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Cable's answer to U.K.'s red button, called eTV, could be here soon.(TRANSLATION PLEASE)(understanding of enhanced television)
The late summer news from CableLabs that 16 companies accomplished a solid round of interoperability testing for "enhanced-TV" products seemed a useful entry into this latest chapter in the decades-long story that is ITV interactive television. First things first: The "e"...
Tags: ABC Inc., cable, iTV, set-top, tool, TVs
Research articles 2005-09-05
ITV Time’s Coming — No, Really (Multichannel News)
Mark Hess likes to compare interactive television to the Loch Ness Monster. They've both generated a lot of hype over the years. And since few cable operators have rolled out interactive TV services, many U.S. viewers have had as good a chance of seeing an ITV application as they would...
Tags: cable, Cox Communications Inc., iTV, TVs, VoD
Research articles 2005-04-04
Going for the gold: Newnam predicts 15 million homes interactive by 2005.(Tech Q&A)
Scott Newnam, president and CEO of GoldPocket Interactive, has turned CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox into interactive-services believers. It's a system applicable to set-top boxes, mobile phones and PCs. In fact, Newnam says the much-maligned interactive market is ready for prime time. He recently discussed the...
Tags: advertiser, Cable, iTV, NBC Universal Inc., NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs
Research articles 2004-08-23
Kagan Forecasts Cable Growth Via Phone, Local Ads, VOD, HD, ITV Revenue
Cable TV, once a question mark in the digital revolution, has leveled the playing field with rival digital media such as direct broadcast satellite. With digital cable now accounting for 40% of total U.S. basic cable subscribers, cable is migrating from its analog infrastructure to offer on-demand programming and super-sharp...
Tags: advertisement, cable, iTV, phone, VoD
Research articles 2005-10-21
The free-cash-flow dilemma: shareholders raise the bar for MSOs.(On demand: where content meets technology: VOD * HDTV * DVR * ITV * HSI)
The cable industry is expected to generate $2.4 billion in free cash flow in 2004, according to a report by Fulcrum Global Partners analyst Rich Greenfield. This marks the first time the industry's six major standalone MSOs broke into the black for The cable...
Tags: cable, VoD, cable industry, Charter Communications Inc., digital video recorder, HDTV, iTV, shareholder
Research articles 2004-06-07
Open University backs iTV with second cable ad push
The Open University has returned to interactive TV a year after its first flirtation with the medium, launching a marketing campaign on a significantly greater scale. The OU's iTV recruitment drive kicked off earlier this month and runs till the end of November on digital cable platforms NTL...
Tags: advertisement, cable, iTV, Open University, TVs
Research articles 2003-05-22
Privacy in the private sector: use of the automotive industry's "event data recorder" and cable industry's "interactive television" in collecting personal data.
I. INTRODUCTION While the mention of the term "Big Brother" typically arouses suspicion of the government, many privacy advocates have been expressing concern over the private sector's access to and use of valuable personal information. One example of this possible encroachment upon privacy rights occurs within the automotive...
Tags: Cable, General Motors Corp., iTV, NETWORKING, privacy, recorder, satellite, technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Thompson, TiVo Inc., TVs, video
Research articles 2003-03-22
Don't underestimate the import of this quiet launch: Despite the lack of fanfare surrounding Freeview, the Government's digital strategy rests on its success. It will have to build at least some profile. (Media).
This week sees the launch of the most important broadcasting service since BskyB--though you won't hear much of a fanfare. When Freeview launches, there'll be no starry switch-on (remember Ulrika Jonsson launching ONDigital at the Crystal Palace transmitter?), no fireworks, no press conference and no party. Yet Freeview--the...
Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc., cable, government, iTV, media, satellite, strategy, TVs
Research articles 2002-10-31
Cable Focus on VOD Left Spiderdance Stuck in Web
Byline: anthony crupi In a bearish market, a little hibernation is to be expected. Execrable puns aside, however, interactive TV content-application developer Spiderdance's announcement last week that it was settling down for a long winter's nap came as a surprise to some industry observers. Long considered to be...
Tags: Cable, iTV, NBC Universal Inc., TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs, VoD, Web
Research articles 2002-04-29
TV Guide Interactive and WorldGate Join Forces to Introduce First Fully Integrated Digital Interactive TV Package Designed for Currently Deployed Set-Top Boxes
Business/Entertainment Editors & High-Tech/Television Writers PASADENA, Calif. & TREVOSE, Pa.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 1, 2002 WorldGate's Full Suite of Interactive TV Applications Combined With TV Guide InteractiveSM Program Guide and Concurrent's Video-On-Demand Services TV Guide Interactive, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc.) (NASDAQ:GMST)...
