Televisionation

PART 2 "Putting it All Together: The 360-Degree UX" at TVOT NYC 2014 [itvt] is pleased to present an audio recording of the TVOT NYC 2014 session, "Putting it All Together: The 360-Degree UX." The session was described in the show brochure as follows: "In a highly competitive television marketplace, the winners will be those who can achieve high marks in every dimension of the user experience. As...

"Putting it All Together: The 360-Degree UX" at TVOT NYC 2014 [itvt] is pleased to present an audio recording of the TVOT NYC 2014 session, "Putting it All Together: The 360-Degree UX." The session was described in the show brochure as follows: "In a highly competitive television marketplace, the winners will be those who can achieve high marks in every dimension of the user experience. As busines...

"From Wholesaler to Retailer: Making Unbundling Work for Content Owners" at TVOT NYC 2014 [itvt] is pleased to present an audio recording of the TVOT NYC 2014 session, "From Wholesaler to Retailer: Making Unbundling Work for Content Owners." The session was described in the show brochure as follows: "In addition to providing a reliable income to content owners, MSO's (and virtual MSO's) take on a...

PART 1: [itvt] is pleased to present an audio recording of the TVOT NYC 2014 session, "From Wholesaler to Retailer: Making Unbundling Work for Content Owners." The session was described in the show brochure as follows: "In addition to providing a reliable income to content owners, MSO's (and virtual MSO's) take on a role of selling and servicing individual customers--in effect a retail business mo...

PART 1 [itvt] is pleased to present an audio recording of the TVOT NYC 2014 session, "Reconceiving TV Measurement and Analytics: New Strategies and Techniques for Understanding the Audience." The session was described in the show brochure as follows: "This session will examine the many ways in which our ability to understand and generate data about the television audience is evolving. Among other...

PART 2 [itvt] is pleased to present an audio recording of the TVOT NYC 2014 session, "Reconceiving TV Measurement and Analytics: New Strategies and Techniques for Understanding the Audience." The session was described in the show brochure as follows: "This session will examine the many ways in which our ability to understand and generate data about the television audience is evolving. Among other...

DISH Network yesterday unveiled its long-awaited virtual-MSO service, which will be branded as Sling TV and priced at $20 per month with "no commitment, contract, credit check or hardware installation required." The OTT service is billed as offering live TV from ESPN, ESPN2, TNT, TBS, Food Network, HGTV, Travel Channel, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, Disney Channel, ABC Family and CNN; a range of VO...

Based in California, Hilary Perchard, VP of business development at Sky, is in charge of that company's efforts to invest in and build partnerships with US start-ups. In this recorded interview with [itvt]'s Tracy Swedlow, he discusses some of Sky's recent investments in US high tech and other areas, explains the strategy behind those investments, describes the kinds of companies that Sky is looki...

Earlier this month, measurement company Rentrak announced a deal with WPP that will see it purchasing Kantar Media's U.S. TV measurement business for $98 million in stock. Rentrak also announced that WPP-owned media-buying company, GroupM, will use its national and local TV data, and that WPP will purchase $56 million of Rentrak stock. In this recorded interview with [itvt] editor-in-chief, Tracy...

Interview: AT&T AdWorks President, Mike Welch, on the Company's New Deals to Measure the Impact of Commercials on Purchasing Behavior AT&T AdWorks recently announced a partnership with comScore that will allow it to measure the effectiveness of its ad campaigns by anonymously linking data on subscribers' exposure to commercials on AT&T U-verse to online and in-store purchase behavior. The company...

Lingospot, a provider of automatic scene-level TV metatags and metacontent, last week announced a partnership with "augmented TV" company, SeeSpace. The latter has developed an ACR-enabled device dubbed InAiR, which, when connected via HDMI between a TV and a set-top box, enhances programming with what the company describes as "a rich, dynamic and animated viewer experience using the main TV scree...

[itvt] is pleased to present video and audio recordings of the TVOT 2014 presentation by Ross Hoffman, Director of Brand Strategy at Twitter. The presentation was described in the show brochure as follows: "In this keynote presentation, Ross Hoffman, Director of Brand Strategy at Twitter, will cast light on the nexus between Twitter, TV and advertising, addressing such topics as: the different kin...

