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Movies-On-Demand: SeaChange International's Yvette Gordon says Hollywood movies-on-demand and subscription
movies-on-demand are among the most anticipated applications that cable systems are preparing to deploy
(08MAY01) (Seachange)
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VOD And Server-Based PVR: nCUBE showcases end-to-end broadband video-on-demand solutions including demo
of server-based personal video recorder functionality at Cable-Tec Expo in Orlando, Florida (08MAY01) (nCUBE)
- Interactive TV Video Chip: Focus Enhancements Inc announces availability of FS460 interactive television chip (08MAY01) (Focus) (alt.link)
The news announcement states the FS460 "is the only device that can perfectly size the desktop onto the TV while blending multiple video channels and preserving the full analog and digital quality of each of the sources."- In-Store On-Premises Interactive TV: NTN, McCormick Distilling, and Gams Group launch marketing campaign for Tequila Rose cream liqueur featuring on-screen video advertising, point-of-sale sampling, and NTN OmniPoll interactive on-premise research (08MAY01) (NTN)
- Telewebber News: CBS TV's "Survivor" website pulled in 400,000 visitors per week with a total of 200 million page views for the run of the "Survivor: The Australian Outback" reality television series (08MAY01) (Viacom) (related.link)
- MIH Ltd's Mindport hosted Spring 2001 User Conference in San Diego as "Meeting of The Minds" for digital television (07MAY01) (PRN) (alt.link)
The news announcement quotes Mindport CEO Allan Rosenzweig as stating, "'The Meeting of The Minds,' was this year's theme and allowed us to not only forge closer relationships with our customers, but also empower them with the tools, information and knowledge of the new technologies and trends in the digital TV space."- Cable Video-On-Demand For Virginia: Cox Communications selects Concurrent Computer Corporation as video-on-demand solution provider for deployment of Movies-on-Demand for subscribers in Hampton Roads, Virginia (07MAY01) (CCUR)
The news announcement states, "Cox Communications previously selected Concurrent's MediaHawk for deployment of Movies on Demand in its San Diego system and for a trial in its Phoenix system, which both use the Scientific-Atlanta platform."- Interactive TV For The Netherlands: KPN Telecom NV testing interactive TV, video-on-demand, and games via DSL in the Netherlands (07MAY01) (Yahoo.Reuters) (alt.link) (alt.link)
- Cable Video-On-Demand And Interactive TV For Hawaii: Time Warner Cable's Oceanic Cablevision installs Scientific-Atlanta Prisma II bdr baseband digital reverse fiberoptic system for deployment of video-on-demand and interactive services in Hawaii (07MAY01) (SciAtl) (related.link) (related.link) (related.link)
- Support For DTV Tuner Requirement: Comments by National Association of Broadcasters, Association for Maximum Service Television, and Association of Local Television Stations filed with the FCC for support of digital TV tuner requirement for new TVs to promote the transition to digital television (PDF) (07MAY01) (NAB)
- Digital TV Stations In The US: WFOR-TV in Miami is 189th television station broadcasting in digital in the US (04MAY01) (NAB)
- Moving To The DTV Penthouse: WPTV in West Palm Beach, Florida had no choice but to build a new $25 million all-digital facility (April2000) (DigitalTV)
- TV Via Phone Lines: Motorola and Next Level Communications make deal to facilitate worldwide deployment of Next Level NLevel3 Unified Access Platform for providing multi-stream television, full service telephone, and high-speed data access over existing copper telephone lines (07MAY01) (NLC)
- HDTV Via Internet2: 2NetFX, ResearchChannel, and Pacific Northwest Gigapop to experiment with delivery of HDTV via Internet2 and other high-speed connections (07MAY01) (PRN) (alt.link) (related.link) (related.link)
- The Way To HDTV: Stuart English says "It's A Clear Path To HDTV's Future" (April2000) (DigitalTV)
- Telewebber News: ABC TV and ABC.com launching integrated promo campaign telling TV viewers to go to ABC.com to pick one of four endings for the season finale of "Two Guys and a Girl" (07MAY01) (Adweek)
- Watch TV Commercials On The Web: Advertising Age launches AdReview.com as a streaming video website with news and commentary about TV commercials (07MAY01) (AdAge)
