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Interactive TV News Round-Up (III): Boxee, Charter, itaas, EchoStar, Dish Network, NDS

--Boxee Launches Live TV Device, Incorporating Social, Sharing and Personalization Features
--Charter Taps itaas for EBIF Roll-Out on its 24 Motorola Systems
--Supreme Court Denies EchoStar/Dish Network Petition in NDS Litigation

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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.

Interactive TV News Round-Up (IV): Hillcrest Labs, Humax, SeaChange, tru2way, itaas, Samsung

--Hillcrest Labs Secures New Customers
--New Humax tru2way STB Incorporates SeaChange's Nucleus Hybrid Gateway Software and Nitro Apps
--itaas Wins Samsung's "Free the TV Challenge" Connected-TV App-Development Contest

Due to the large volume of news being generated by this week's 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 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. While the [itvt] editorial team catches up with CES news, please check out the live Twitter coverage of the show from [itvt] bloggers, Will Keller and Zachary Weiner, by following the @tswedlow Twitter feed.

Interactive TV News Roundup

-- Humax Teams with Opera on Hybrid Set-tops

-- Ono Deploys TiVo’s Hybrid DVR

-- Cox to Deliver Live TV Channels through iPad

-- Verivue, itass, RGB and Verimatrix Market Integrated TV Everywhere Solution

-- PlayJam Lands Slot on Western Digital Media Players

Interactive TV News Round-Up (III): iPowow, Nine Network, itaas, Liberty Global, SeaChange

--iPowow to Power Second Screen Interactive TV for Australia's Nine Network
--New Release of itaas's ECS VOD Monitoring Tool Offers Motorola Support
--Liberty Selects SeaChange Adrenalin to Support Horizon Roll-Out

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 couple of 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 (V): itaas, Nagra, Gracenote, Netflix, Discovery Communications

--itaas Hires Dave Hansen to Lead Sales
--Nagra Integrates Gracenote's eyeQ into its Multiscreen TV Solution
--Netflix in Streaming Deal with Discovery Communications

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 (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

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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 (IV): itaas, ITV, Massive, BBC

--itaas Appoints Pat Tylka to its Advisory Board
--ITV Launches ITV Player App for iOS
--Massive Trumpets its Work on the BBC News Product for Connected 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:

Interactive TV News Round-Up (III): icueTV, Groupon, Imagina US, CMC, Insight, itaas

--icueTV Teaming with Groupon on tcommerce Demo at Cable Show
--Imagina US Taps Comcast Media Center for VOD Delivery
--Insight Taps itaas for EBIF Deployment
--itaas Launches iLaunch Program to Expedite Development and Deployment of EBIF Apps

Due to the large volume of news being generated this week by the Cable Show, we are covering today's stories in abbreviated round-up/summary form:

Clearleap Shops iPad Solution to Pay TV Providers

-- itaas Builds App Based on Clearleap Platform

Clearleap is looking to boost revenue from pay TV providers that want to develop iPad applications, taking the wraps off of a cloud-based solution that can enable the delivery of IP video to tablets and other connected devices. 

Interactive TV News Round-Up (IV): itaas, NDS, Kabel BW, Ooyala

--itaas Showcases Tablet-Based Navigation App at CableLabs Winter Conference
--NDS Powers Hybrid VOD Service for Germany's Kabel BW
--Ooyala Launches Video Publishing Tools for iOS Devices, New Cross-Device Analytics

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.

News Round-Up (IV): itaas, ITV, Justin.tv

--itaas Names Interactive TV Industry Veteran, Roger Demuth, VP of Engineering
--ITV Launches Social Networking Game for its Long-Running Soap Opera, "Coronation Street"
--Justin.tv Now Supports Live Broadcasting on iPhone

Due to the large volume of interactive TV-related news generated over the past few days, we are covering stories in this issue in round-up format. Our regular news coverage will return shortly.

New iTV Doctor Column on Interactive TV and "The Cloud"

[itvt] has just published the LATEST EDITION of Rick Howe's regular column, The iTV Doctor Is In! This week, the good doctor attempts to explain what exactly is meant by "The Cloud" and what its significance is for interactive TV. He is assisted by John Callahan, CTO of cloud-based interactive TV specialist, ActiveVideo Networks, and that company's director of technical business development, Jeremy Edmonds.

Interactive TV Company, itaas, Opens New Office in Ontario, Expands Operations in Atlanta, India

itaas--an Atlanta-based company which provides a range of software development, integration and testing services for interactive TV (including ETV/EBIF, tru2way and IPTV solutions), and which last month announced 1) that it had ported the EBIF user agent of Comcast-subsidiary, TVWorks, to Cisco set-top boxes, and 2) that it had signed an agreement with Charter Communications that includes licensing, installation and support for the TVWorks ETV platform (see the articles published on itvt.com, May 11th)--said Monday that it has opened a new office in London, Ontario and expanded both its US headquarters and its offices in India.

itaas in EBIF Deal with Charter Communications

itaas--an Atlanta-based company which provides a range of software development, integration and testing services for interactive TV (including ETV/EBIF, tru2way and IPTV solutions), and which earlier this week (see the article published on itvt.com, May 11th) announced that it had ported the EBIF user agent of Comcast-subsidiary, TVWorks, to Cisco set-top boxes--today (Wednesday) announced that it has signed an agreement with Charter Communications that includes licensing, installation and support for the TVWorks ETV platform. According to the company, the agreement includes the EBIF user agent, the Pathway Communications Suite and the OCAP Services Library (OSL) components of the interactive platform.

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