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October 2007

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[itvt] Interview: Philips' Rob de Vogel on 3D VOD

Robdevogel2007At the IBC show in Amsterdam last month, Philips and eventIS demonstrated a 3D VOD system that employs eventIS's metadata management system and Philips' WOWvx 3D displays (note: the latter do not require use of special glasses).

[itvt] Interview: Mark Pascarella and Patrick Donovan, Gotuit Media

Markpascarella2007Patrickdonovan2007_2Gotuit Media--a company that offers metadata technologies which, among other things, allow end-users to instantly access the parts of a piece of video that interest them, and which can also be used by video publishers to al

GalleryPlayer Launches 80 New Blocks of HD VOD Programming

--Launches Broadband Service for Cable Operators, Signs Blu-ray Deal

Cellcast Launches "3D" Interactive TV Show in Malaysia

--Merges Asian Subsidiaries into New Company, Plurality-Owned by Canaan

conVISUAL, Qualcomm Demo Interactive TV on MediaFLO

Qualcommmediaflo2007sm German mobile interactive TV specialist, conVISUAL, says that it has partnered with Qualcomm to demo live, broadcast-synchronized interactive TV on the MediaFLO platform. According to the companies, their proof-of-concept demo showcased live SMS events sent to mobile viewers via MediaFLO IP datacasting, that were tightly integrated with the storylines of a number of well-known TV shows.

DigiSoft.tv, Tech Mahindra Team on ITV App for Tracking Mobile Phones

--DigiSoft.tv Teams with ATCi on End-to-End IPTV Solution

BIAP in Interactive TV Deal with Hearst's Talking Phone Book

--Company's Fantasy Football App Available on More Time Warner Systems

Espial News:

--Enhances Evo DVR Software
--Signs Deals with Coventive, RealPage, Sumitomo

Canadian IPTV middleware and applications provider, Espial, has generated a fair amount of news over the past few weeks:

SeaChange Launches Developer Program for TV Platform

--Powers Wholesale VOD for KDDI, Integrates with RGB's DBM

ADB in Deals with Yes, Telefonica, T-Com Innovation, Grundig

--Also Secures its First North American IPTV Deal

Geneva-based set-top box vendor, Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB), has generated a fair amount of news over the past few weeks:

Concurrent News:

--Launches HTML-Based VOD Application-Authoring Platform
--Secures Deals with Panama's Cable Onda, Estonia's Elion
--Forms Partnerships with Scansatec, Scaberia, 3Vision

NDS News:

--Unveils Initiatives to Reduce Carbon Footprint
--Will Acquire Broadband Video Company, CastUp
--New Deals with Serbia Broadband, Yes, Vision TV, KT

LiveHive's NanoGaming Two-Screen Interactive TV Platform Penetrates US

--Company Signs Deals with Turner Sports, ESPN

Visiware in Interactive TV Games Partnership with ESPN Classic

--UPC Launches Company's Games in the Netherlands

US Telcos Deploy Minerva's iTVManager 3.0

--Company Opens New Facilities in Europe, Hires New VP of Services

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