August 2012

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New Edition of Brian Seth Hurst's StoryCentered Column Features Peter de Maegd, Story Architect and Producer of "The Spiral"

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Interactive TV News Round-Up (I): AT&T U-verse, Facebook, Comcast, Ericsson, Flipboard, Hillcrest Labs, Ooyala, Pac-12, Open IPTV Forum

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--AT&T U-verse Launches "Facebook on TV" App
--Comcast Applies for Network DVR Patent
--Ericsson Finds 62% Use Social Media While Watching TV, Up 18 Percentage Points from Last Year
--Flipboard Launches Curated Video Sections
--Hillcrest Labs Launches Freespace MotionEngine Lite Gestural-Control Solution for Connected TV's
--Ooyala Powers Pac-12 Now App for iPad
--Open IPTV Forum Adds Five More Members

Because the [itvt] editorial team is busy working on our upcoming TV of Tomorrow Show event, TVOT NYC Intensive (December 10th in New York City), we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format:

Interactive TV News Round-Up (II): Rovi, Dixons Retail, Media Markt, Showtime, Sigma Designs, XBMC, Softel

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--Rovi Enables Dixons Retail's KnowHow Movies Service to Expand its Reach
--Rovi Enables Media Markt to Expand Videodownloadshop Service; Service Integrates Rovi's DivX Plus
--Showtime Launches Alternate Reality Game (ARG) to Promote Second Season of "Homeland"
--Sigma Designs Ports XBMC Media Player onto 3D SoC
--Softel Publishes Guide to Subtitling and Captioning "Challenges"

Because the [itvt] editorial team is busy working on our upcoming TV of Tomorrow Show event, TVOT NYC Intensive (December 10th in New York City), we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format:

Interactive TV News Round-Up (III): Sony, TiVo, STV, Channel 5, YouView

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--New Sony Tablet Offers Remote-Control, Second-Screen/Social-TV Functionality
--TiVo Financial Results, Subscriber-Acquisition Totals Exceed Analyst Expectations
--TiVo Begins Taking Pre-Orders for TiVo Stream Device
--Scottish Broadcaster, STV, Launches App for UK's YouView Platform
--Channel 5's milkshake! Launches YouView App

Because the [itvt] editorial team is busy working on our upcoming TV of Tomorrow Show event, TVOT NYC Intensive (December 10th in New York City), we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format:

Other Headlines: Amino, Sky, BT, Interra, Envivio, Google, Motorola, Mirifice, Pace, Bouygues Telecom, Plex, Teleste, Vimeo, Dropbox

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

Interactive TV Headlines Round-Up (I): ActiveVideo, Verizon, ANT, Apple, AT&T AdWorks, Avail-TVN, C-SPAN, Sky, CBS, Shazam, Concurrent, Digitalsmiths, Dish Network

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Because the [itvt] editorial team is busy working on our upcoming TV of Tomorrow Show event, TVOT NYC Intensive (December 10th in New York City), we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/headlines format:

Interactive TV Headlines Round-Up (II): Espial, Panasonic, ESPN, MLB, Midcontinent, FunBuilt, httv, ivi, Jinni, Prisa TV, Mariner, MONKEYmedia, mPortal, Access

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Because the [itvt] editorial team is busy working on our upcoming TV of Tomorrow Show event, TVOT NYC Intensive (December 10th in New York City), we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/headlines format:

Interactive TV Headlines Round-Up (III): Old Spice, OnLive, Opera, Dune HD, Samsung, SeaChange, Softel, Sunlight Foundation, thePlatform, ThinkAnalytics, Viaccess-Orca, yap.TV, YouTube

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Because the [itvt] editorial team is busy working on our upcoming TV of Tomorrow Show event, TVOT NYC Intensive (December 10th in New York City), we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/headlines format:

[itvt] Presents...TVOT NYC Intensive 2012

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  • East Coast "TV of Tomorrow Show" Event Will Feature Three Tracks, over 100 Expert Speakers and Panelists, Hands-On Workshops, the Return of [itvt]'s Popular Holiday Party, and Much More

