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Rovi CES News Round-Up

Submitted by tracyswedlow on January 16, 2012 - 11:52pm
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--Launches Second Generation of its TotalGuide Programming-Discovery Solution for Connected TV
--Launches TotalGuide on New Connected TV's from Toshiba
--Works with Samsung to Bring Interactive TV Advertising to Connected-TV Platforms
--Expands Feature Set, Device Support and Reach of its Rovi Entertainment Store
--Launches Digital Copy Solution to Enable Cloud Access to DVD and Blu-ray Disc Collections
--Adds Twitter Verified Accounts to Rovi Data
--Says Multiple Companies Now Using Rovi Cloud Services to Power Entertainment Apps
--Says Amlogic Will Launch First DivX Plus HD Certified Chipset for Android

Rovi generated a fair amount of news over the past couple of weeks at CES and beyond. Here is a round-up of recent major announcements from the company:

Interactive TV News Roundup

Submitted by Steve Donohue on November 16, 2011 - 5:48pm
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-- Boxee Pitches ‘Live TV stick’ to Cable Cord Cutters

-- Netflix Targets Consumers that Buy Nook and Kindle Fire Tablets

-- Shaw Deploys Motorola DreamGallery Solution

-- YuMe Raises $12 Million from Samsung Ventures, Translink Capital

-- Buckeye Launches Rovi TotalGuide

Interactive TV News Round-Up (V): Rovi, Toshiba, TiVo, TV Genius

Submitted by tracyswedlow on July 12, 2011 - 8:37pm
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--Rovi and Toshiba in Multi-Year Deal for Rovi TotalGuide, EPG Patent Portfolio
--TiVo App Now Available for iPhone/iPod touch
--TV Genius Launches Facebook-Integrated TV Guidance Solution

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: BBC, SeeSaw, HBO, Hulu, Rovi, Suddenlink, Cogeco, Shaw

Submitted by tracyswedlow on June 21, 2011 - 7:46pm
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--BBC Releases Red-Button Programming Schedule through July 4th
--Criterion Capital Partners Set to Acquire SeeSaw
--HBO Go to Offer Preview of "True Blood" Episode
--Hulu Considering Sale
--Rovi in TotalGuide Deals with Suddenlink, Cogeco
--Shaw Launches Gateway in Edmonton

Here are some other stories we didn't have room for in this issue:

Rovi Unveils Multiple New North American, European Content Partners for its TotalGuide EPG

Submitted by tracyswedlow on January 11, 2010 - 4:45am
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--Announces Support for HbbTV

Rovi (formerly Macrovision--for more on the company's name change and the repositioning it heralds, see the interview with Rovi chief evangelist, Richard Bullwinkle, that was published on itvt.com, July 16th) announced last week that it plans to add OTT content from Showtime Networks and ZillionTV to its new TotalGuide consumer electronics EPG (formerly code-named "Liquid"), and also said that it is collaborating with 15 European content providers to bring content to the guide.

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