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Interactive TV News Round-Up (VI): Shazam, ESPN, Telemundo, Time Warner Cable

--Shazam Brings ACR-Powered Interactivity to ESPN's Coverage of the 2012 Winter X Games
--Telemundo Makes Extensive Use of Social Media to Promote and Enhance its New Telenovela
--Time Warner Cable to Bring Live Video Streaming to Android, PC's, Mac's, Game Consoles, Smart TV's

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Due to the large volume of news generated by the recent 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format. We anticipate that it will take us several more days to process all the news from the show: 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.

Softel MediaSphere Platform Reaches 50 Million Households

-- iTV Platform Deployed by BBC, Comcast, ESPN, MTV, Shaw Cable

Softel said Monday that its MediaSphere interactive TV platform is streaming applications to more than 50 million households each week, helping both operators and programmers ranging from Comcast to ESPN create applications. 

Interactive TV News Round-Up (V): Microsoft Xbox TV, MStar, Acetrax, NASCAR, ESPN

--Microsoft's Ballmer Demo's Xbox TV Platform
--MStar Incorporates Acetrax' VOD Service into its Connected-TV Software Platform
--NASCAR Expands Availability of its Interactive Video Product, Brings Content to WatchESPN

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 (II): Coca-Cola, YouTube, Espial, KPU, ESPN, Xbox Live

--Coca-Cola Promotes NOS Energy Drink via Interactive YouTube Video
--Espial Powers VOD for KPU Telecommunications
--ESPN Revamps its ESPN on Xbox Live Service

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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 (III): DirecTV, ESPN, Tennis Channel, Espial, Google TV, MeeGenius

--DirecTV Teams with ESPN and the Tennis Channel to Offer Interactive TV Coverage of the US Open
--Espial to Showcase its TV Browser at IBC 2011
--Google Offers "Preview" of Google TV Add-On for the Android SDK
--MeeGenius Launches Reading App for Google TV

Because the [itvt] editorial team was recently on the road for several weeks--and has also 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 (IV): NDS, Netflix, Ooyala, ESPN

--NDS Unveils its IBC 2011 Exhibit Plans
--Netflix Launches Children's Version of its Service
--Ooyala Tapped to Power Online Video for ESPN

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been on the road the past few weeks--as well as working on our second annual TVOT NYC Intensive event--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 (III): DirecTV, ESPN, Hulu, Intel, Toshiba

--DirecTV, ESPN Offer Interactive TV Coverage of The Open Championship
--Hulu Plus Launches on Four More Android Smartphones
--Intel, Toshiba Collaborate on Interactive "Social Film" Featuring Hollywood Talent

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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 (II): DirecTV, ESPN, BBC, Wimbledon

--DirecTV, ESPN Offer Interactive TV Coverage of Wimbledon Tennis
--ESPN Will Also Offer Wimbledon Coverage on Web and Mobile
--BBC Unveils Interactive TV Plans for Wimbledon

Due to the large volume of news generated over the past few days, we are covering today's stories in abbreviated round-up/summary form:

Interactive TV News Round-Up (VI): AllVid, Trailer Park, Verizon FiOS TV, ESPN, Virgin Media, TiVo

--TiVo, Best Buy, Google, Mitsubishi, Nagravision, SageTV, Sony form AllVid Tech Company Alliance
--Trailer Park Advanced Content Hires Senior Director for its Interactive TV Business
--Authenticated Verizon FiOS TV Customers Can Now Access Live Streaming ESPN Channels
--CEO Berkett: Virgin Media Has Already Received 50,000 Pre-Registrations for its New TiVo Service

Due to the large volume of news generated over the past two days, we are covering stories in this issue in summary/round-up format.

Virgin Media to Offer ESPN Classic on Demand

UK cable operator, Virgin Media, said Friday that it is adding content from ESPN's ESPN Classic channel to its TV Choice VOD service, starting February 14th.

Interactive TV News Round-Up (III): Current TV, ESPN, Flingo, Adap.tv, GetGlue

--Current TV Begins Filming its New Interactive TV Series, "Bar Karma"


--ESPN Expands "TV Everywhere" Roll-Out with Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks


--Flingo in Connected-TV Partnership with Adap.tv


--Social-TV Check-In Service, GetGlue, in Partnership with Microsoft Xbox




 

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. 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.


ESPN Offering Interactive TV Coverage of Australian Open Tennis on DirecTV

ESPN has teamed with DirecTV to offer interactive TV coverage of the Australian Open tennis tournament.

Interactive TV News Round-Up (IV): Discovery, DISH Network, enableTV, ESPN, Five, Facebook, Google TV

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Because the [itvt] editorial team has been on the road the past few weeks, we are covering recent news in round-up/summary form. Due to the volume of news we are covering in this issue, our summaries are somewhat more abbreviated than usual (note: extensive background information on most of the companies and technologies covered in this issue can be found by using itvt.com's search functionality). We apologize for any inconvenience to our readers: our regular daily news coverage will return shortly.

DirecTV Teams with ESPN to Offer Interactive TV Coverage of US Open Tennis Championship

--DirecTV to Offer Internet, Mobile Versions of NFL Sunday Ticket to Non-Subscribers

Satellite-TV operator, DirecTV, and sports broadcaster, ESPN, have unveiled plans for extensive interactive TV coverage of the US Open tennis championship. From August 30th through September 6th, DirecTV will offer an HD multiscreen interactive TV "US Open Mix" channel (ch. 701) that will allow viewers to watch up to six live matches simultaneously, including the featured match carried on ESPN2's main network feed and five outer-court matches (each with commentary) that will not be available anywhere else.

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