March 2011

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Interactive TV News Round-Up (III): Cisco, Clikthrough, Elle Magazine, Comcast, Samsung

Submitted by tracyswedlow on March 11, 2011 - 1:31am
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--Report: Cisco Using Linux to Power New Explorer 8700-Series tru2way Set-Top Boxes
--Clikthrough Launches "Shops on Demand" Interactive Video Portal for Elle Magazine
--Comcast to Launch its App for Samsung's Connected-TV Platform "by Christmas"

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been busy this week working on the TV of Tomorrow Show 2011, we are covering recent news in round-up/summary form. Once again, we anticipate that it will take us a few days to catch up with all the news we plan to cover: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.

Interactive TV News Round-Up (IV): IP Vision (FetchTV), Betfair, ITV, Microsoft

Submitted by tracyswedlow on March 11, 2011 - 1:28am
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--IP Vision Teams with Betfair to Launch FetchTV Hybrid-TV Service's First Interactive TV App
--ITV Offers Interactive Video, Other Online Enhancements for "The Only Way Is Essex"
--Report: Microsoft "Orapa" Will Combine Xbox Live, Mediaroom and Kinect

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been busy this week working on the TV of Tomorrow Show 2011, we are covering recent news in round-up/summary form. Once again, we anticipate that it will take us a few days to catch up with all the news we plan to cover: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.

Interactive TV News Round-Up (V): smartclip, Sony, Billabong, Telus, Leonard Nimoy

Submitted by tracyswedlow on March 11, 2011 - 1:19am
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--smartclip Appoints Former Yahoo! Connected TV Executive as VP of Connected TV
--Sony UK in Connected-TV Partnership with Online Action Sports Programmer, Billabong
--Telus Launches Facebook App for its IPTV Platform, Taps Leonard Nimoy to Help Market it

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been busy this week working on the TV of Tomorrow Show 2011, we are covering recent news in round-up/summary form. Once again, we anticipate that it will take us a few days to catch up with all the news we plan to cover: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.

Interactive TV News Round-Up (VI): thePlatform, AdoTube, Taboola, Coincident, weComm, Mediafly, TiVo

Submitted by tracyswedlow on March 11, 2011 - 1:08am
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--thePlatform Adds AdoTube, Taboola, Coincident.TV, weComm and Mediafly to its Partner Program
--Report: TiVo Testing Hulu Plus, Eyeing Live Streaming to iPad
--TiVo Increases Amount of Planned Private Debt Offering to $150 Million

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been busy this week working on the TV of Tomorrow Show 2011, we are covering recent news in round-up/summary form. Once again, we anticipate that it will take us a few days to catch up with all the news we plan to cover: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.

Interactive TV News Round-Up (VII): Tivu, Intertrust, YouTube, ZeeVee

Submitted by tracyswedlow on March 11, 2011 - 1:06am
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--Italy's Tivu to Use Marlin DRM, MHP for New OTT Platform
--YouTube Launches "Creator Institute" Initiative to Foster Content Development for its Platform
--ZeeVee Relaunches Zinc.TV as White Label Internet Video Solution for Pay-TV Operators

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been busy this week working on the TV of Tomorrow Show 2011, we are covering recent news in round-up/summary form. Once again, we anticipate that it will take us a few days to catch up with all the news we plan to cover: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.

New Edition of StoryCentric Features GoTV Networks' Daniel Tibbets Discussing Mobile Storytelling

Submitted by tracyswedlow on March 10, 2011 - 3:15am
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--StoryCentric's Brian Seth Hurst to Present at SXSW This Saturday

New NDS Solutions Bridge Pay-TV and OTT

Submitted by tracyswedlow on March 10, 2011 - 12:56am
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--NDS SDP Enables Operators to Extend their Offerings to Companion Devices via Third-Party Apps
--Infinite TV Exchange Leverages OTT Delivery to Bring Special-Interest Channels to Operators' Line-Ups 

NDS on Wednesday unveiled two new offerings: its Service Delivery Platform (SDP), an application development portal that it says "marries" digital TV platforms with OTT content; and the Infinite TV Exchange, a B2B content marketplace that is designed to connect service providers with content owners, in order to enable the creation of special-interest programming channels.

Interactive TV News Round-Up (I): Comcast, HBO, Cox, GetGlue, Entertainment Weekly

Submitted by admin on March 9, 2011 - 12:14am
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--Comcast Launches Xfinity TV in Spanish
--Comcast President, Smit, Says Company is "Investigating" Network DVR
--HBO's "TV Everywhere" Services Now Available to Authenticated Cox Customers
--Social-TV Check-In Service, GetGlue, in Partnership with Entertainment Weekly

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been busy this week working on the TV of Tomorrow Show 2011, we are covering recent news in round-up/summary form. Once again, we anticipate that it will take us a few days to catch up with all the news we plan to cover: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.

