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Peel Eyes Retail Opportunities with $16.7 Million in Financing

-- Lightspeed Ventures Partners Leads Series B Funding

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Peel said it is looking at retail opportunities for its wireless device and mobile app, after raising $16.7 million in its second round of funding. 

Lightspeed Venture Partners led the investment in Peel, which makes a free app and a $99 wireless device which allows viewers to control their TVs, cable set-tops and other devices by swiping an Apple iPhone or iPod Touch. 

LocateTV iPhone/iPod touch App Launched

--Smartphone Round-Up: Kyte, National Film Board of Canada, Universal Studios

Interactive TV and conditional access technology provider, NDS, contacted [itvt] Wednesday to let us know that it has launched an iPhone/iPod touch app for LocateTV, an online programming guide which it operates and which allows users to search for programming on TV, the Web and DVD (note: according to Quantcast figures cited by the company, the site, which launched in October, 2007, reaches over a million people each month in the US and the UK).

Showtime Teams with Transpera on Free, Ad-Supported iPhone/iPod touch Application

Premium programmer, Showtime Networks, launched a free iPhone/iPod touch application, Tuesday, in the Apple App Store. The app, which is powered by mobile video delivery and advertising network provider Transpera, allows users to sample a selection of full episodes and video clips from various Showtime original series, and also allows targeted, dynamic mobile advertising, the company says.

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