Posted on May 8, 2008 by itvtwp
In this recorded episode of [itvt]’s talk radio show, “The TV of
Tomorrow Show with Tracy Swedlow,” Silicon Valley pundit and
author, Andrew Keen (”The Cult of the Amateur“), discusses his
skeptical take on user-generated content and other participatory media,
why he is not a fan of the Creative Commons movement, his views on
the economics of broadband video, and [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2008 by itvtwp
Santa Monica, Calif.-based two-screen interactive TV specialist,
Jacked, Inc. (note: the company’s flagship product, Jacked SportsTop,
is a browser-based virtual desktop that features a dashboard of widgets
and that is designed to provide synchronized two-screen ITV
experiences specifically for sports broadcasts), recently signed a deal
with Los Angeles TV station, KCAL 9, that sees it providing the latter
with a two-screen [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2008 by itvtwp
–Teams with NBC on Two-Screen App for 2008 Figure Skating Championships
LiveHive Systems, an Ontario-based company that specializes in
two-screen interactive TV solutions, said last week that it has signed an
agreement with Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment to provide a
synchronized interactive experience on www.raptors.com to
accompany broadcasts of the Toronto Raptors’ NBA playoff games.
Dubbed “Raptors Shot Caller [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2008 by itvtwp
Sports programmer, ESPN, is syndicating its video content through a
third-party Internet portal for the first time, thanks to a new deal with
AOL that sees it offering short-form video on AOL’s AOL Video and
AOL Sports services (note: ESPN.com’s own video portal has proven
fairly popular: according to ESPN, consumers viewed its videos over
1.2 billion times last year, [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2008 by itvtwp
PBS says that its 4.5-hour Frontline special on the Iraq invasion and
occupation, “Bush’s War,” which aired on its linear TV network in late
March, is breaking Frontline’s records for online viewership, with more
than a million views of its streamed video segments in the first few
days following its broadcast. According to PBS, “Bush’s War” is easily
on track [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2008 by itvtwp
Gotuit Media–a company that offers metadata technologies which,
among other things, allow end-users to instantly access the parts of a
piece of video that interest them, and which can also be used by video
publishers to allow end-users to make mash-ups out of their
content–said last week that Sports Illustrated has once again tapped it
to power a version of [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2008 by itvtwp
Scripps Networks has signed a deal with TidalTV, a start-up that is
shortly scheduled to launch a broadband TV service featuring
professionally produced, branded programming (note: TidalTV, which
was founded by Advertising.com co-founder, Scott Ferber, has raised
$15 million in VC money from New Enterprise Associates and
Valhalla). According to the parties, their agreement will make ad-
supported programming from Scripps’ [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2008 by itvtwp
Multiplatform children’s programmer, PBS KIDS Sprout (offers
programs on linear TV, VOD and online), has announced plans to
launch an original afternoon programming block that “makes viewers
the stars.” Entitled “The Sprout Sharing Show” and scheduled to debut
May 5th in the 3:00PM-6:00PM Eastern timeslot, the block will be
hosted by a group of hand puppets, who will introduce
viewer-submitted [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2008 by itvtwp
–Also Launches Premium Broadband Programming Service
Premium programmer, HBO, recently launched a branded promotional
channel on YouTube. The channel features promotional clips from
HBO’s own feature and documentary films, and from such HBO series
as “Flight of the Conchords,” “The Wire,” “Def Comedy Jam,” “Real
Time with Bill Maher,” “Real Sports” and “Entourage.” It also features
full-length episodes from the [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2008 by itvtwp
–Company Commissions its First Film
Babelgum–a company that operates a service it describes as an
“interactive Web TV portal” featuring ” only professionally produced
content spanning film, news, sports, documentaries, music videos,
concerts, lifestyle and trends, animation and scripted programs”–last
month launched a new version of its platform that includes a
completely redesigned interface and various Web 2.0 features and
social-networking tools. [...]
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