Interactive TV News Round-Up (II): Cablevision, Visible World, GroupM, Canoe, DDS, CBS, Clicker

Submitted by admin on March 9, 2011 - 12:10am
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--Visible World Powers Cablevision Addressable Ad Campaign in which Five Brands Share One :30 Slot
--Canoe Ventures in Interactive TV Advertising Partnership with Donovan Data Systems
--CBS Acquires Clicker, Names Clicker CEO, Jim Lanzone, President of CBS Interactive

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been busy this week working on the TV of Tomorrow Show 2011, we are covering recent news in round-up/summary form. Once again, we anticipate that it will take us a few days to catch up with all the news we plan to cover: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.

Interactive TV News Round-Up (III): Accedo, Facebook, Al Jazeera, Avail-TVN, Brightcove, Military.com

Submitted by admin on March 9, 2011 - 12:09am
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--Facebook Designates Accedo Broadband "Preferred Developer Consultant" for TV Applications
--Al Jazeera English to Launch Social Media-Driven Show, "The Stream"
--Avail-TVN Launches Digital Media Metadata Management Solution
--Brightcove Powers Broadband Video for Military.com

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been busy this week working on the TV of Tomorrow Show 2011, we are covering recent news in round-up/summary form. Once again, we anticipate that it will take us a few days to catch up with all the news we plan to cover: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.

Interactive TV News Round-Up (IV): IntoNow, Music Choice, NBC, Netflix

Submitted by tracyswedlow on March 8, 2011 - 11:49pm
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--IntoNow Users Have Tagged 1 Million TV Shows/Movies in Month Since Launch
--Music Choice Appoints Director of Web and Mobile Application Development
--NBC's "Today" Offers Social Media-Driven Online Companion Show to Promote Today.com Re-Launch
--Netflix Updates its iPad App

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been busy this week working on the TV of Tomorrow Show 2011, we are covering recent news in round-up/summary form. Once again, we anticipate that it will take us a few days to catch up with all the news we plan to cover: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.

Interactive TV News Round-Up (V): Next New Networks, YouTube, Peel, SeaChange, SCTE, ODG

Submitted by tracyswedlow on March 8, 2011 - 11:45pm
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--Next New Networks Acquired by YouTube, Will Form Core of "YouTube Next"
--Peel Transforms iPhone into Gesture-Based Universal Remote Control
--SeaChange Multiscreen Video Streaming Solution Wins SCTE Technology Challenge
--SeaChange's On Demand Group Provides VOD Content for TTNET's New IPTV Service

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been busy this week working on the TV of Tomorrow Show 2011, we are covering recent news in round-up/summary form. Once again, we anticipate that it will take us a few days to catch up with all the news we plan to cover: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.

Interactive TV News Round-Up (VI): SeeSaw, Sony UK, Moshcam, Time Warner Cable, NBC, TiVo

Submitted by tracyswedlow on March 8, 2011 - 11:40pm
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--SeeSaw CEO Steps Down
--Sony UK Offering Moshcam's Live Video Music Channel on its Connected-TV Platform
--Time Warner Cable Launches NBC Full Season Catch-Up on its VOD Platform
--TiVo Plans $120 Million Private Offering

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been busy this week working on the TV of Tomorrow Show 2011, we are covering recent news in round-up/summary form. Once again, we anticipate that it will take us a few days to catch up with all the news we plan to cover: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.

Interactive TV News Round-Up (VII): Tunerfish, Ustream, Warner Bros., Facebook, Weather Channel, YouView

Submitted by tracyswedlow on March 8, 2011 - 11:38pm
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--Social-TV Service, Tunerfish, Launches "Fanning" and "Liking"
--Ustream Launches New Version of its iPhone App
--Warner Bros. to Offer Movies through Facebook
--Weather Channel Uses Nielsen's Media-Sync for New Broadcast-Synchronized iPad App
--YouView Names Alan Sugar Non-Executive Chairman, Replacing Kip Meek

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been busy this week working on the TV of Tomorrow Show 2011, we are covering recent news in round-up/summary form. Once again, we anticipate that it will take us a few days to catch up with all the news we plan to cover: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.

TVOT 2011 WINTER DISCOUNT REGISTRATION CLOSES NEXT TUESDAY

Submitted by tracyswedlow on March 8, 2011 - 10:48am
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Winter Discount registration for [itvt]'s fifth annual TV of Tomorrow Show (May 17th-18th, 2011, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco) ends at midnight next Tuesday, March 15th.

Early-bird registration allows you to attend the TV of Tomorrow Show for just $875, representing a savings of $500 off the regular price of a ticket (and guaranteeing you a seat at this limited-attendance event).