TV News: Marketing deal includes rights to TV formats -- ProSiebenSat.1's sales division SevenOne Intl. has inked a marketing agreement with Belgian producer Sultan Sushi.
TV News: 'Tal como soy' combines animation, live action -- Hot telenovela scribe Adriana Lorenzon has signed on for "Tal como soy," a co-production from Dori Media Group and Argentinean toon-pic producer Illusion Studios.
TV News: Rainbow Media recently acquired cable net -- Rainbow Media is beefing up the branded integration and digital departments of IFC and Sundance Channel.
TV News: Cloris Leachman to lead New Year's festivities -- Cloris Leachman has been tapped grand marshal of the 2009 Rose Parade on New Year's Day.
TV News: Network asks for four more scripts of drama -- NBC is showing some faith in "Knight Rider," ordering four more scripts of the frosh drama from Universal Media Studios.
TV News: Procedural's premiere helps lift CBS to win -- CBS prevailed on the first true Thursday of the season behind "Survivor" and a strong premiere for "CSI," though the net's new "Eleventh Hour" didn't do much closing out the night. ABC, meanwhile, saw a solid bow for "Life on Mars," and NBC made some noise with its "Saturday Night Live" special and the premiere of "Kath & Kim."
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TV News: Political hysteria hits new heights -- Move over, Howard Beale: I'm as mad as hell and not sure I can take it until November.
TV News: Broadcasters continues to cut costs -- Cash-strapped British web Channel 4 has abandoned its much-hyped ambition to become a key player in U.K. radio — a fortnight after topper Andy Duncan defended the plan on the grounds that it would provide a new revenue stream.
TV News: Sci Fi, Universal Channel, KidsCo to launch -- NBC Universal Global Networks Friday launched Sci Fi, Universal Channel and KidsCo in Thailand, following a deal with channel distributor Triple T Network Co.
TV News: Documentary will premiere November 30 -- MTV will bow the 90-minute Britney Spears docu "Britney: For the Record" Sunday, Nov. 30.
--Radio Interview: ActiveVideo's Jeff Miller Discusses the Deployment<br>
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In this recorded episode of [itvt]'s talk radio show, "The TV of Tomorrow Show with Tracy Swedlow," ActiveVideo Networks president and CEO, Jeff Miller, discusses the new Oceanic Time Warner Cable deployment and its significance. Topics covered include the various services that ActiveVideo Networks is powering for Oceanic Time Warner Cable; how end-users are responding to those services; why ActiveVideo Networks is now finally gaining traction in the cable and IPTV markets; how the company plans to develop its technologies and services going forward; how it views the US cable industry's ETV/EBIF and tru2way standardization initiatives; and more. <br>
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New Fantasy Sports Apps from Verizon and AT&T, Versus to Offer Two-Screen ITV, Audience Grows for Virgin's VOD
New Ensequence Apps, New Bravo Initiative, Olympics ITV Apps Prove Successful, Current TV Teams with Twitter
Philips Demo's 3D VOD, Microsoft Launches Mediaroom Ad Platform, Osmosys Launches Quick Porting
Macrovision's tru2way Deal, Amino's Plug-In PVR Solution, OpenTV Integrates Flash, Move Partners with Inuk
*Scoop!: New OCAP Company Spun Off from Vidiom, OpenTV Buys Ruzz TV, Canoe Ventures to Launch First Product in 120 Days
In this recorded episode of [itvt]'s talk radio show, "The TV of Tomorrow Show with Tracy Swedlow," Steve Tranter, VP of broadband and interactive delivery for NDS Americas, discusses the survey (which, among other things, showed that US DVR owners rank the DVR as the third-most indispensable household item, behind only the washing machine and the microwave); outlines NDS's plans for its own XTV DVR platform and discusses the future of the DVR in general; assesses the impact on the DVR industry of the recent court decision in favor of Cablevision's RS-DVR service; describes how NDS is responding to the US cable industry's efforts to deploy the tru2way standard; and much more.<br>
In this recorded episode of [itvt]'s talk radio show, "The TV of Tomorrow Show with Tracy Swedlow," Jesse Alexander (bio), co-executive producer and writer of "Heroes"; Joe Tolerico (bio), senior producer at NBC Universal; Mark Ryan (bio), digital media lead producer at the Disney Channel; Marcelino Ford-Livene (bio) and David Jensen (bio), co-governors of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Interactive Media Peer Group; and Geoff Katz (bio), the Interactive Media Peer Group's Awards Committee chair, discuss this year's winners and why they were chosen.
A roundtable comprised of some of the most high-profile designers and<br>
design experts in the interactive TV industry–Patrick Donoghue, SVP<br>
of strategic product development at Cablevision; John Gilles, VP of<br>
media and entertainment at Method; Terry Green, principal of<br>
twenty2product; Dale Herigstad, chief creative officer at Schematic;<br>
Stephanie Otto, CEO of Brainstorm Communications; David Preisman,<br>
VP of interactive television at Showtime Networks; and Suzanne<br>
Stefanac, director of the American Film Institute Digital Content<br>
Lab–provide our listeners with an overview of the current state of the<br>
interactive TV design space and share their insights on what makes for<br>
good ITV design. Topics discussed include the most important things<br>
to keep in mind when designing ITV interfaces; the potential impact of<br>
gestural interfaces, such as that of the Nintendo Wii, on ITV design;<br>
how TiVo’s and Apple’s “game-changing” interfaces have impacted the<br>
ITV design space; the areas where the most innovation is currently<br>
taking place; the challenges of designing applications for multiple<br>
platforms; and much more.<br>
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Ben Bennett was named CEO of OpenTV in March, after serving as the company’s COO and acting CEO since August, 2007 (he has been at OpenTV since March, 2000). He recently spoke to [itvt]’s Tracy Swedlow about the three-phase strategy he is implementing, which, among other things, has seen OpenTV jettisoning a number of peripheral businesses in order to focus on its core middleware and advanced advertising offerings; about the company’s ongoing efforts to penetrate the US cable market; about its view of the OCAP and EBIF standardization<br>
efforts; about Core3, the next generation of its middleware, which will<br>
support multiple, concurrent interactive TV applications; about why he<br>
believes HDTV, PVR and broadband are bringing about a “perfect<br>
storm” for ITV; about the company’s efforts to develop TV experiences<br>
for the next generation of viewers; and much, much more.<br>
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