- Mediabolic Inc unveils Mediabolic One convergence platform as central entertainment and control device (07MAY01) (Yahoo.BW) (alt.link)
- "Inflection Point" For Interactive TV: NBC Enhanced Broadcasting Group Director Jonathan Boltax discusses "stealth" launch of easy-to-use interactive services that is bringing the industry to an "inflection point" (April2000) (DigitalTV)
- Streaming Media For Profit: Rafe Needleman doesn't care which platform works best when a doomed streaming media company isn't making money from every viewer (07MAY01) (Redherring)
- Screen Actors Guild Also Wants Financial Cut Of Internet Video Pie: Internet distribution of television shows and movies influences tentative agreement between Hollywood scriptwriters and movie studios (07MAY01) (WIRED)
- Disney And Viacom Argue For Passive TV Schedules: Disney's Michael Eisner and Viacom's Sumner Redstone both agree that big percentage of TV viewers prefer to stick with fixed television schedules instead of setting up their own TV lineups using TiVo-type personal video recorders (04MAY01) (WashPost)
In covering the Credit Suisse First Boston media conference, the Washington Post cites USA Networks chairman Barry Diller as indicating personal video recorders such as TiVo will transform the television industry. To this, the Post quotes Disney chairman Michael Eisner as stating, "I used it for three days and never was more annoyed by anything in my life." The Post goes on to cite Eisner as indicating "a big percentage of viewers prefer to stick with fixed TV schedules rather than to move shows around on their own." And to this, the Post quotes Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone as stating, "This time Michael is absolutely right. The television audience by and large is passive." And to this, the Post quotes Diller as responding, "Oh my God, again you're hearing responses based on...." and Eisner completing "... old people."- Disney And Viacom Working Towards Active Video-On-Demand: Disney and Viacom confirm they are jointly working with an unnamed company towards providing movies on an internet-based video-on-demand service (03MAY01) (Bloomberg) (alt.link) (related.link)
Achieving Optimal "Chi" For iTV: Compare this news item with the news item above this one and you can see two twins fighting each other. You can see the ying yang that you have with interactive TV where on the one hand you have passive (ying) TV scheduling and on the other hand you have some sort of active (yang) TV interaction whether using a TiVo-type PVR, video-on-demand, or some sort of internet function. They can all fit together, but, of course, using this ying-yang analogy, the key will be determining the balance for the optimal "chi" for interactive television. Click here for more ying-yang commentary about achieving commercial "chi" for on-demand TV. -ruel- Video-On-Demand To Reach $9 Billion In Annual U.S. Revenues: Webnoize Analyst Joel Karp says viable video-on-demand services signify the end of video rental stores as we know them (03MAY01) (Digitrends) (related.link) (related.link)
- AOLTV Gets Interactive TV Gameshow: AOLTV, Warner Bros New Media, Telepictures Productions, and Mixed Signals Technologies turning "Street Smarts" into interactive television show (04MAY01) (Videography) (related.link)
Videography quotes Telepictures Productions president Jim Paratore as stating, "Interactivity is the next exciting step in the evolution of television programming. 'Street Smarts' is a great test case for us because it is a franchise with a young audience that is already tapped in to the latest technology." Telepictures is a Time Warner Entertainment Company.- UltimateTV & WebTV Get Interactive "VIP" TV Show: Net4TV interviews Sony Pictures' Martin Pearson about the interactive TV version of the Pamela Anderson "VIP" television show (30APR01) (Net4TV)
The "VIP" interactivity cannot be seen on AOLTV. Net4TV quotes Sony Pictures' director of production Martin Pearson as stating AOLTV "wasn't a platform we chose to develop this particular project for at this time." Net4TV also quotes Pearson as stating the "VIP" television show "is in 99 percent of the television markets across the U.S." and that it is "a fun young show, so it's well suited in that respect."
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- Interactive TV Video Chip: Focus Enhancements Inc announces availability of FS460 interactive television chip (08MAY01) (Focus) (alt.link)
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