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[itvt] Radio: Comcast Media Center Execs Discuss HITS AxIS
In this recorded episode of [itvt]'s talk radio show, "The TV of Tomorrow Show with Tracy Swedlow," Comcast Media Center (CMC) COO, Gary Traver, and Homer Gonzalez III, product manager for CMC’s HITS AxIS offering (note: the latter, whose name stands for "Headend in the Sky Advanced Interactive Services," is a centralized platform that operates on the National Authorization System and that is billed as being designed to support developers of advanced
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Interactive TV News Round-Up (III): Cablevision ITV Ads, Fav.tv, TVGuide.com, icueTV, itaas, EBIF
--Cablevision Trumpets Success of its Interactive TV Advertising Products
--Fav.tv Acquired by TVGuide.com
--icueTV's Applications Test Successfully in itaas' EBIF Environment
Because the [itvt] editorial team has been working on The TV of Tomorrow Show 2012, we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format.
Canoe Ventures Publishes In-Depth Report on TVOT NYC Intensive 2011
--Topics Covered Include Interactive TV Advertising, VOD and Dynamic Ad Insertion, ACR, HTML5, Social TV, New Multiplatform Market Opportunities, and More
--Download the Report Here
Canoe Ventures has just published an in-depth report on TVOT NYC Intensive, the annual New York edition of [itvt]'s TV of Tomorrow Show, which took place Monday, December 5th in Midtown Manhattan. Canoe was the premiere sponsor of the event.
Announcing the Schedule of Sessions for TVOT NYC Intensive 2011

Announcing the Schedule of Sessions for TVOT NYC Intensive 2011
[itvt] is pleased to announce the schedule of sessions for the second annual TVOT NYC Intensive (Monday, December 5th, at 730 Third Avenue in Midtown Manhattan). A PDF version can be downloaded here.
Interactive TV News Round-Up (I): AdoTube, Avail-TVN, Liberty Global, Canoe Ventures, Softel
--AdoTube Forms Production Unit to Help Brands Take Advantage of Interactive and Social Video
--Avail-TVN to Provide Managed Services for Liberty Global-Owned VTR and Bazuca
--Canoe Ventures Taps Softel to Deliver its National Interactive TV Solutions
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.
Interactive TV News Round-Up (II): Clikthrough, AOL, Cliffs Notes, Comcast, EBIF, Xcalibur
--Clikthrough Teams with AOL and Cliffs Notes to Make Shakespeare Interactive
--Comcast's Hess Urges CTAM in New York Attendees to Take Advantage of EBIF
--Comcast's Schwartz Discusses MSO's Connected-TV Plans, Ongoing Xcalibur Trial
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.
Interactive TV News Round-Up (III): CEA, FourthWall, S&T, GetGlue, Entertainment Weekly, The Gap
--Consumer Electronics Association to Hold "TV Apps Developer University" Event
--FourthWall Media in EBIF Partnership with Strategy & Technology
--GetGlue Teams with Entertainment Weekly to Offer Users 40% off Merchandise from The Gap
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 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.
Interactive TV News Round-Up (I): Canoe Ventures, Espial, Fanhattan
--Orduna Says Canoe Has Delivered 35.3 Million Interactive TV Overlays to Date
--Espial Unveils New Release of its MediaBase VOD Platform
--Fanhattan Updates its iPad-Based Programming-Discovery App
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 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.
Interactive TV News Round-Up (I): Amino, Audible Magic, Trident Microsystems, Canoe Ventures
--Amino to Showcase OTT-Enabled IPTV Set-Tops at IBC 2011
--Audible Magic's ACR Tech Integrated into Trident Microsystems' Digital TV Platform
--Canoe Ventures Reorganizes Senior Management Team
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.
Interactive TV News Round-Up (II): Flashlight Engineering, FourthWall Media, Knology, Hulu
--Flashlight Launches PC-Based Mini-Headend for Developing and Testing EBIF and tru2way Apps
--FourthWall Media Expands its EBIF Partnership with Knology
--Hulu to Launch in Japan
Because the [itvt] editorial team has been on the road the past few weeks, 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.
Interview: S3 Group's VP of TV Technology, Philip Brennan, on the Company's New Deal with Canoe Ventures
S3 Group, a Dublin-based provider of automated testing solutions for digital TV content delivery platforms and devices, announced Monday that Canoe Ventures has chosen its StormTest Development Center as the automated testing solution for its national deployment of EBIF-enabled interactive TV applications. According to S3, StormTest Development Center will enable Canoe to test multiple set-top boxes from multiple vendors, across different operator networks, seamlessly and from a single testing platform.
Interactive TV News Round-Up (II): CMC, Ensequence, Verizon FiOS, MTV Networks, Eros International
--CMC's HITS Incorporates "Express Lane" Solution to Enable Indie Operators to Offer Local VOD
--Ensequence Builds "SpongeBob" Widget for Verizon FiOS TV
--Eros International Trumpets Growth of Bollywood Hits On Demand
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:
Interactive TV News Round-Up (I): ABC, Prospect Park, BCM, itaas, Bluefin Labs
--ABC-Prospect Park Deal to Revive Canceled Soap Operas Online and on Connected TV
--BCM's Clickable TV Tech to Be Offered as Part of itaas's EBIF-Based iLaunch Suite
--Bluefin Labs Launches Metrics System for Quantifying Social Media Response to Linear TV
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:
New iTV Doctor Column Asks "Can We Save EBIF?"
[itvt] has just published the LATEST EDITION of Rick Howe's regular column, "The iTV Doctor Is In!" This edition sees the good doctor sharing some thoughts on how EBIF can co-opt its competition in the interactive TV space.
iCueTV Scores Tcommerce Deals with Major MSOs

CHICAGO - [itvt] at NCTA – Several major cable MSOs plan to deploy a tcommerce solution from iCueTV during the fourth quarter of 2011, CEO Michael Huegel said here Wednesday.














