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[itvt] is pleased to announce a new research-focused fireside session, as well as two new workshop sessions, that we have added to the schedule of The TV of Tomorrow Show 2012 (note: to view the full TVOT Schedule of Sessions, click here; and to purchase tickets to the show, click here):

New Fireside Session:

8:30-9:00AM, Wednesday June 13th
Screening Room
Fireside: The Evolution of Viewing Behavior in the Age of Multiscreen TV

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.

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.

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:

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:

Mobile Interactive Group (MIG), a UK-based company that specializes in enabling mobile phone-based interactive TV experiences, said Monday that it has secured a two-year renewal of its contract with UK commercial terrestrial broadcaster, Channel 5, to power all the latter's mobile interactive services. According to the company, the Channel 5 contract will see it:

A Polish start-up called zubibu has launched a shopping cart-style tcommerce application for connected-TV devices. Dubbed zubibu@TV, the app will initially be available--a few weeks from now--free of charge in the Samsung Apps store, for Samsung TV sets and Blu-ray players equipped with the CE manufacturer's Internet@TV platform.

Munich-based augmented reality specialist, metaio, has teamed with the UK's Royal Mail service; near field communication (NFC) and 2D bar coding specialist, RBIT; and digital marketing agency, m2end, to add a thematically related interactive enhancement to the Royal Mail's new "Great British Railway" special stamp issue.

The Association for Interactive Media and Entertainment (AIME)--a UK trade body that bills itself as representing "the interactive media business where customers use their telephones, televisions or computers to access, interact with and pay for information and entertainment"--is trumpeting the success of its lobbying efforts in convincing regulator, PhonepayPlus, to ease restrictions on premium SMS-based interactive TV voting that were imposed as a result of the UK's so-called "participation-TV scandal" (note: the scandal erupted back in 2007, when it came to light that broadcasters were inviting viewers to participate in premium-rate SMS-driven competitions that they had no chance of winning; broadcasters were subsequently prohibited from using SMS voting on their sho

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been on the road the past few weeks, we are covering recent news stories in summary/round-up form. We anticipate that it will take a few 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. We apologize for any inconvenience to our readers.

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been on the road the past few weeks, we are covering recent news stories in summary/round-up form. We anticipate that it will take a few 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. We apologize for any inconvenience to our readers.

[itvt] has just published the latest edition of our new regular column, "Jet Set," which is authored by Brian David Johnson, consumer experience architect at Intel Corp. "Jet Set" (the first two editions of which can be seen here and here) explores the future of TV through the prism of the places, people and conversations that Johnson experiences as he goes on a global tour for his new book, Screen Future.

UK incumbent telco, BT, plans to let viewers decide the outcome of a new storyline in its long-running series of commercials featuring the characters, Adam (played by Kris Marshall) and Jane (played by Esther Hall), the Guardian reported Monday.

The partners behind Project Canvas--an initiative that sees 1) the BBC and other UK public-service broadcasters, 2) UK ISP's, BT and TalkTalk, and 3) UK broadcast transmission company, Arqiva, partnering in order to attempt to develop a common standard and interface for the delivery of online catch-up services such as the BBC iPlayer, the ITV player and 4oD, as well as other Internet-based services (including VOD and interactive TV widgets), to broadband-connected Freeview and Freesat set-top boxes--announced last Friday that public-service broadcaster, Five, is ceasing its participation in the initiative, pending a review of its digital investment strategy.

UK-based video rental subscription service, LOVEFiLM, has announced the availability of its OTT service on new Samsung TV's in the UK. The service is currently available to LOVEFiLM customers with unlimited subscription packages on all Samsung TV models equipped with the consumer electronics manufacturer's Internet@TV platform, and is slated to launch on its Blu-ray players and home theater systems at a later date. LOVEFiLM has previously launched its service HDTV's, Blu-ray players and home theater systems from Sony.