  • Tickets on Sale Now: Special Early-Bird and Group Rates Available

 

Interactive TV News Round-Up (I): Amazon.com, NBCUniversal, BBC Red Button, Fox, Dish Network, Hisense, Google TV, Miso, Colin Decker

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--Amazon.com Signs Expanded Prime Instant Video Deal with NBCUniversal
--BBC Releases Red-Button Programming Schedule through September 1st
--Fox Seeks Injunction against Dish Network DVR's "AutoHop" and "Primetime Anytime" Features
--China's Hisense to Produce Sub-$100 Google TV Set-Top Box
--Miso Names Colin Decker Head of Product

Because the [itvt] editorial team is busy working on our upcoming TV of Tomorrow Show event, TVOT NYC Intensive (we'll be announcing the date and location soon!), we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format:

Interactive TV News Round-Up (II): Netflix, The Weinstein Company, Revision3, Time Warner Cable, Fox News

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--Netflix in Multi-Year Output Deal with The Weinstein Company's RADiUS-TWC
--Revision3 Updates its Viewing Platform Line-Up
--TWC Launches "TV Everywhere" Access to Live Streams of Fox News, Fox Business on iOS Devices

Because the [itvt] editorial team is busy working on our upcoming TV of Tomorrow Show event, TVOT NYC Intensive (we'll be announcing the date and location soon!), we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format:

Interactive TV News Round-Up (I): Comcast, Disney, Music Choice, Envivio

Submitted by tracyswedlow on August 23, 2012 - 8:51pm
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--Comcast Adds Three Live Disney Channels to its "TV Everywhere" Service
--Comcast Partners with Music Choice to Expand Line-Up of Hispanic Music Videos on its VOD Platform
--Envivio Says New Version of Envivio Muse On-Demand Increases Transcoding Speed by 35%

Because the [itvt] editorial team is busy working on our upcoming TV of Tomorrow Show event, TVOT NYC Intensive (we'll be announcing the date and location soon!), we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format:

Interactive TV News Round-Up (II): HbbTV, IAB MIXX Awards, Microsoft Xbox, MobiTV

Submitted by tracyswedlow on August 23, 2012 - 8:47pm
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--HbbTV Test Suite Released
--Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Announces Finalists for 2012 MIXX Awards
--Microsoft to Offer Extensive Interactive TV Coverage of 2012 US Elections on Xbox 360
--MobiTV Sets Up London Office, Headed by Co-Founder and President, Paul Scanlan

Because the [itvt] editorial team is busy working on our upcoming TV of Tomorrow Show event, TVOT NYC Intensive (we'll be announcing the date and location soon!), we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format:

Interactive TV News Round-Up (III): Netflix, Xbox 360, Sainsbury's, Rovi, TV Guide

Submitted by tracyswedlow on August 23, 2012 - 8:44pm
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--Netflix on Xbox 360 Adds "People Search" Functionality
--News Corp. Chief Digital Officer, Jonathan Miller, to Step Down
--UK Supermarket, Sainsbury's, Selects Rovi Entertainment Store to Power New OTT Video Service
--TV Guide Launches TV Companion App for iOS Devices

Because the [itvt] editorial team is busy working on our upcoming TV of Tomorrow Show event, TVOT NYC Intensive (we'll be announcing the date and location soon!), we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format:

Emmy Nominee Interview: Jesse Redniss on USA Network's "Hashtag Killer"

Submitted by tracyswedlow on August 22, 2012 - 9:06pm
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In this, the latest in an ongoing series of interviews that [itvt] is conducting with the nominees for the 2012 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media (see the article published on itvt.com, July 18th), Jesse Redniss, SVP of digital at USA Network, discusses "Hashtag Killer," the social-media game/interactive mystery that USA has developed for fans of its comedy-drama series, "Psych."