--PlayJam to Bring GameHouse Games to Connected-TV Platforms
--RCDb Integrates Zeitera's ACR Technology into its Watchwith Platform
--RVU Alliance Announces "Major Update" to the RVU Specification
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.
-- PlayJam to Integrate Philips’ uWand Gesture Control Technology
-- LoveFilm Scores Warner Bros. Licensing Deal
-- Roku to Expand to United Kingdom and Canada
-- Arris May Enable Voice Controls for Moxi Guide
-- Entone Names Morton Head of Market Development for Broadband TV
-- 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
-- GetGlue Integrates with Tumblr
-- PlayJam Raises $5 million in Funding
-- Texas Telco Deploys Minerva Broadband TV Platform
-- Consolidated Communications Rolls CloverLeaf's Local Video App
-- SkitterTV Launches Amino's IPTV Box
--PlayJam to Launch Relentless Software's "Quiz Climber" Game on its Connected-TV Games Portal
--PlayJam in Connected-TV Games Partnership with Slingo
--Roku Boxes Now Available at Target
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.
--Ooyala Launches Social-TV Solution for Facebook
--PlayJam to Launch Interactive TV Games Channel on Panasonic Viera Connect-Enabled HDTV's
--Totalmovie Selects RCDb's WatchWith Platform to Deliver VOD to Blu-ray Players, Sony PS3
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.
[itvt] is pleased to present a video of "The Emerging Primacy of the App: The 'Appification' of TV and its Implications The TV of Tomorrow Show 2011 (took place May 17th-18th in San Francisco). The panelists for the session were:
--Netflix Raises Monthly Subscription Prices by Up to 60%, Faces Subscriber Backlash
--Gesture-Recognition Specialist, Omek Interactive, Raises $7 Million in Intel Capital-Led Funding Round
--PlayJam Launches Interactive TV Games Service on Samsung's Connected-TV Platform
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:
-- AT&T Rolls ITV App That Lets Subs Pick Camera Angles in Baseball Games
-- Cox Uses thePlatform to Power TV Everywhere site
-- PlayJam to Deliver Social Games to Connected TVs
-- AAMP Survey Calls for Improved Metrics for VOD Measurement
-- BBC Releases Red Button Interactive Programming Schedule
 PlayJam struck a deal with LG to supply its library of 500 casual games to LG's line of connected TVs and Blu-ray players.
London-based PlayJam already supplies games to 50 million pay TV homes through distribution deals with Dish Network, BSkyB and other pay TV providers. The agreement shows how it can expand the audience for ad-supported games ranging from Darts to Sudoku without having to rely on cable and satellite providers.
--Interactive TV Games Company, PlayJam, Partners with ConTV to Target German Connected-TV Space
--Portugal Telecom's MEO Platform Deploys Visiware's Playin'TV Interactive TV Games Portal
--Rovi Launches AllRovi.com, Acquires SideReel.com
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.
--Philo Teams with FX on Social TV Event for "Lights Out" Premiere
--PlayJam in Interactive TV Games Partnership with STMicroelectronics
--STMicroelectronics in Partnerships with Adobe, Ocean Blue Software
--Qwiki Raises $5 Million of Planned $8 Million Series A Funding Round
Due to the large volume of news generated by the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which took place last week in Las Vegas, we are covering stories in this issue in summary/round-up form. Our regular news coverage will return shortly.
[itvt]'s daily news coverage went on hiatus October 18th in order to allow our editorial staff to work full time on TVOT NYC Intensive. This issue contains a round-up of some of the major interactive TV-related news stories that have broken since then. Due to the volume of news we are covering in this issue, our summaries of each item 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.
--Opera Browser to Be Offered on New Toshiba HbbTV Devices
--PlayJam Games Now Available on Freeview Set-Tops through Partnership with Tesco
--Project Canvas Incorporates as YouView, Names Richard Halton CEO
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.
--Interactive TV Games Company, PlayJam, Trumpets "Encouraging" Usage and Conversion Rates
--Major Investor Urges SeaChange to Sell Servers and Storage Business, Separate Chairman and CEO Roles
--SureWest Uses VOD to Help Customers Calibrate their TV's
Due to the huge volume of interactive TV-related news generated over the past few days by the IBC, we are covering stories in this issue in round-up format. We anticipate that it will take a few more days for us 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. Our regular news coverage will return shortly.
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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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