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SeaChange International Inc.

(SEAC) is in the Technology Industry

Market Cap:$192.0M

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$201.8M

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

We are a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of digital video systems and services including the management, aggregation, licensing, storage, and distribution of video, television, gaming and advertisement content to cable system operators, telecommunications companies and broadcast television companies. Until the end of fiscal 2008, the Company was managed and operated as three segments, Broadcast, Broadband and Services. In its first quarter of fiscal 2009, the Company realigned its previously reported segments into three new reporting segments: Software, Servers and Storage, and Media Services as segments defined by SFAS No. 131 , Disclosure about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information . The Company believes this reorganization better reflects the increasing importance and magnitude of its software products and services as well as the scale of its ODG subsidiary. A description of the three new reporting segments is as follows: Software segment includes product revenues from the Companys Advertising, VOD, Middleware and Broadcast software, related services such as professional services, installation, training, project management, product maintenance, technical support and software development for those software products, and operating expenses relating to the Software segment such as research and development, selling and marketing and amortization of intangibles. ...

Number of Employees 1,046

Contact Information

50 Nagog Park

Acton, Massachusetts 01720-3409

seachangeintern...

(978) 897-0100

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing: 334220

Company News

Recent Events

SeaChange International Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results

12/07/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Reportlinker Adds Video Servers - A Global Update of Market Trends & Opportunities

12/01/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
TiVo Coming to Virgin's Non-DVRs, Too

11/27/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
SeaChange announces roll-out of VOD television advertising technology for UK's Virgin Media

11/26/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
Avondale Securities Downgrades SeaChange International SEAC to Market Perform

11/16/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
RGB Networks Partners with SeaChange

11/09/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Comcast Web TV Trial: 10,000 Being Served

10/27/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
SeaChange to Unveil Products at Cable-Tec Expo to Enable Content Delivery Networks

10/20/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
SeaChange's VOD Content Subsidiary, On Demand Group, Launches VOD Processing/Production Facility

10/08/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
SeaChange Incorporates Jinni's Search-and-Recommendation Engine into its VOD Platform

10/08/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
SeaChange Acquires Dutch VOD Software Provider, eventIS

10/08/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
You Telecom Deploys SeaChange Platform for On-Demand TV

10/03/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
CCSA and SeaChange Renew VOD and Advertising Bulk Purchase Master Agreement

9/21/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
SeaChange Demos Jinni-Powered VOD Discovery and Navigation for TV's, PC's and Mobile Devices at IBC...

9/13/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
SeaChange names FalconStor CEO to board

9/03/09 - Board Member - Entering - View Story
SeaChange Gets Closer to Comcast, Europe

9/02/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
SeaChange International Inc. SEAC reports 2nd Quarter ending July 2009 below estimates

9/02/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

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VOD'S quest for the revenue grail: server makers edge closer to goal of dynamic ad insertion.(SPECIAL FOCUS: ADVERTISING)

- 2005-10-03

For many, it's the Holy Grail of video-on-demand business models: generating ad revenue from VOD viewership. To get there, a number of elements must be in place; these generally fall into two big categories. First, advertisers, agencies, MSOs ...

Tags: advertisement, SeaChange International Inc., server, VoD
Only Cable Can Deliver on Demand Advertising... a Business Whose Time Has Come

BNET - 2005-08-29

This year, more than a billion On Demand streams will be consumed across America, more than 20 million homes will watch programs with DVRs, and more advertisers than ever will worry about the impact of ad-skipping, and ad-free On Demand experiences. At the same time, people consistently hear the call...

Tags: SeaChange International Inc., Advertisement, Cable
Taking the delay out of VOD ads: server firms working on dynamic ad insertion.

- 2005-01-03

Eager to assist programmers and cable operators who want video-on-demand systems to generate ad revenue, VOD server vendors are working on next-generation software that will allow dynamic ad insertion in VOD content. Until now, most ads appea Eager...

Tags: advertisement, SeaChange International Inc., server, VoD
SeaChange tests VOD placement.(Ad Insertion)(SeaChange International Inc.)(Video On Demand)

- 2004-04-12

SeaChange International Inc. has updated its VOD-system advertising capabilities with a new placement system that can be integrated into a cable operator's current sales operation. SeaChange's Ad Management component allows for centralized co SeaChange International Inc. has updated...

Tags: advertisement, SeaChange International Inc., VoD
VOD server vendors tackle ad-skipping, ratings issues. (Broadband Week).(Video-on-demand)(Brief Article)

- 2002-06-03

Top programming executives laid down the gauntlet at last month's National Show with respect to several key video-on-demand issues. MSOs shouldn't expect TV's best advertiser-supported shows to run on VOD or subscription VOD platforms unless Top programming...

Tags: advertisement, broadband, SeaChange International Inc., server, VoD