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- Interactive Program Guide Sponsorship: Gemstar-TV Guide and Ford Motor Co are expected to announce 18-month advertising agreement where Ford is the first long-term automobile advertiser on Gemstar-TV Guide interactive program guide (25MAY01) (Adweek.DJ) (alt.link)
DowJones (DJ) quotes Gemstar-TV Guide media sales president Jeffrey Mahl Ford as stating Ford "will have the ability to do a lot of different things with the interactive program guide. It's an evolving media."- IPreview Advertising As Interactive Portal To TV Scheduling On TiVo: Lexus joins TiVo Charter Advertising Program to provide IPreview interactive television schedules linked to schedule-sponsor's commercials (23MAY01) (TiVo) (alt.link) (alt.link) (related.link) (related.link)
The news announcement states, "Lexus advertisements will feature an interactive Ipreview icon allowing TiVo subscribers to instantly schedule recordings of upcoming shows sponsored by the leading luxury automobile manufacturer. TiVo subscribers who press select on the remote will be presented with a description of the program, when the program will air and the option to automatically record it. Lexus will choose the programs it wishes to sponsor and determine the timing and placement of the Ipreview icon to best complement the advertisement's creative presentation."- TiVo Gets PVR Patent: US Patent & Trademark Office grants patents to TiVo including patents for "multimedia timewarping system" and "analog video tagging and encoding system" (25MAY01) (TiVo)
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You can click here to check out the patent for the "multimedia timewarping system" and here for the patent for the "analog video tagging and encoding system."- More TiVo Patent News: TiVo-competitors ReplayTV and Microsoft UltimateTV circling the wagons waiting for launch of first salvo against them by TiVo (25MAY01) (CNET) (related.link)
CNET reports, "News of the patent has competitors, such as ReplayTV and Microsoft, scratching their heads as they try to sort out how the [TiVo] patent will affect their businesses."- Other TiVo News: TiVo to launch UK website featuring TiVo demos and retail store locator as part of £8 million marketing drive in the UK (25MAY01) (Revolution)
Revolution cites TiVo UK vice president Andrew Cresci as indicating "the company knew it would be tough to attract buyers when the system launched in the UK last October" and also quotes Cresci as stating, "At first we pushed how it could record live television, but now we will be promoting the system's all-round benefits."- More TiVo News: TiVo 1Q highlights include 200,000+ subscribers and PVR patents (PDF) (24MAY01) (TiVo) (alt.link) (related.link) (alt.link)
- Antitrust Issues For Possible Echostar-DirecTV Deal: Echostar deal for DirecTV would be more difficult to approve than a News Corp deal in new federal regulatory environment with shift to Democrat-controlled US Senate (25MAY01) (Inside)
Inside reports, "On one hand, [Echostar] must satisfy antitrust bureaucrats at the Justice Department or the Federal Trade Commission and, in this case, the Federal Communications Commission. On the other, it has to stroke key lawmakers who can pull any number of levers to quash pending deals. News Corp.'s plan to buy DirecTV would not likely encounter regulatory resistance...."- Possible EchoStar-AOLTW-GE Alliance To Counter News Corp-Microsoft Alliance In Bid For DirecTV: EchoStar finalizing proposal to acquire Hughes-DirecTV in strategy that may include AOL Time Warner and General Electric (24MAY01) (MSNBC.WSJ)
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The Wall Street Journal reports, "Among the companies [EchoStar chairman Charlie Ergen] has sought to enlist in his bid are AOL Time Warner Inc. and General Electric Co., according to people familiar with his strategy. But it isn't clear what commitments he has received or how many other companies he has approached." Later reports indicate that SBC and BellSouth were also asked to take part in a possible Echostar-DirecTV deal. Comparing the possible Echostar deal and the News Corp deal, in the second related news item, MediaGuardian reports on the show-me-the-money factor: "A major sticking point in the deal with Mr Murdoch's News Corporation empire is the lack of cash for GM shareholders, and EchoStar has more money to offer than News Corp."- DirecTV Sets Sights To Beat Cable: Barriers to widespread consumer acceptance of satellite television include lack of local channel availability and high out-of-pocket costs (24MAY01) (Standard)
- Getting All The On-Demand Extras For DVD: Additional movie footage, outtakes, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes documentaries, commentaries, scripts, storyboards, internet links, interactive games, and other gee-whiz features are must-have on-demand features for DVD movies (25MAY01) (USAToday)
You can click here to check out news about internet-enabled movies for DVD.- Putting Flash On TV: Hollywood entertainment industry using Macromedia Flash to bring web animation to television (25MAY01) (CNET) (alt.link)
CNET quotes former Quokka Sports chief creative officer Michael Gough as stating, "It's certainly ironic. Everybody once thought that they would be able to repurpose TV and put it on the Web. But it didn't work. Nobody would sit in front of the computer and watch a half-hour show. Now everybody is taking the Web and putting it on TV."- Two-Screen Telewebber News: Jon Healey says interactive TV wasn't supposed to look like this watching a TV and using a PC for interactivity (24MAY01) (LATimes)
- 6.2 Million Seachange VOD Club: Seachange 1Q highlights include 6,200,000 basic subscribers in the video-on-demand market (24MAY01) (Seachange) (alt.link)
