--Google Says Google TV Activation Rates Have More than Doubled Since October 2011 Software Update
--Marvell's ARM-Based Foresight Platform Incorporated into Next Generation of Google TV's
--MediaTek Launches 120Hz SoC for Google TV and Other High-End Connected-TV Platforms
--LG Launches 3D Google TV
--Vizio Launches Multiple Google TV Devices
--Sony Unveils Two Google TV Devices
--OnLive Connected-TV Games Platform Integrated with Google TV
--Newly Updated Google Patent Appears to Describe App Marketplace for Video Channels
Google TV generated a fair amount of news at CES. Here is a round-up of announcements and other news from and about the platform:
--AOL HD App Launches on Sony Connected-TV Devices
--Report: AOL's Huffington Post Media Group to Launch Live, Interactive Online News Channel
--Boxee Launches Facebook App
--Boxee's VP of International Quits to Start Connected-TV Company
Due to the large volume of news generated by last 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 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.
--Sony Unveils New Google TV Devices
--TransGaming Launches Multiscreen Support for its GameTree Connected-TV Gaming Service
--Yahoo! Trumpets its Interactive TV Efforts at CES
--TMS's Zap2it Surpasses TV Guide in Audience Size, According to comScore Data
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.
--BBC Releases Red-Button Interactive TV Schedule through January 15th
--BBC Launches Connected-TV News App on Sony
--BlackArrow Appoints Joe Matarese as CTO
--Bravo Launches New Season of its Interactive Show, "Watch What Happens Live"
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.
--YouTube Emphasizes Channels in Major Redesign
-- Miso Raises $4 Million from Khosla Ventures, Google, Hearst
-- Sony Delivers Scrolling Twitter Feed on Bravia TVs
-- UFC Hits Microsoft's Xbox Live
-- Bell Fibe TV Launches Interactive Weather App
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In an effort to increase the amount of time Web surfers spend watching videos on its site, YouTube flipped the switch on a major redesign Thursday afternoon that emphasizes channels of content. The move comes one month after YouTube announced deals with dozens of independent producers to supply it with 100 channels of original programming. "We're trying very hard to marry the best of TV and the best of online," YouTube VP of product development Shishir Mehrotra said at an event at the company's San Bruno, Calif., headquarters. The San Francisco Chronicle has more.
-- Comcast Won’t Challenge Fellow Cable Ops with Web Video
-- Arris Uses Moxi Brand for Whole Home Solution
-- Arris Unveils Advanced Advertising Platform
-- Grande Communications Rolls TiVo Premiere
-- Sony Developing 'Different Kind of TV'
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 Comcast CFO Michael Angelakis says the largest U.S. cable MSO has no plans to use Web video to challenge cable operators outside its footprint. "We've not really seen a business model that really works for us," Angelakis said at SNL Kagan’s Cable MSO Summit. More
-- Madonna, Shaquille O'Neil, Stan Lee among Content Suppliers
.jpg "Madonna's DanceOn channel features a segment about the dance sequence from the movie \"Black Swan.\"") YouTube said Friday that it will launch 100 original channels next month that will feature programming supplied by celebrities and producers of news, entertainment and sports programming. Madonna, Shaquille O'Neil, Jay-Z, Reuters and comic book legend Stan Lee are among the content suppliers.
-- Google to Upgrade Software Running on TVs and Set-tops from Sony, Logitech
 A Google TV software upgrade that the search giant plans to begin rolling out next week includes a new "TV & Movies" app that allows users to browse titles of more than 80,000 movies and TV episodes from both TV networks and online video providers, including HBO Go, Netflix and YouTube.
--New Venture, Screenz, Seeks to Transform TV Shows into "Multiscreen Events"
--Sony, Warner Bros. to Offer their First UltraViolet-Enabled Movies by Year's End
--Report: Wal-Mart "Very Close" to Adopting UltraViolet
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.
--Rovi Launches DivX Plus Streaming
--Rovi TotalGuide to Power EPG for Panasonic Connected-TV and DVD/BD Recorder Products in Europe
--Sony Jettisons "Qriocity" Branding
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.
--Criterion Capital Partners Takes Controlling Stake in UK Broadband VOD Service, SeeSaw
--Sony Launches 3D VOD Service for its Bravia Connected-TV Platform
--STMicroelectronics Ports Adobe AIR to its Connected-TV SoC
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:
--Sony's UK Chief Says Company Will Not Support YouView
--thePlatform Names Former SeaChange Exec, Simon McGrath, General Manager for Europe
--Time Warner Cable Launches Version 2.0 of its iPad Streaming App
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
-- PBS Kids Builds Interactive Games for Preschoolers
-- Brightcove Powers Ad-Supported Movie Site
-- DirecTV Launches 'Home Premiere' VOD Service
-- Pepsi Cuts Marketing Deal with Social TV Firm IntoNow
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PBS Kids launched a series of interactive videos and games based on its "Super Why" and "Dinosaur Train" series. The "play-along" videos and games -- designed for preschoolers – challenge kids to complete tasks such as matching items of the correct size or finding the correct words to complete a sentence. PBS said it will also launch a play-along video for "The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!" in 2012. More
 CableLabs said it recently hosted a demonstration that saw 10 industry technology suppliers showing how they could share premium content from a DVR on a home network, shuttling the content to connected TVs and other devices. It also demonstrated how to use a mobile phone to select content form a home network device, and control playing that content on another device such as a TV set.
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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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