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News Round-Up

Submitted by tracyswedlow on October 29, 2009 - 12:40am
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--Quincy Smith to Resign as CEO of CBS Interactive, Will Continue to Advise on Interactive Media
--Comcast Said to Be Working on "Underground IPTV and Video Convergence Project"
--December Issue of Esquire Magazine to Offer Extensive Augmented Reality Features
--Rogers Skeptical of tru2way, Considering Internet-Based Interactive TV Solutions
--SeaChange Showcases RS-DVR Solution at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo

Here is a round-up of some other interactive TV-related stories we didn't have room for in this issue (as well as some stories from the ongoing SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in Denver, which our editorial team was unable to attend):

Time Warner and Comcast Unveil "TV Everywhere" Principles

Submitted by tracyswedlow on June 24, 2009 - 11:49pm
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--Comcast to Begin National Technical Trial of "On Demand Online" Service

Time Warner announced Wednesday that it has partnered with Comcast to develop "broad principles" for the "TV Everywhere" model to guide the distribution of its television content online (note: the "TV Everywhere" model, which has long been championed by Time Warner and its chairman and CEO, Jeff Bewkes, seeks to make programming that pay-TV customers have already paid for through their cable, satellite or IPTV subscriptions available to those customers on multiple platforms, and thus aims to head off the threat posed to pay-TV services by the increasing availability of over-the-top programming--for more background, see the articles published

Vizio Unveils Expanded List of Content Partners for its Interactive TV-Enabled HDTV's

Submitted by tracyswedlow on June 24, 2009 - 1:53am
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--Will Feature Widgets from eBay, Facebook, Radiotime, Revision3, Rallypoint, Showtime, Twitter, Vudu

Consumer electronics manufacturer, Vizio, unveiled Tuesday an expanded list of content and service partners that it says are developing interactive TV widgets for its VIA (stands for "Vizio Internet Apps") Connected HDTV service. The new partners--which join previously announced partners Accedo Broadband, Amazon Video On Demand, Blockbuster On Demand, Flickr, Netflix, Pandora and Rhapsody--are:

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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.

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