ICTV in ActiveVideo Deal with iPanel Technologies

–Deal Targets China and other Asia-Pacific Markets
–Company Appoints New VP’s of Programming and Business Development

ICTV, a Silicon Valley-based company that offers solutions for
bringing Web media to television, announced last month that it has
signed a deal with iPanel Technologies, a provider of embedded
software platforms for digital and IPTV services and applications. The
deal is designed to [...]

Major Studios Announce Plans for Premium VOD Service

Earlier this month, Viacom, its Paramount Pictures unit, MGM Studios
and Lionsgate announced that they have formed a joint venture that will
launch a premium VOD service and linear-TV channel in the fall of
2009. According to the companies, the venture will have access to
Paramount and Paramount Vantage titles released theatrically on or
after January 1st, 2008, and MGM, [...]

KoldCast Launches Broadband TV Service

An Irvine, Calif.-based company called KoldCast last month launched a free broadband video service, called KoldCast TV, that features a range of on-demand programming and support for full-screen HD. The company also launched three different media players, designed for use by its content partners and viewers (the players can be embedded in blogs and social [...]

[itvt] Radio - BitTorrent President, Ashwin Navin, on the Company’s Detente with Comcast

–The Interactive TV Month in Review
In this recorded episode of [itvt]’s new talk radio show, “The TV of Tomorrow Show with Tracy Swedlow,” Ashwin Navin, co-founder and president of peer-to-peer technology provider, BitTorrent, discusses that company’s recently announced agreement with Comcast, which calls for them to work together to address infrastructural issues raised by [...]