Video on Demand – VOD Content and Technology
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Cable Show 2012: SeaChange, Avail-TVN Team On Targeted Multiscreen AdsBy Todd Spangler, May 18, 2012It's targeted advertising for "TV Everywhere": SeaChange International and Avail-TVN have cooked up a demo for next week's Cable Show showing dynamic ad insertion in broadcast and on-demand video across TVs, PCs and tablets. More
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Time Warner Cable To Light Up Dynamic VOD Ads Nationwide With BlackArrowBy Todd Spangler, May 18, 2012Time Warner Cable plans to roll out BlackArrow's Advanced Advertising System across its national footprint to deliver real-time, dynamic ad insertion for video-on-demand content, a key step toward enabling Canoe Ventures' plans to deliver VOD ads to cable users across the U.S. More
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Time Warner Cable OKs HBO Go For Xbox, Roku And Samsung TVsBy Todd Spangler, May 17, 2012
In a change of heart, Time Warner Cable has decided to let its HBO subscribers access the premium network's apps for Xbox 360, Roku and Samsung Smart TVs to watch an array of movies and original shows on their big-screen TVs.
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Cable Show 2012: SeaChange Targets Tablet Ads Based On Web-Browsing HistoryBy Todd Spangler, May 16, 2012SeaChange International has teamed up with Tellabs on a solution that can deliver ads dynamically in a video stream delivered to an iPad based on a subscriber's Web-browser viewing history. More
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Time Warner Cable Adds In Demand's Vutopia 'TV Everywhere' To MoviePassBy Todd Spangler, May 16, 2012Time Warner Cable's MoviePass subscribers can now access about 300 catalog titles on In Demand Networks' Vutopia movie service on the Web anywhere in the U.S. with a broadband-connected PC or Mac. More
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Comcast CTO: VOD To Xbox Goes Over A Dedicated IP PathBy Todd Spangler, May 16, 2012
Rebutting accusations that Comcast is violating the FCC's network neutrality rules, chief technology officer Tony Werner said the MSO is sending VOD to Xbox 360 consoles over a separate, additional segment of IP bandwidth but isn't "prioritizing" that over Internet traffic.
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Avail-TVN Jumps Into NBC's Olympics VOD RingBy Todd Spangler, May 16, 2012NBC Sports Group has tapped Avail-TVN to deliver video-on-demand content and related services for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games -- the largest volume of VOD for an Olympics to date -- to hundreds of North American pay-TV operators, including "TV Everywhere" authentication for certain affiliates. More
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Upfronts 2012: Bratches: Watch ESPN Affiliate Base to Reach 80 Million Subscribers over Next YearMike Reynolds, May 15, 2012
There are going to be a whole lot more pay television subscribers that can watch Watch ESPN in the next year.
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Cisco To Roll Out Its First CCAP Building BlockBy Todd Spangler, May 14, 2012Cisco Systems is gearing up to bring out its higher-density edge QAM line card -- with eight times the unicast capacity of its current-generation platform -- which the vendor is positioning as a key stepping stone toward a full implementation of CableLabs' Converged Cable Access Platform. More
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Broadbus Founder Takes Stake In VOD Ad Firm This TechnologyBy Todd Spangler, May 14, 2012This Technology, a provider of software solutions for dynamic ad insertion in video-on-demand, announced that Jeffrey Binder, general partner with Genovation Capital and previously founder of VOD systems vendor Broadbus Technologies, has invested in the company and joined its board of directors. More
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Quick Hits
By MCN Staff, May 14, 2012Building on its multiscreen-video game plan, Comcast is letting Xfinity TV subscribers access live sports and other ESPN programming via the WatchESPN app and at WatchESPN.com, with access to the content coming soon to the MSO’s XfinityTV.com portal. More
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Comcast, TiVo Complete VOD Rollout In San FranciscoBy Todd Spangler, May 11, 2012
Comcast and TiVo now offer access to the MSO's video-on-demand library to any cable subscriber in the San Francisco Bay Area using a TiVo Premiere digital video recorder, and the duo plan to expand the feature to additional markets in the coming months, according to a regulatory filing by the DVR company.
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SeaChange Closes Sale Of Broadcast And Storage Hardware UnitBy Todd Spangler, May 11, 2012SeaChange International completed the sale of its broadcast server and storage business -- which has spun off as XOR Media -- to a private investment group after the deal cleared regulatory approvals, it announced late Thursday. More
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Cable Show 2012: NCTA's 'Imagine Park' Aims to Plant New IdeasBy Todd Spangler, May 10, 2012
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association is bringing back The Park to this year's Cable Show -- doubling the floor space and promising that the exhibit area showcasing new products and new ideas will be even bigger and more buzz-worthy in its second year.
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SeaChange Freshens Up VOD For Old Set-Tops With 'Nitro Now'By Todd Spangler, May 8, 2012SeaChange International is promising to let cable operators bring graphically rich video-on-demand interfaces -- on par with today's Internet video services -- to subscribers with older set-tops, even those deployed more than 10 years ago. More
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Sony Blames Comcast's Caps For Holding Off On Broadband TV ServiceBy Todd Spangler, May 2, 2012Sony Entertainment Network is considering launching a broadband TV service, but is waiting until it finds out whether regulators will allow video consumed via Comcast's VOD app for Xbox to be exempt from the operator's monthly bandwidth-usage allotment, a Sony executive said Monday. More
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SeaChange Licenses Aprico Content-Recommendation Engine From PhilipsBy Todd Spangler, May 2, 2012Aiming to help operators boost VOD buy rates, SeaChange International has licensed the Aprico content recommendation source code and other intellectual-property rights from Royal Philips Electronics. More
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Cablevision EVP Of Advanced Ads Frey Leaves As Exec Flight ContinuesBy Todd Spangler, May 1, 2012
Barry Frey, executive vice president of Cablevision Systems' advanced platform sales, is the latest high-ranking executive to depart the MSO.
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SeaChange Signs Rau As Permanent CEOBy Todd Spangler, April 30, 2012
SeaChange International has decided to install Raghu Rau as its permanent chief executive officer, five months after he assumed interim CEO duties with the departure last November of founder, chairman and CEO Bill Styslinger.
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Canoe NYC Office To Shut Its Doors May 23By Todd Spangler, April 27, 2012
Canoe Ventures will officially shut the doors to its New York City office on May 23, which is the last date of employment for all New York employees who are not staying with the company.
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