--Multiple Oscar Winners and Nominees to Be Featured on Cable VOD during Academy Awards Run-Up
--Samsung in European Connected-TV Deal with Fashion TV
--Shazam Brings ACR-Powered Interactivity to Shows on Syfy, E!, USA Network
Due to the large volume of news generated by the recent 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format. We anticipate that it will take us several more days to process all the news from 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.
--Oscars Second-Screen App for iOS Returns with New Features
--PGA Tour Launches iPad App Featuring Live-Streaming and On-Demand Video
Due to the large volume of news generated by the recent 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format. We anticipate that it will take us several more days to process all the news from 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.
--Cheng and Schwartz Discuss the Interactive Media Emmy-Winning ABC.com Oscar Digital Experience
[itvt] has just published a transcript of a RECENT INTERVIEW with Albert Cheng, EVP of digital media at Disney/ABC Television Group, and Lori Schwartz, co-governor of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Interactive Media Peer Group. The interview focuses on the ABC.com Oscar Digital Experience, which earlier this month won the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media.
[itvt] is pleased to present the LATEST EDITION of StoryCentric, our new video column from Brian Seth Hurst, CEO of The Opportunity Management Company and former second vice chair of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. StoryCentric focuses on the business, technology and art of interactive storytelling, and highlights new technologies and other industry developments that have the potential to fundamentally change the way we create and interact with stories and narratives--in television and beyond.
 [itvt] is pleased to introduce our newest blogger/columnist: WES WILLIAMS, who also happens to be director of online production at Scripps Networks.
AdaptiveBlue, the company behind the social-TV check-in service, GetGlue (note: the company recently announced that it had raised $6 million in a third round of funding that was led by Time Warner), recently teamed with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and with Mercedes Benz USA on a promotion for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.
--Clvr TV Launches Interactive Video Player
--Ergen: DISH in Talks with Cable Programmers about Streaming Channels OTT
--Motorola Challenges TiVo DVR Patents
--30% of Netflix's Instant Streaming Content Now Offers Subtitles
--NetPlay TV COO, Guy Templer, to Step Down
--TV Guide Offers "Second-Screen Red Carpet Fashion Cam" for Oscars
--YouTube Disputes Report that it Is Planning to Launch Subscription-Based Streaming Service in the UK
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 AN INTERVIEW with Tim O'Brien, VP of accounts at Monster Media, on the interactive Oscar sidewalk display (see the article published on itvt.com, February 2nd) that Monster Media recently developed for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
--Display Intended to Envelop Passers-By in "Virtual Red Carpet Experience"
 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has launched an Oscar-themed interactive sidewalk display--which was developed and installed by Monster Media--at 1333 Broadway in New York City (i.e. in midtown Manhattan).
--Interactive TV-Focused Media Agency Claims to Have Grown Staff by 30% over Past Year
 Strategic media agency, Media Storm (note: last fall, the company, which claims to have produced interactive TV applications for over 350 campaigns, announced the formation of a new division, called BOLT, focused solely on developing and implementing advertising campaigns that use interactive TV, addressable advertising and VOD platforms--see the article published on itvt.com, October 8th; the company was also recently selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as its media buying agency of record--
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 Strategic media agency, Media Storm (note: earlier this month, the company announced the formation of a new division, called BOLT, that will be focused solely on developing and implementing advertising campaigns that use interactive TV, addressable advertising and VOD platforms--see the article published on itvt.com, October 8th), said Wednesday that it has been selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as its media buying agency of record, and that it is now starting work on the promotion of the telecast of the 82nd Ac
VOD distribution services provider, TVN Entertainment, announced Wednesday that it is releasing eight 2009 Academy Award-winning or nominated films on VOD, starting April 21st through the beginning of June.
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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
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