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Time Warner Inks Investment Partnership with China Media Capital

Seeks to Capitalize on Rapidly Growing Demand for Digital Services, Content
By: George Winslow Jun 6 2013 - 1:39pm
Seeks to Capitalize on Rapidly Growing Demand for Digital Services, Content

Time Warner Inc. and China Media Capital (CMC) announced a strategic investment partnership that will seek to capitalize on China's rapidly expanding media sector and the demand for content on multiple platforms.

The companies announced the agreement at the 2013 Fortune Global Forum in the Chinese city of Chengdu.

The partnership is another example of how U.S. media companies are working to expand their presence in international markets and is part of Time Warner's push to expand its international revenues.

TW Cable Extends Out-of-Home Live TV Streaming to Web Browsers

MSO's Apps for iOS and Android Devices Offer Similar Capabilities
By: Jeff Baumgartner Jun 6 2013 - 12:21pm
MSO's Apps for iOS and Android Devices Offer Similar Capabilities

Time Warner Cable has refreshed its browser-based TWC TV site to support select VOD titles and live TV channels that can be accessed by authenticated customers while they are on the go. The latest version of the site, which tacks on the out-of-home video component, supports both PC and Macs, the MSO said.

Travel Channel Lights Up TV Everywhere App

Watch Travel Channel App Hits the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
By: Jeff Baumgartner Jun 6 2013 - 11:31am
Watch Travel Channel App Hits the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

Travel Channel has rolled out a stand-alone, TV Everywhere app for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices that provides authenticated subscribers with access to full episodes and a streaming video lineup that will be updated on a daily basis.

The app is available to pay TV subscribers that get service from participating providers. AT&T U-verse TV, Bright House Networks, Comcast, DirecTV, Cablevision Systems, and Time Warner Cable  are among those listed on a version of the app downloaded Thursday.

CBS Names Hopkins President for Distribution

Former YES Network Exec Will Focus on Retransmission, Subscriber Fees
By: Jon Lafayette (Broadcasting & Cable) Jun 6 2013 - 10:16am
Former YES Network Exec Will Focus on Retransmission, Subscriber Fees
Ray Hopkins of CBS

In another senior level executive move, CBS Corp. named Ray Hopkins president of Television Networks Distribution.

Hopkins, who had been chief operating officer of the New York Yankees’ YES Network, will report to Joseph Ianniello, who yesterday was promoted from CFO at CBS to COO. News Corp. bought a 49% stake in YES next year and YES distribution activity moved into the Fox Cable Networks camp.

Guavus Buys Applied Broadband’s Cable ‘Pipeline’

Asset Purchase Will Help Big Data Firm Make a Big Cable Push
By: Jeff Baumgartner Jun 6 2013 - 8:45am
Asset Purchase Will Help Big Data Firm Make a Big Cable Push

Big data firm Guavus is expanding its cable strategy in a big way after snapping up Pipeline, a product originally developed by Applied Broadband that collects and analyzes IPDR (Internet Protocol Detailed Records) from cable modem termination systems (CMTSs).  

ActiveVideo Gets More Active With Charter, Cablevision and Japan

Vendor Secures New Deals as it Bolsters its Cloud-Based Video Platform
By: Jeff Baumgartner Jun 6 2013 - 6:53am
Vendor Secures New Deals as it Bolsters its Cloud-Based Video Platform

ActiveVideo has launched what it claims to be a highly scaled version of a cloud-based platform that’s designed to deliver “TV as an application” and ship a unified version of a pay TV provider’s user interface to a broad array of devices, including QAM-locked set-tops and IP-connected TVs, gaming consoles and specialized streaming boxes.

Zeebox Builds Rooms to Personalize Second Screen

Bravo First Network to Sign Up with 'Real Housewives' Special
By: Jon Lafayette (Broadcasting & Cable) Jun 6 2013 - 5:49am
Bravo First Network to Sign Up with 'Real Housewives' Special

Second-screen TV company zeebox said it is customizing the second-screen experience by letting fans, networks and advertisers set up rooms where they can share experiences built around selected programming.

Zeebox began letting users set up rooms during a soft launch that began Monday, when the updated app became available at Apple's App Store. It has also seeded its new environment by creating some 4,000 rooms that users can visit and plans to post a list of the 50 most popular rooms.

Mexico Match Scores For Telemundo

Victory Over Jamaica In World Cup Qualifier Was Top Sports Telecast Tuesday, Broadcaster Says
By: MCN Staff Jun 5 2013 - 6:46pm
Victory Over Jamaica In World Cup Qualifier Was Top Sports Telecast Tuesday, Broadcaster Says
Javier Hernandez of Mexico in a match preview image via Telemundo.

Telemundo said its Tuesday night telecast of Mexico’s important 1-0 win over Jamaica in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match was the top sporting event on television that night regardless of language.

The NBCUniversal-owned Spanish-language broadcaster claimed an average of nearly 2.9 million total viewers and more than 1.7 million viewers ages 18-49, citing Nielsen Live Plus Same Day data. On a cumulative basis, the Rumbo al Mundial match reached more than 5.7 million viewers, including about 3.38 million in the 18-49 demo, Telemundo said.

Vubiquity Connects With TiVo

Integration Clears Way to Stream ViewNow VOD Service to MSO-Leased TiVo DVRs
By: Jeff Baumgartner Jun 5 2013 - 3:27pm
Integration Clears Way to Stream ViewNow VOD Service to MSO-Leased TiVo DVRs

Vubiquity and TiVo have inked a deal to integrate Vubiquity’s authenticated AnyVU streaming service with TiVo broadband-connected DVRs that are sold to MSOs and leased out to cable customers.

The integration, which does not target TiVo boxes sold at retail, will pave the way to offer ViewNow, a subscription movie package from Vubiquity  that features more than 2,000 movies and is offered on set-tops as well as tablets, PCs and other IP-connected devices.

Comcast Forms Wholesale Unit

Matt McConnell to Run Reorganized Division That Houses HITS, Content Solutions, AdDelivery and IP Services
By: Jeff Baumgartner Jun 5 2013 - 2:47pm
Matt McConnell to Run Reorganized Division That Houses HITS, Content Solutions, AdDelivery and IP Services

Comcast will use next week’s Cable Show to introduce Comcast Wholesale, a rebranded and reorganized group that incorporates businesses that were formerly part of the Comcast Media Center, including HITS, Content Solutions, AdDelivery, as well as IP Services, a former standalone unit that provides data and voice services.

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