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Broadband video platform provider, Brightcove, today (Monday) launched the Brightcove TV Everywhere Solution Pack (TVE-SP), which it claims provides TV programmers with everything they need in order to operate rich, branded and authenticated TV Everywhere-compatible catch-up TV services.

Broadband video platform provider, Ooyala, announced Wednesday that Telegraph Media Group (TMG), which publishes the UK newspaper, The Daily Telegraph and its Web site, telegraph.co.uk, has chosen its platform to power its broadband video offerings. The deal--which sees Ooyala replacing rival Brightcove as TMG's broadband video platform provider--also calls for Ooyala to work with TMG's recently launched digital business unit, the Euston Project, to develop new technologies for the delivery and consumption of online media. According to Ooyala, members of its technical team will begin working out of the Euston Project's facilities next week.

Here is a round-up of some other interactive TV-related stories we didn't have room for in this issue:

Broadband video publishing solutions provider, Brightcove, announced Wednesday that Italian pay-TV operator, Sky.it (Sky Italia), has selected its platform for online video content management and for publishing advertising-supported, customized video players on its online properties and across the Web. According to Brightcove--whose other Italian customers include MTV Mobile and Il Sole 24--its platform is enabling Sky.it, which has just under 5 million subscribers, to extend distribution of sports, news and lifestyle-related programming to the Web, reaching a larger audience and expanding monetization opportunities through enhanced advertising opportunities.

Broadband video publishing solutions provider, Brightcove, announced Monday that it has rolled out broad support for Adobe Flash Media Server 3.5 through content delivery services provided by Limelight Networks. It says that Media Server 3.5 support will enable it to provide its 700 or so customers in 28 countries with turn-key access to enhanced dynamic delivery capabilities for HD-quality broadband video. The company says it has also introduced on-demand access to advanced security options for video stream encryption and SWF verification. "Organizations of all kinds today are faced with increasingly complex requirements around quality and security for online video publishing and distribution," Brightcove CTO, Bob Mason, said in a prepared statement.

UPDATE: After we went to press, Ooyala contacted [itvt] to let us know that
the launch of "POV Reviews," which was expected to take place today, has
been temporarily delayed.

The History Channel (UK), a joint venture between A&E Television Networks (AETN) and BSkyB, has launched new consumer Web sites for its History (history.co.uk) and Military History (militaryhistory.co.uk) channels. The sites, which were co-produced with AETN International and which debuted July 16th, feature a video player from US broadband video publishing solutions provider, Brightcove, remote recording functionality for the Sky+ DVR, and an interactive timeline.

Broadband video publishing solutions provider, Brightcove, contacted [itvt] last week to let us know that it is powering online video for UK Premier League soccer club Manchester City's new Web site (mcfc.co.uk).

Broadband video publishing solutions provider, Brightcove, announced Tuesday the general availability of what it bills as the first fully localized white-label online video platform for the Japanese market. It says that the new platform extends its existing localized player architecture to incorporate a full suite of backend online video platform services, including content management, player design and publishing, delivery, product documentation and customer support. "Japan is one of the most exciting and fast-growing markets in the world for online video and continues to be an important investment priority in Brightcove's global expansion strategy," Brightcove chairman and CEO, Jeremy Allaire, said in a prepared statement.

Broadband video publishing solutions provider, Brightcove, announced today that its platform is powering a new online video-on-demand service from Fox Latin American Channels.

In a guest post on broadband video publishing solutions provider Brightcove's blog last week, Bhaskar Roy, co-founder of live mobile video specialist, Qik, announced that his company was partnering with Brightcove, allowing its mobile video capabilities to be easily integrated into the latter's online video publishing and distribution workflow.

Broadband video publishing solutions provider, Brightcove, and UK commercial terrestrial broadcaster, Five, announced an initiative, Monday, that they say will allow Five's viewers to embed ad-supported full episodes of their favorite TV shows on their Web sites, social network profiles and blogs. The initiative makes Five the first UK broadcaster to syndicate full episodes of popular programs for catch-up viewing on third-party Web sites, the companies say.

Broadband video publishing solutions provider, Brightcove, has secured another deal to power video on a newspaper company's Web site (note: the company's platform is also used by the New York Times and the Washington Post in the US; the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian in the UK; La Vanguardia in Spain; and 60 regional newspapers in Germany): the company announced Monday that Philly.com, the Web portal for the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News, will use its platform to publish and distribute video, and will also leverage the platform's integration with third-party advertising networks to monetize that video.

Broadband video publishing solutions provider, Brightcove, has secured yet another deal to power video on a newspaper's Web site (note: the company's newspaper customers include the New York Times and the Washington Post in the US; the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian in the UK; and 60 regional newspapers in Germany): the company announced Thursday that Barcelona-based newspaper, La Vanguardia, has chosen its platform to power its advertising-supported online video initiatives, and will use the platform to publish video on its site, integrate advertising, and expand distribution through search engines.

In a posting on its corporate blog, Wednesday, broadband video publishing solutions provider, Brightcove, announced that Japanese utility company, Tokyo Gas, has chosen the Brightcove platform to power its broadband video initiatives. Tokyo Gas--which has five business divisions and 60 subsidiaries in such areas as natural gas, electricity, gas appliances and real estate--will use the platform for a range of applications, including marketing and corporate communications.