-- 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
-- Kindle Fire Downloads available for Facebook, Pandora, Twitter, Rhapsody, Zynga, GameLoft, Rovio
An application that will allow Netflix subscribers to watch TV shows and movies from its Watch Instantly library is among the apps Amazon will offer to consumers that buy its Kindle Fire tablet next week.
-- Users Can Access Free and Paid Content from Amazon and Hulu
 Frontier Communications launched a video portal Monday that allows subscribers to access content from Hulu and Amazon.com.
The strategy from the rural U.S. telco appear similar to one from Charter Communications, which recently announced plans to allow its high-speed Internet subscribers to search for content from Amazon, Hulu and Netflix through its Charter.net portal.
-- Jivox Raises $8.2 Million for Mobile Advertising Play
-- Kudelski Group to Cut 270 Jobs
-- BCM Wins Patent for Measuring 'Second-by-Second' Interactive TV Responses
-- Adobe Buys Video Advertising Platform Auditude
-- Charter Integrates Portal with Netflix, Amazon, Hulu
-- Hulu Scores Rights Deal with The CW
-- Virgin Media Bundles Spotify Music
-- Armani Exchange App lets iOS Users Create Fashion Shows and Buy Clothes
-- Disney Signs Online Video Licensing Deals with Amazon and Netflix
-- Internap's Concurrent Deal Could Help Deliver VOD to Multiple Devices
--Report: Sling Media Co-Founder, Blake Krikorian, Joins Amazon's Board of Directors
--GetGlue Launches Self-Service Marketing Dashboard for Entertainment Brands
--HbbTV Consortium Now Has 50 Members
Due to the large volume of news generated by the IFA, IBC and CEDIA trade shows--and because the [itvt] editorial team has been working on TVOT NYC Intensive 2011--we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format. We anticipate that it will take us several days to catch up with all the recent news: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't yet see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.
--Accedo Broadband Launches Interactive TV Casual Games on Roku 2
--ActiveVideo's CloudTV Technology and TAG Games Now Available on Philips Connected-TV Sets
--Amazon Instant Video Now Offers 100,000+ Titles, Amazon Prime 9,000+ Titles
Because the [itvt] editorial team has been on the road the past few weeks--as well as working on TVOT NYC Intensive 2011--we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format. We anticipate that it will take us a few more days to catch up with all the recent news: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't yet see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.
[itvt] is pleased to present videos of the two "Creative Visions" sessions from The TV of Tomorrow Show 2011 (took place May 17th-18th in San Francisco). The sessions--which were hosted by Nick DeMartino of Nick DeMartino Consulting and founder of the American Film Institute Enhanced Television Workshop (subsequently renamed the AFI Digital Content Lab)--featured lectures and presentations that showcased new creative visions in interactive television and video.
The presenters for Day One's "Creative Visions" session were:
--Amazon Expands its Programming Library via New Licensing Deal with CBS
--AT&T Expands Availability of its U-verse Mobile App
--AT&T Launches U-verse Service & Support Tool App for Smartphones
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:
-- AOL Teams with i.TV for Relaunch of AOL TV
-- Bravo Pushes Multiplatform 'Platinum Hit'
-- Blinkx Builds Video Search App for Roku
-- Tvinci Powers Dutch Online Video Portal
-- ANT Building Set-Tops with Harvard International
-- UK Retailer Tesco Buys Streaming Video Site Blinkbox
-- Two Way Media Raises Funds for Social Gaming, Connected TV Projects
-- Hollywood Directors Protes New $30 Premium VOD Window
-- Appeals Court Ruling Could Force EchoStar to Settle with TiVo
--Accenture Builds OTT Solution for Italian Commercial Broadcaster, Mediaset
--Akoo Integrates its Interactive Out-of-Home Social-TV Network with Facebook and Twitter
--Amazon Launches Instant Streaming Service for Amazon Prime Customers
Due to the large volume of news generated over the past few days, we are covering stories in this issue in summary/round-up format.
--Report: Amazon in Talks with Studios about Acquiring Content for Netflix-Style Streaming Service
--"Security Requirements" Further Delay Launch of Boxee's Netflix App
--Brightcove Targets Federal Government
--HSN Names Jill Braff EVP of Digital Commerce
--Public Interest Groups File Amicus Brief Supporting ivi TV
--News Corp. Taps John McKinley to Head Development of New Digital Products
--Roku Launches Al Jazeera, USB Media Player
--Softel Announces Exhibit Plans for NAB 2011
Here is a round-up of some other interactive TV-related stories we didn't have room for in this issue.
--ABC to Revive its Nielsen-Powered Two-Screen Interactive TV App for iPad
--Report: Amazon May Be Launching Netflix-Type Instant Streaming Service
--Amazon to Acquire Lovefilm, the "European Netflix"
--AT&T Rebrands its Transactional VOD Service to Head Off Competition from Netflix
Because the [itvt] editorial team was busy last week working on the TV of Tomorrow Show 2011, we are covering recent news in round-up/summary form. 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 yet see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us. Our regular daily news coverage will return shortly.
--BBC Releases Red-Button Programming Schedule through January 14th
--Broadcom Unveils Set-Top Box Solutions
--Cedar Point to Be Acquired by Genband
--HSN Partners with "Social Product Development" Company, Quirky
--Report: Microsoft to Unveil Windows-Based Connected-TV Solution at CES
--RCDb, Panvidea Team on Solution for Cloud-Based Preparation of Blu-ray Streaming Video
--Rovi Files Patent-Infringement Lawsuit against Amazon, IMDb
--Sensio to Distribute 3D Content OTT
--Starz to Launch "Spartacus" Social Media Game, iPad Multimedia Script App
--ViVu in Interactive Video Partnership with AMD
Here is a round-up of some other recent interactive TV-related stories that we didn't have room for in this issue:
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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
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