting-edge" user interface without a complicated and costly change-out of their entire TV infrastructure.
--Dreampark Announces its Booth Plans for IBC 2010 --Epix Hires Ex-Showtime Exec, Signs First-Look Deal with Albie Hecht's Worldwide Biggies --Pan-European Interactive TV Project, FASCINATE, Receives EUR 9.35 Million of EU Funding --Gotuit Powering Broadband Video Portal for Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance"
The [itvt] editorial team is on the road this week and next, 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.
Since February 3rd, [itvt] Daily News has been on hiatus, while the [itvt] editorial team produced the TV of Tomorrow Show 2010--and then took a few days off to recover. This is the third of eight round-up articles, in which we are covering some of the more significant developments in the multiplatform/interactive TV space that took place during our hiatus:
--Oregan Says Onyx Browser Now Delivers "Uninterrupted Video Streaming" for Over-the-Top TV --Dreampark Announces Support for OTT TV Services
Canadian digital TV software provider, Espial, last week announced the latest release of its Evo TV Service Platform IPTV middleware. According to the company, the new release offers:
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!
