August 2005
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Eric Cooney, President and CEO, Tandberg Television & Reggie Bradford, President, Tandberg Television Americas
Video compression specialist, Tandberg Television, earlier this year acquired N2 Broadband, a specialist in open-platform solutions for VOD, for $118 million in shares and cash.
Eric Cooney, President and CEO, Tandberg Television & Reggie Bradford, President, Tandberg Television Americas
Video compression specialist, Tandberg Television, earlier this year acquired N2 Broadband, a specialist in open-platform solutions for VOD, for $118 million in shares and cash.
Eric Cooney, President and CEO, Tandberg Television & Reggie Bradford, President, Tandberg Television Americas
Video compression specialist, Tandberg Television, earlier this year acquired N2 Broadband, a specialist in open-platform solutions for VOD, for $118 million in shares and cash.
SeaChange Swings to a Loss on Lower Revenues
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VOD equipment provider, SeaChange International, has released preliminary financial results for its fiscal second quarter (2006), ended July 31st (note: the company says that the results are preliminary, because it is currently completing an analysis of how to properly account for an $8.3 million investment in cable edge device manufacturer, Casa Systems):
IPTV Set-Top Vendor, Amino, Planning Expansion of its US Operations
Cambridge, UK-based IPTV set-top box vendor, Amino Communications, says is tripling its office space in the US, as a result of rapid sales growth and the corresponding need to expand its US
Lachlan Murdoch Resigns from NDS's Board of Directors
News Corp.-owned interactive TV middleware, applications and content-security provider, NDS, says that Lachlan Murdoch resigned from its board of directors Monday.
itaas Launches VOD Session Simulator
Atlanta-based interactive TV technologies and services provider, itaas, has launched a product called the VOD Session Simulator. The product, as its name implies, is a simulation t
Orca Secures Deal with Large Western European Broadband Operator
IPTV middleware and applications provider, Orca Interactive, says that it has signed an agreement with an unnamed "Western European telecommunications and data transmission carrier&quo
Bluestreak to Unveil MachBlue for Mobile at IBC 2005
Dallas, Texas-based Bluestreak Network (note: the latter was founded in spring 2002, when John Reed, who currently serves as its chairman and CEO, and his partner, Tom Peters, who serves as
BSkyB Launches New Version of its Entry-Level Sky+ DVR
BSkyB has begun supplying customers with a new version of its entry-level Sky+ DVR. The new box has the following noteworthy features:
Sky News, Sky Active, C4 Team with Community Channel on Niger Appeal
--Viewers Can Make Donations via Red-Button Donation App
BBC to Let Viewers Choose Ending of Special Casualty/Holby City Episode
--Episode is Part of BBC's DoNation Initiative
Two Way TV's Simcast Powers Toonami's New Interactive Programming Block
--TWTV also Licensing Multiple Cable, Satellite ITV Apps to Cartoon Network
Toonami, a Turner Broadcasting-owned channel that features action animation targeted at boys, is using Two Way TV's Simcast SMS-to- TV technology (note: Two Way TV acquired the platform via its purchase of Simcast last September) to power a new block of programming that allows viewers to use their mobile phones to interact via on-air quiz, chat and vote services. The programming block, dubbed the "Toonami TXT Zone," launched August 16th, and will air 9:00AM to 12:00PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays for an initial run of three weeks.
Akimbo in Deal to Offer Major League Baseball Programming
Akimbo Systems--a San Mateo, Calif.-based company which offers a subscription-based, Internet-delivered VOD service that features a wide array of mainstream and niche content, ranging from
