[itvt] Radio: Andrew Keen Casts a Skeptical Eye on UGC and the “Cult of the Amateur”

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 [...]

[itvt] Radio: The Interactive TV Month in Review

In this recorded episode of [itvt]’s talk radio show, “The TV of Tomorrow
Show with Tracy Swedlow,” a panel of high-profile interactive TV
experts–Patrick Donoghue, VP of interactive TV product management at
Time Warner Cable; industry analyst, Leslie Ellis (author of the column,

“Translation Please“); Bill Niemeyer, chief of analysis and research at
BlackArrow; David Preisman, VP of [...]

[itvt] Radio: Mark Goldenson, Founder and CEO of Broadband Video

This recorded episode of [itvt]’s talk radio show, “The TV of
Tomorrow Show with Tracy Swedlow,” features Mark Goldenson,
founder and CEO of PlayCafe.com, a company which streams live,
free-to-play game shows that allow viewers to play along, chat with
hosts and other players, form teams, contribute questions, and win

prizes (note: earlier this week, Ken Jennings, the holder [...]

2nd Annual tru2way Developers Conference Scheduled for May 17th and 18th

The second annual tru2way Developers Conference will be held in
New Orleans on Saturday, May 17th and Sunday, May 18th, just prior
to the NCTA Cable Show. The conference is produced by the NCTA,
in partnership with CableLabs (the originator of the tru2way/OCAP
standard) and premier sponsor, Vidiom Systems, a company that
specializes in tru2way/OCAP technology and that has a [...]

[itvt] Radio: Vidiom Execs on tru2way/OCAP and the 2nd Annual tru2way Developers Conference

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[itvt] Radio: Update on the Television Academy’s Primetime Emmys for Interactive Media

 In this recorded episode of [itvt]’s talk radio show, “The TV of Tomorrow Show with Tracy Swedlow,”

Marcelino Ford-Livene and David Jensen, co-governors of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Interactive Media Peer Group (IMPG), and Geoff Katz, chairman of the IMPG’s Primetime Emmy Awards Working Group, discuss the Academy’s newly issued call for entries [...]

[itvt] Radio: Execs from VR Company, Mindark, Discuss its Emmy-Winning Interactive TV Project

In this recorded episode of [itvt]’s talk radio show, “The TV of Tomorrow Show with Tracy Swedlow,” Magnus Eriksson, chief development manager, and Christian Bjorkman, director of special projects at Mindark, the company behind the virtual world, Entropia Universe, discuss the interactive enhancements the company created for the Swedish television drama, “The Truth about Marika.” [...]

[itvt] Radio: Rentrak’s Cathy Hetzel and Dustin Encelewski on Measuring VOD Usage

In this recorded episode of [itvt]’s talk radio show, “The TV of Tomorrow Show with Tracy Swedlow,” Cathy Hetzel, president of the Advanced Media Information division at business-intelligence company, Rentrak, and her colleague, Dustin Encelewski, the company’s director of technological business development, discuss recent developments with its OnDemand Essentials offering–a Web-based ASP service which [...]

[itvt] Radio: PBS Celebrity, Gary Sohmers, on his Video Queue ITV Technology

In this recorded episode of [itvt]’s talk radio show, “The TV of Tomorrow Show with Tracy Swedlow,” Gary Sohmers, president and chairman of Interactive Meet and Greet Entertainment (IMAGE), discusses his company’s flagship Video Queue technology, which allows TV viewers to have face-to-face encounters with celebrities. (Note: Sohmers will probably be familiar to [itvt] [...]

[itvt] Radio: Morgan Guenther on AirPlay’s “Jeopardy!” Play-Along Gaming Deal

In this recorded episode of [itvt]’s talk radio show, “The TV of Tomorrow Show with Tracy Swedlow,” AirPlay chairman and CEO, Morgan Guenther, talks about his company’s new deal with Sony Pictures Television to provide multiplayer play-along mobile gaming for the popular game show, “Jeopardy!”; about some of the other new projects the company [...]