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BBC Unveils its Red-Button Interactive TV Schedule for Christmas and New Year
--Highlights Include "Doctor Who" Commentary, Bon Jovi Performance, Elton John InterviewBBC-RB-tracybeaker-2009.jpgThe BBC has announced the line-up of content that will be available through its...
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Sky News iPhone/iPod touch App Surpasses 1 Million Downloads
Sky-iPhone-App-2009.jpgSky News said Monday that its iPhone/iPod touch application has been downloaded over a million times since its launch last May. The UK satellite TV operator's news arm also...
View ArticleProject Canvas Announces Arqiva's Participation, Submits Merger Analysis to...
--Wii iPlayer Surpasses 1 Million Downloads, Updated Version ReleasedProject Canvas--an initiative that sees UK public service broadcasters, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five, and UK ISP's, BT and Talk...
View ArticleProject Canvas Publishes Deadline for Expressions of Interest by Potential...
--Project Canvas CTO and Director of Marketing Named--BT Exec Says Company Will Remain Committed to BT Vision even after Canvas LaunchesProject Canvas--an initiative that sees 1) UK public service...
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Electra in Deal with Tesco to Deploy its Trove Interactive TV Technology on...
ElectraEntertainment-tv-2009.jpgElectra Entertainment--a company that was founded in early 2003 by Static 2358 founder, Jasper Smith, and former Gemstar-TV Guide CTO, Jonathan Drazin (note: Smith...
View ArticleIMPALA Hails Success of UK's MHEG-Based Free-to-Air Satellite TV Platform,...
--Platform Provides Access to BBC iPlayer via MHEG Interaction Channel--Sagemcom Says its Freesat STB's Now Support iPlayer AccessThe International MHEG Promotion Alliance (IMPALA), an organization...
View ArticleUK Broadcaster, ITV, to Offer Social TV-Enabled Live Streaming Video Coverage...
--ITV Exec Says Broadcaster Close to Deal with Hulu to Offer Programming to US ViewersUK commercial broadcaster, ITV, yesterday unveiled its plans for social TV-enabled broadband video coverage of the...
View ArticleUK Interactive TV Company, Strategy & Technology, Wins Queen's Award for...
Strategy & Technology, a UK-based company that specializes in software solutions for standards-based interactive TV, has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise. According to the company, the...
View ArticleNews Round-Up (III)
--Hulu Abandons Plans for UK Version of its Service--iN Demand Appoints CTO--Kaltura Powers Live Video, VOD of Earth Day Rally--KIT Digital Closes $55 Million Equity Offering--Latens Powers Remote DVR...
View ArticleSeaChange-Owned On Demand Group in Deal to Bring HBO Programs to 3 UK's...
On Demand Group (ODG), the London-based VOD content-aggregation-and-management subsidiary of SeaChange International, said Monday that it has signed a deal with premium programmer, HBO, to provide full...
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LOVEFiLM Launches OTT Service on Internet@TV-Enabled Samsung TV's in the UK
lovefilm-Samsung-2010-sm.jpgUK-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...
View ArticleUK Broadcaster, Five, Withdraws from Project Canvas
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,...
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BT to Let Viewers Decide Outcome of New Storyline in its "Adam and Jane"...
Adam-and-Jane-from-the-BT-006.jpgUK 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...
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New Edition of "Jet Set" Features Dale Herigstad on TV Design
--"Jet Set" Is Authored by Brian David Johnson, Consumer Experience Architect at Intelbriandavidjohnson.jpg[itvt] has just published the latest edition of our new regular column, "Jet Set," which is...
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News Round-Up (III): DISH Network, Sling Media, Epix, Netflix, ESPN
--DISH to Let Subscribers Access TV on iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry and Android--Report: Epix Negotiating Five-Year, $1 Billion Exclusive Streaming Deal with Netflix--ESPN Secures VOD Rights to Archived...
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News Round-Up (I): 3view, MaxLinear, Hulu (ASq), AT&T U-verse TV
--3view, MaxLinear Launch Hybrid IPTV/DVB-T2 HD DVR for the UK Market--Multiple Web Video Sites to Launch Hulu-Developed Choose-Your-Own-Ad Format, ASq--AT&T's New U-verse Mobile App Lets Customers...
View ArticleAIME Trumpets Success of its Lobbying Efforts to Bring Back SMS-Based...
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...
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AR Specialist, metaio, Teams with RBIT and m2end to Bring Interactivity to...
Metaio-GreatRailways-2010.jpgMunich-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...
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zubibu Launches tcommerce App for Connected-TV Devices
--Lovefilm App Now Available for Samsung Blu-ray Players in UKzubibu-2011.pngA Polish start-up called zubibu has launched a shopping cart-style tcommerce application for connected-TV devices. Dubbed...
View ArticleMIG Wins Extension of its Contract to Power Mobile Interactive TV Services...
--Company Recently Launched New Platform, Secured Exclusive Three-Year Deal with ITVMobile Interactive Group (MIG), a UK-based company that specializes in enabling mobile phone-based interactive TV...
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