Posted on September 29, 2008 by itvtwp
–Will Form Basis of New OCAP Company, enableTV
–Wahlers Explains Goals of New Company to [itvt]
[itvt] has learned that Geneva-based ADB Group, which acquired US
tru2way/OCAP specialist, Vidiom Systems, back in February, 2006,
has sold parts of that company’s professional services business back to
Vidiom Systems founder, Tim Wahlers. The business will form the
basis of a new company, called [...]
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Posted on September 29, 2008 by itvtwp
UK-based interactive media company, Two Way Media (note: the
company, which was originally called Two Way TV, recently
rebranded, in order, it said, to “reflect its status as a company focused
on creating and distributing cross-media TV shows and games”), has
formed a partnership with Latin American mobile content and SMS
specialist, NetPeople, to distribute its participation-TV game shows
across that [...]
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Posted on September 29, 2008 by itvtwp
A UK-based company called Vizimo has launched a service that it says
enables consumers to discover broadcast and on-demand programming
that is relevant to their individual tastes, manage their programming
choices, and discuss programming with other users. The service is
available in the UK on around 200 mobile phone models, the company
says, and will be extended to other countries [...]
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Posted on September 29, 2008 by itvtwp
Digital Rights Group-subsidiary, i-Rights–a company which
specializes in the financing, development and distribution of
cross-media programming and which is headed up by Justin Judd, the
former controller of interactive media at Granada–has signed a
two-year deal with Canadian production company, The Nightingale
Company, that will see i-Rights distributing worldwide a new, 48-part
online series and Alternate Reality Game aimed at teens. [...]
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Posted on September 29, 2008 by itvtwp
Australian pay-TV provider, Foxtel (note: the company offers an array
of interactive TV services, powered by OpenTV middleware),
contacted [itvt] earlier this month to let us know that it has launched a
new ITV game on its Gamesworld service. Entitled MAX Music Trivia
and developed by Two Way TV Australia (note: the latter holds the
rights to various ITV games [...]
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Posted on September 29, 2008 by itvtwp
–Partners with Paramount for Interactive TV Games
–Partnership with Ekioh Enables Support for SVG Technology
–Launches “Web 2.0″ Applications at IBC
–Launches ITV Games on Sharp AQUOS Net TV Sets
Accedo Broadband, an aggregator and distributor of interactive TV
applications and content for IPTV and broadband-connected consumer
electronics devices (note: the company, which was founded by telecom
and media entrepreneurs, Michael Lantz [...]
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Posted on September 29, 2008 by itvtwp
–Jacked Appoints CTO, Director of Partner Management
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), has formed a
partnership with Versus, a national cable sports network currently
available in [...]
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Posted on September 29, 2008 by itvtwp
Turner Sports and the NBA have announced an interactive offering
called “Fan Night” that will give viewers the chance to vote for which
basketball games they want to see televised nationally on NBA TV
each Tuesday night. According to the companies, viewers will be able
to log onto NBA.com and cast their vote from a list of the available
match-ups [...]
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