- TVRipping & Napster-Like File-Sharing: "TVRip" activity in infancy but growing in quality and quantity of both TV shows and viewers (24MAY01) (CNET)
CNET reports, "Although ... groups have distributed DVD movies and TV shows [online via IRC and FTP] for some time, the pre-release of TV shows a day or two before their airdate is a fairly recent phenomenon." CNET quotes a National Association of Broadcasters spokesman as stating, "We are aware of this, and are monitoring it."- VOD's Early Hope May Be With Porn: Adult material could be the driving reason people will pay for video-on-demand (24MAY01) (MediaLife) (related.link)
Media Life magazine quotes ACTV senior vice president Richard Yelen as stating providing adult video-on-demand is "the right business decision, as long as you don’t flaunt it with heavy marketing.... adult material could drive the reason people will pay for VOD. When it comes to watching regular Hollywood movies, VOD doesn't have the socialization that comes with going out to the movie theater. With adult material that's not a factor."- Betting Via Interactive TV In Australia: TAB wants to provide interactive betting on free-to-air digital TV datacasting services and on Sky Racing payTV channel (25MAY01) (AustralianIT) (alt.link)
- Super Bingo TV Games: Loteria Electronica Internacional Dominicana SA selects Scientific Games and iTV Games to provide nationally televised "Super Bingo" online lottery show, service, and system for five years in the Dominican Republic with "Super Bingo" operations to begin September 2001 (24MAY01) (iTVGames) (alt.link)
The news announcement states, "By creating a weekly lottery TV game show that enables lottery players to 'watch and win' at home, SUPER BINGO(TM) should stimulate revenue growth for our lottery customers."- Reality TV Gameshow News: Two Way TV creates EVictor interactive television game for voting housemates off the "Big Brother" show on Channel 4 in the UK (24MAY01) (TwoWayTV) (related.link)
The news announcement states, "E-Victor can be played by any subscriber on the NTL or Telewest digital cable networks where it is available on the Two Way TV interactive games channel."- More Reality TV Gameshow News: ONdigital's enhanced television version of "Survivor" TV show in the UK to include Tribal Poll, Island Poll, Survivor Profiles, background information, and Digital Survivor Game (21MAY01) (ONdigital)
The news announcement states, "The new enhanced TV service exclusive to [digital terrestrial television] viewers will feature five informative content sections accessible by pressing the red key on the viewer's remote control. Upon entering the service an overlay menu appears presenting a raft of options for the viewer."- Online Videogames: Informa Media Group says videogame revenues from internet, interactive TV, and mobile phones will increase from less than 2% of total industry revenues in 2000 to 27% by 2006 (25MAY01) (CNET)
CNET cites Informa Media Group as finding, "In 2000, interactive TV and mobile-phone games generated $842 million in sales and in 2006 will account for $22.8 billion. Online games sales are expected to hit $5.6 billion.- Interactive Games: Third Annual Global Interactive Gaming Summit & Expo, June 5-7, 2001, in Toronto, Canada to cover different media including wireless devices and interactive television (24MAY01) (IGamingNews) (alt.link) (related.link)
You can click here to check out more information about the Global Interactive Gaming Summit & Expo. You can also click here to check out a River City Group report on "Exploring the Direction and Future of Interactive Gaming."- Online Videogame Cash Cows: Mythic Entertainment President Mark Jacobs says online gaming is the only business model that works and can be a cash cow (24MAY01) (SCMP.AP)
- Videogame Console News: Sony Computer Entertainment President Ken Kutaragi says Microsoft XBOX was finished before it even got started since there are no games and the retailers in the US are already disappointed (24MAY01) (FT) (alt.link) (related.link) (related.link)
- WebTV Report Card 1: Net4TV WebTV users grade the product (24MAY01) (Net4TV)
- WebTV Report Card 2: Net4TV WebTV users grade the service (24MAY01) (Net4TV)
- WebTV Report Card 3: Net4TV sums up the grades for WebTV (24MAY01) (Net4TV)
- Still Working Towards Possible Inprimis-iDVDbox Deal: Inprimis says negotiations for possible iDVDBox acquisition continue despite expiration of letter of intent for possible acquisition (24MAY01) (NYTimes.BW) (alt.link)
- Hospitality Interactive TV Entertainment: Bryant Park Hotel in Manhattan is using General Dynamics' Intrigue multimedia system for in-room entertainment via the hotel room television set providing high-speed internet access, video-on-demand movies, personal video recording capabilities, electronic shopping, videogames, and access to hospitality services (24MAY01) (PRN)
- Content & Programming For Set-Tops In Hospitality Industry: Dauphin Technology enters into letter of intent with ProtoSource Corporation to purchase ProtoSource subsidiary Suncoast Automation for providing bundled packages of basic cable television, premium programming, videogames, and high-speed internet via set-top boxes for the extended stay hospitality industry (24MAY01) (NYTimes.BW) (alt.link) (alt.link)
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- Interactive Program Guide Sponsorship: Gemstar-TV Guide and Ford Motor Co are expected to announce 18-month advertising agreement where Ford is the first long-term automobile advertiser on Gemstar-TV Guide interactive program guide (25MAY01) (Adweek.DJ) (alt.link)
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