Tags: Cable, Company, Concurrent Computer Corp., Interactive, iTV, set-top, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TV Guide, TVs, VoD
Research articles 2002-04-01
ICTV's First Customer Coming Back for More After 2+ Years of Success
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LOS GATOS, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 26, 2001 Full Conversion to ICTV's Broadband Digital System in St. Joseph, Missouri to Serve as First Full Commercial Launch of Broadband Digital Interactive Platform ICTV, supplier of advanced broadband systems with a headend-based solution for interactive TV,...
Tags: broadband, Cable, iTV, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs
Research articles 2001-06-26
By passing Cable, PBS Takes Enhanced Content To The Air
The laborious rollout of interactive television and the tug-of-war over open standards has at least one network looking at an alternative model that by-passes set-top boxes and cable operators altogether. The move could whet the public's appetite for ITV and bring personal computers more directly into the television mainstream....
Tags: Cable, iTV, PBS, PC, set-top, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs
Research articles 2001-03-12
Interactive television--the sleeper.(Brief Article)
We all expected that the FCC's AOL-Time Warner decision would deal with cable modem open access and instant messaging, but interactive television ITV was the unexpected "sleeper" issue for the cable industry. Disney's contentions of discrimination where none exist have led to a premature and possibly...
Tags: Cable, Disney Corp., FCC, Government, iTV, NETWORKING, programmer, programming, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs, video
Research articles 2001-03-01
FCC eyeing iTV restrictions.(Brief Article)
The FCC may consider broader cable industry interactive-TV restrictions than those it placed on the merger of America Online and Time Warner, "Broadcasting Cable Online" reported, citing unnamed sources. The report stated that the FCC might consider whether cable companies should be prohibited from caching their...
Tags: Cable, FCC, Government, iTV, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Research articles 2001-02-01
AdForce Extends Reach of Digital Advertising to Interactive Television; AdForce Solution Provides New Revenue Model for Cable Operators
Business Editors CUPERTINO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug 7, 2000 AdForce, LLCR, a majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMGI) and a leading online provider of centralized, outsourced ad management and delivery services, today announced the next phase of its AdForce EveryWhere program -- extending AdForce's centralized, outsourced ad management and...
Tags: advertisement, advertiser, cable, CMGI Inc., INTERNET, iTV, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., TVs
Research articles 2000-08-07
Tuning in to the future. (British television broadcasting industry)
Television broadcasting will become more competitive in Britain as a result of deregulation and technology such as satellite communications. British Broadcasting Corporation Ltd and other major broadcasting companies will lose a large audience share. THE language could hardly have been harsher: the "castration" of quality programming, ...
Tags: America, Britain, British Broadcasting Corp., broadcasting, cable, iTV, NETWORKING, satellite, TVs
Research articles 1992-09-05
Top cable game picks.(Cable's got game: trending towards deployments)(Advertisement)
SURVEYING THE GAMERS Finding the right business game partner requires knowing who's in the business and who's making headway within the cable industry. In this section, The Carmel Group surveyed executives within the iTV game market to find o ...
Tags: advertisement, cable, company, game, iTV, network, technology, Web site
Research articles 2005-04-04
FCC tackles interactive.(interactive television)(Brief Article)
Wants to know if FTC'S AOL-TW rules should be the standard Interactive television is more idea than reality but the hazy future of two-way TV isn't stopping regulators from trying to prevent cable operators from one day dominating the business ...
Tags: cable, cable company, FCC, FTC, iTV, TV
Research articles 2001-01-01
Interactive TV Business Models in a Cable TV.(Brief Article)
Standing at the gate of every cable TV subscriber's home, a cable MSO holds the key to opening a viewer's passive, analog-based set-top box into a digitally enhanced interactive TV ITV service. The question remains, however, whether consumers wil Standing at the gate of...
Tags: cable, cable television, interactive TV, iTV, TV
Research articles 2000-12-18
Disney, Viacom Rub Against MSOs' ITV Grain.(multiple service operators' interactive television)(Brief Article)
WASHINGTON -- Despite the stir it's caused within the cable industry, The Walt Disney Co. and Viacom Inc. are continuing to press the federal government to regulate cable operators' interactive-television offerings. WASHINGTON -- Despite the stir it's caused within the cable ...
Tags: cable, Disney Corp., iTV, Viacom Inc.
Research articles 2001-05-21