Ocean Blue to Offer Solution for HD Interactive TV on DTT

–Company also Integrates Technologies with STMicrosystems, MediaTek

Bristol, UK-based digital TV software provider, Ocean Blue,
announced earlier this month that it will shortly be releasing what it
claims is the first digital terrestrial television solution to support
high-definition interactive TV services. According to the company, the
solution uses the enhanced graphics capabilities of HD-ready
televisions during red-button sessions to provide [...]

Comcast Launches AnyRoom On Demand

–Says its VOD Service has Generated over 7 Billion Views since 2003
–Company’s Fancast Service now Features Video from over 100 Providers
–Company to Spend up to $70 Million on “Project Canoe” this Year
Comcast, the US’s largest cable MSO, last week launched a service
called AnyRoom On Demand to its digital cable customers in New


Jersey who are [...]

Time Warner Cable of NY & NJ Launches Start Over-Enabled “Enhanced HDTV”

Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey has announced plans
to expand its HDTV programming line-up, which it says will see it
carrying 100 HD channels and “more than 250 HD On Demand
choices” by the end of the year. The company is launching what it is
calling “Enhanced HDTV,” a free offering that includes Start Over [...]

NDS in Deals with DEN, Canal+, Viasat, ASTER

–MediaHighway Middleware Lets Canal+ Subs Transform HD STB’s into DVR’s
News Corp.-owned conditional access and interactive TV technology
provider, NDS, has generated a fair amount of ITV-related news over
the past few weeks. Among the highlights:

The company says that Digital Entertainment Networks (DEN), a new
entrant in the Indian digital cable space (note: [...]