News Round-Up
--BigBand Networks Announces SCTE Cable-Tec Exhibit Plans--Endavo in White-Label Broadband Video Deal with Etisalat--OpenTV Not in Compliance with NASDAQ's Audit Committee Requirements--Rogers-Owned...
View ArticleKudelski's Tender Offer Nets It 60% of Class A OpenTV Shares It Does Not...
--Company Now Controls 91% of Voting Rights in OpenTV, Plans to Delist It from NASDAQThe Kudelski Group announced Friday that it has successfully completed its tender offer to acquire the Class A...
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Sezmi Secures $25 Million in New Funding, Launches Public Pilot in Los Angeles
--Company's Flagship Offering Combines Traditional TV, Movies and Internet VideoSezmi-LiveTV-2009.jpgSezmi, a company that has developed a set-top box-based offering which it bills as "combining...
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BBC Launches @North Initiative to Boost Interactive/Multiplatform TV Industry...
--Initiative Has £500,000 Budget to Support Development of Interactive Content for ChildrenThe BBC on Wednesday unveiled a new digital initiative, called @North, that is designed to boost the...
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Live Interactive Broadcasting Specialist, Ustream, Nets $75 Mil in...
--Will Use New Funding for Expansion in Asia Pacific RegionUstream-obamau-2010.jpgLive Internet broadcasting service provider, Ustream, announced late Monday that it has secured $75 million in a Series...
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NDS, BlackArrow Form Strategic Business and Technology Alliance for Advanced...
--BlackArrow Raises $20 Million in NDS-Led Series C Funding RoundAdvanced advertising technology provider, BlackArrow, announced Monday that it has closed a $20 million Series C financing round that...
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Chad, Matt & Rob Secure TV Development Deal with FremantleMedia's Atomic...
ChadMattandRob-Adventures-2010.jpgLast month, [itvt] published an interview with Chad, Matt & Rob--Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Rob Polonsky--a trio of 20-something Los Angeles-based...
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News Round-Up (I)
--ActiveVideo Networks Acquires Interactive TV Games Company, TAG Networks--ActiveVideo Networks Integrates CloudTV Tech with SMiT's CI+ Modules--ANT Selected by Kathrein for HbbTV Devices--AT&T...
View ArticleIndependent Web Show Distributor, blip.tv, Raises $10.1 Million in Third...
--Revision3 to Launch New Show Starring Magician, Penn Jilletteblip.tv, a New York-based distributor of independent Web shows, said Wednesday that it has closed its third round of institutional...
View ArticlePost Its Acquisition of OpenTV, Kudelski Says It Has Been Ramping Up Its...
--Wins for OpenTV with HOT and NumericableIn a press release in which it announced its financial results for the first half of 2010, the Kudelski Group, the company which last fall acquired full...
View ArticleNews Round-Up (VIII): Ooyala, Pace, Project Canvas
--Online Video Platform Provider, Ooyala, Raises $22 Million--Pace Launches Pace App Cafe, Unveils New MDC1000 Capabilities--Project Canvas Publishes Draft Technical Specs, Receives Expressions of...
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Interactive TV News Round-Up (II): Comcast, Hillcrest Labs, Jinni
--Comcast Unveils Plans to Extend its Pay-TV Offering to the iPad and to Android-Powered Tablets--Hillcrest Launches Motion-Control System for Connected TV's, Licenses Freespace Tech to...
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Arqiva Seeking Investment Partner for its SeeSaw Broadband TV Service
Arqiva-SeeSaw-007.jpgUK broadcast transmission company, Arqiva, said Wednesday that, following a strategic review, it is seeking an investment partner for its broadband TV service, SeeSaw (offers...
View ArticleRevision3 Says It Enjoyed Strong Growth in 2010, Achieving Profitability in Q4
--Secures Investment from Internet-TV Skeptic, Mark CubanRevision3--a company which bills itself as "an actual TV network for the Web," and which produces its own original, broadcast-quality...
View ArticleOpen-Source Online Video Platform Provider, Kaltura, Secures $20 Million in...
--Company Claims its Platform Is Serving over 100,000 Video Publishers Open-source online video platform provider, Kaltura, said Monday that it has secured an additional $20 million in a funding round...
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Shazam Raises $32 Million to Continue its Expansion into Interactive TV
Shazam-Faithless-2011.jpg Audio-based automatic content recognition (ACR) specialist, Shazam (note: the London-based company is best known for offering a mobile application that consumers can use to...
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Interactive TV News Round-Up (VI): Criterion Capital, SeeSaw, Sony,...
--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...
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Interactive TV News Round-Up (III): Bluestreak Technology, BrightLine, Cisco,...
--Bluestreak Technology Launches Consulting Practice --Interactive TV Advertising and Marketing Agency, BrightLine, Receives $30 Million Investment --Cisco Sells its Juarez, Mexico Set-Top Box...
View ArticleInteractive TV News Round-Up (VI): TransGaming, Oberon Media, Unruly, Visiware
--TransGaming to Acquire Oberon Media's Interactive TV and Connected TV Division --Social Video Advertising Specialist, Unruly, Raises $25 Million --Visiware Expands Connected-TV Distribution of its...
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"Live Sports: Justifying the Investment in Innovation" at The TV of Tomorrow...
TVOTSF2014-Sports-b.png[itvt] is pleased to present a video recording of the TVOT 2014 session, "Live Sports: Justifying the Investment in Innovation." The session was described in the show brochure as...
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