POV, PBS's long-running showcase for independent non-fiction films, recently unveiled six new interactive documentary shorts that it bills as "allow[ing] audiences to engage...on a deeper level, using new technologies and new paradigms in storytelling" (note: more information on each of the documentaries can be found here). Four of the documentaries were created by alumni of POV Hackathon, POV's w...

[itvt] is pleased to present a video recording of the TVOT 2014 session, "Live Sports: Justifying the Investment in Innovation." The session was described in the show brochure as follows: "This session will explore new technologies and platforms that are transforming live sports coverage into an interactive, social and multiplatform experience; and--at a time when sports broadcast rights are becom...

Interview: Brian Greene, Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Columbia University, Discusses his New, Video-Centric Online Educational Platform, World Science U In this recently recorded interview with [itvt] editor-in-chief, Tracy Swedlow, BRIAN GREENE, professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, discusses his work on the educational video platform, World Science U, which laun...

[itvt] is pleased to present an audio recording of the TVOT 2014 session, "A City Is Another TV Channel." The session was described in the show brochure as follows: "Entertainment is only one of many content types arriving on television and second and third screens. Increasingly, individuals and households are using these screens to consume services that leverage the burgeoning Internet of Things...

Interview: Dijit Media CEO, Jeremy Toeman, Discusses his Company's Acquisition by Viggle Last week, social-TV loyalty-program company, Viggle, acquired Dijit Media, a company best known for its programming guidance app, NextGuide, and its TV tune-in tool, the Dijit Reminder Button. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. News of the acquisition came a little more than a month after Viggle...

Interview: Co-Founder, Dale Herigstad, on SeeSpace's New "Augmented Television" Device, InAiR At CES earlier this month, SeeSpace, a start-up co-founded by multiple-Emmy-winning interactive media designer, Dale Herigstad, unveiled an ACR-enabled "augmented television" device dubbed InAiR, that analyzes the programming the viewer is watching, and overlays related content. The content is presented v...

"TV Advertising 2.0 Is Here: Is the Industry Ready?" at TVOT NYC 2013 [itvt] is pleased to present an audio recording of the TVOT NYC 2013 session, "TV Advertising 2.0 Is Here: Is the Industry Ready?" The session was described in the show brochure as follows: "This session will identify the most significant new technologies, platforms, business models and strategies currently disrupting the TV adv...

Keynote by David Lyle, CEO of National Geographic Channels, at TVOT NYC 2013 [itvt] is pleased to present an audio recording of the TVOT NYC 2013 keynote presentation by David Lyle, CEO ofNational Geographic Channels. The session was described in the show brochure as follows: "David Lyle, CEO of National Geographic Channels, will cast light on his company's new television strategy, including its d...

[itvt] is pleased to present an audio recording of the TVOT NYC 2013 session, "TV Everywhere: Catalyst for the TV of Tomorrow?" The session was described in the show brochure as follows: "This session will attempt to identify the most significant recent developments in TVE, and to anticipate how they will impact television's roadmap over the coming year and beyond--from the perspective of broadcas...

[itvt] is pleased to present an audio recording of the TVOT NYC 2013 session, "Cable RDK Fireside." The session was described in the show brochure as follows: "Earlier this year, Time Warner Cable and Comcast formed RDK Management, LLC to manage and expand adoption of the Reference Design Kit (RDK), software for set-top boxes that is designed to accelerate the deployment of next-generation video d...

Social-TV company, ConnecTV, recently announced the launch of a new, free mobile app that "allows users to clip their favorite six-second moment, add an on-screen comment, and share with their friends across Twitter, Facebook, email and more, all while watching TV in real time." In this recorded interview with [itvt] editor-in-chief, Tracy Swedlow, ConnecTV co-founder and CEO, Ian Aaron, explains...

Matt Evans, SVP of Digital at Nickelodeon, on The Nick App, Winner of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media--User Experience and Visual Design In this recorded interview with [itvt] editor-in-chief, Tracy Swedlow, and Matt Evans, SVP of digital at Nickelodeon, discuss The Nick App, which recently won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interact...

Interview: Lisa Hsia, EVP of Bravo Digital Media, on "Top Chef's Last Chance Kitchen," Winner of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media--Multiplatform Storytelling In this recorded interview with [itvt] editor-in-chief, Tracy Swedlow, and Seth Shapiro, co-governor of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Interactive Media Peer Group, Lisa Hsia, EVP of Bravo...