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Interactive TV News Round-Up (VIII): TOLN, UMG, TVplus, Disney, Universal, Comcast
--TOLN Partners with Universal Music Group to Bring Music Purchases to Online Soap Operas
--ACR Company, TVplus, Powers Second Screen Experience for Disney's "The Lion King"
--Universal Abandons Plan to Release "Tower Heist" Three Weeks after Theatrical Release
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.
Interactive TV News Round-Up (III): Coincident, Comcast, Breastcancer.org, DTG, HbbTV
--Coincident's "Music Explorer" App Wins First Place in Two Categories at Video Hack Day SF
--Comcast Launches Multiplatform TV Campaign to Support Breastcancer.org's Pink Ribbon Campaign
--Digital Television Group Approves HbbTV-Based Connected-TV Spec for UK
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 a couple of 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 (VII): Stingray Digital, Baeblemusic, SysMedia, Teleste, Tvinci
--VOD Programmer, Stingray Digital, in Programming Deal with Baeblemusic
--SysMedia to Launch "SysMedia Connect" Content-Management Solution for Connected TV
--Teleste to Demo Hybrid-TV Solutions at IBC 2011
--Tvinci to Showcase Integration of its "Pay-OTT" Technology at IBC 2011
Due to the large volume of news generated by the IFA and IBC trade shows--and 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.
Interactive TV News Round-Up (III): Netflix, Telemundo, OK Go, Google, Ooyala, Adobe, ODG
--Netflix in Licensing Deal with Telemundo, as it Prepares for Latin American Launch
--OK Go, Pilobolus, Trish Sie Team with Google to Create HTML5-Powered Interactive Music Video
--Ooyala Integrates its Online Video Platform with Adobe's Flash Access Software
--SeaChange's On Demand Group in VOD Deal with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Because the [itvt] editorial team is catching up with a backlog of news--and has also been working on TVOT NYC Intensive 2011--we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format.
Interactive TV News Round-Up (V): Google+, YouTube, Microsoft, MTV
--Google Enables Social Viewing on YouTube via Google+ Hangouts Button
--New Microsoft Video Illustrates Company's Vision for the Future of Media in the Living Room
--MTV Launches WatchWith Companion App to Provide Supplemental Content, Social-TV Experiences
Because the [itvt] editorial team has been on the road the past few weeks--as well as 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.
Interactive TV News Round-Up (III): Fox, ABC, Google, Motorola Mobility, Music Choice
--Fox Implements "TV Everywhere" Model for its Online Programming, ABC Set to Follow
--Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion
--Music Choice Says its Interactive Music Video Network, SWRV, Has Generated 20 Million Interactions
Because the [itvt] editorial team has been on the road the past few weeks--as well as working on our second annual TVOT NYC Intensive event--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.
Interactive TV News Round-Up (II): Comcast, NBCU, Canoe, BlackArrow, Grooveshark, Boxee, HBO
--Comcast, NBCU, Canoe in Major Dynamic VOD Ad-Insertion Push
--Grooveshark Launches Streaming Music App on Boxee
--HBO Launches Max Go "TV Everywhere" App
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 (VI): MTV, Comic-Con, Mutemath, NBC, Facebook
--MTV to Offer Live, Interactive, Broadband Video Coverage of Comic-Con
--Mutemath Lets Fans Create their own Video and Audio Mix of its New Album's Title Track
--NBC Partnering with Facebook to Offer Interactive Coverage of Republican Presidential Debate
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:
Interactive TV News Round-Up (X): Verizon FiOS, Pandora, Vision IPTV, Roku, Visiware
--Verizon FiOS TV Launches Pandora Widget
--Vision IPTV Lets Broadcasters Deliver Video to Roku's OTT Platform
--Visiware Reveals its Exhibit Plans for IBC 2011
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:
New Interview with Robert Allmand, Creator of the Multiplatform, Interactive Story, "Howard Glitch"
[itvt] has just published a video interview with Robert Allmand, a UK-based freelance graphic designer who is creating a multiplatform, multifaceted interactive story entitled "Howard Glitch."
The first implementation of the story is a YouTube Annotations-based interactive game accompanied by music that Allmand composed himself. Other completed elements include a novel; while planned elements include a documentary, an Annotations-based co-operative multiplayer game and a conceptual music album, as well as a "multimedia jigsaw puzzle" for which Allmand has successfully raised funding on Kickstarter.
Interactive TV News Round-Up (IV): Interactive Media Emmys, Invidi, Music Choice
--Interactive Media Emmy Nominees Announced
--Invidi Developing Automatic Content Recognition (ACR)-Based Interactive TV System
--Music Choice Offers Viewers of its VOD Show, "The Cut," a Free Song via QR Code
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:
Interactive TV News Round-Up (III): ITV, Moonbot Studios, NDS, BSkyB
--UK Broadcaster, ITV, to Launch Interactive Online Spin-Off of Soap Opera, "Coronation Street"
--Moonbot Studios Develops iPhone/iPad-Based Interactive Music Video for The Polyphonic Spree
--NDS Software Powering Sky's Sky+HD Set-Top and Sky Anytime+ VOD Service
--NDS-Designed Remote Control Wins Red Dot Product Design Award
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:
Interactive TV News Round-Up (IV): Music Choice, Verizon FiOS, NBC, Netgem, Virgin Mobile France
--Music Choice's Interactive Music Video Network, SWRV, Launches on Verizon FiOS TV
--NBC Launches NBC.com App for iPad
--Netgem Tapped to Power Virgin Mobile France's Virgin Mobile Box TV Offering
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:
Interactive TV News Round-Up (IV): Microsoft, Music Choice, Pace, Minerva
--Microsoft Says 40+ Operators Now Using Mediaroom, Stresses Importance of Xbox to its TV Strategy
--New Nicki Minaj Video Breaks Music Choice VOD Record
--Pace to Integrate Minerva IPTV Middleware into HD Set-Tops
Due to the large volume of news generated over the past few days, we are covering today's stories in abbreviated round-up/summary form:
Interactive TV News Roundup
-- Canoe Automates ITV Ad Sales
-- NDS, TRA Tout Ad Accountability
-- Interactive Reality Show Hits Italy
-- Samsung Builds “Smart Living Room” Site
-- Amanita Debuts Interactive Music Video
- Canoe Ventures and its MSO partners are beginning to automate their ad-sales operations for interactive ads, using software from Invision Inc. The firm said Canoe is using its DealMaker Ad Sales System, which does everything from creating ad-sales proposals to allocating spots to brands according to client specifications. More
