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Exclusive: Zodiac Delivers its PowerUp HTML5 Platform to Two "Tier-One" North American MSO's
--CEO Brandon Brown Discusses the Deployments with [itvt]
Interactive TV software company, Zodiac Interactive, says that
Interactive TV News Roundup
-- Comcast Reaches 20 Billion VOD Views
-- Court Invalidates Verizon ITV Patents
-- AT&T Serves French Open Multiview
-- DirecTV Expands Interactive French Open Coverage
-- Zodiac Interactive Supplies Games to Videotron
New iTV Doctor Column Features Interview with Appsolute Media's Alex Libkind
[itvt] has just published the LATEST EDITION of Rick Howe's regular column, "The iTV Doctor Is In!" This edition features an interview with Zodiac Interactive co-founder, Alex Libkind, who discusses his new company, Appsolute Media, and the adaptive streaming technology of its partner, Crystal Reality, which it is attempting to bring to the US.
Cablevision Deploys Zodiac's PowerUp Platform to Power Interactive TV Services
--Zodiac CEO, Brandon Brown, Discusses the Deployment with [itvt]
Interactive TV software developer, Zodiac Interactive, will announce today (Tuesday) that its PowerUp platform has been deployed in digital set-top boxes across its existing customer Cablevision's entire tri-state service area (note: for some background on the Zodiac-Cablevision relationship, see the article published on itvt.com, November 5th).
Zodiac Unveils PowerUP Advanced Messaging Solution (AMS)
--Server-Based Offering Provides Two-Way Connectivity between STB's and Mobile Internet Devices
In its booth (ES-7) in the CableNET exhibit at the NCTA Cable Show in Los Angeles, Tuesday, interactive TV software developer, Zodiac Interactive, unveiled its PowerUp Advanced Messaging Solution (AMS), which it bills as the world's first server-based offering to deliver multiscreen, bi-directional connectivity between set-top boxes and mobile Internet devices. The new offering complements Zodiac's PowerUp platform, which the company says is currently integrated into over 10 million set-top boxes.
News Round-Up (X)
--Warner Bros. Launches New SVOD Service on BT Vision
--Widevine to Provide DRM, Video Optimization for DISH Network's "TV Everywhere" Service
--YouTube Once Again Available on Syabas Popbox and Popcorn Hour OTT Devices
--Cisco Joins Zodiac Partner Program to Support Cable tru2way Deployments
The [itvt] editorial team is on the road this week, so we are covering most stories in round-up/summary form, and we anticipate that there will be some additional interruptions of our regular news publishing schedule beyond that. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience to our readers.
Zodiac PowerUp 2.5 Enables Interaction between Cable Set-Tops and Mobile and Internet Devices
Interactive TV software developer, Zodiac Interactive (note: the company's EBIF user agent is being deployed by MSO Cablevision--see the article published on itvt.com, November 5th), on Monday unveiled the latest version (2.5) of its PowerUp ITV framework, a cross-platform software that the company bills as unifying and enabling advanced interactive TV applications across multiple set-tops, including legacy boxes.
CableLabs Trumpets tru2way and ETV Presence at Cable Show
US cable-industry research, development and standards organization,
CableLabs, recently issued a press release trumpeting the "broad
exposure" enjoyed by tru2way- and ETV/EBIF-based interactive TV
applications at this year's NCTA Cable Show. Among the Cable Show
tru2way and ETV demos highlighted by CableLabs in the release:
[itvt] Radio: Review of the 2008 NCTA Cable Show
In this recorded episode of [itvt]'s talk radio show, "The TV of
Tomorrow Show with Tracy Swedlow," a panel of interactive TV
experts--Steve Borelli, VP of marketing and business development at
Integra5; industry analyst, Leslie Ellis (author of the popular
Multichannel News column, "Translation Please"); Will Kreth, director
of product management for interactive TV at Time Warner Cable; Alex
