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Cable One Clicks On TiVo's Menu

Tenth-Biggest U.S. MSO Latest Operator to Ink Pact for DVRs, Multiscreen Video
By: Todd Spangler Nov 27 2012 - 10:25am
Tenth-Biggest U.S. MSO Latest Operator to Ink Pact for DVRs, Multiscreen Video

TiVo has landed yet another cable operator customer, signing a deal with Cable One to provide DVR software and multiscreen-video applications to the 10th-largest MSO in the U.S.

Cable One, owned by the Washington Post Co., plans to begin rolling out its TiVo offering in the first half of 2013. The MSO has about 600,000 video customers across 19 states.

With the Cable One deal, TiVo has secured deals or partnerships with 10 of the top 20 U.S. cable operators.

FiOS Tucks Into Tablet TV

Verizon Makes 75 Live Channels Available Through iPad App, But No Local Stations
By: Todd Spangler Nov 24 2012 - 10:09am
Verizon Makes 75 Live Channels Available Through iPad App, But No Local Stations

Verizon Communications is making 75 live networks available through its updated app for iPad tablets for FiOS TV and Internet customers -- but unlike services from some of its cable competitors, the telco’s tablet TV lineup currently lacks local channels.

The telco originally demonstrated live TV networks streaming to an iPad in mid-2010 and expected to roll out the capability in 2011.

Cox to Boost IPTV Lineup to 90-Plus Live Channels

MSO to Debut iPhone App to Complement Original iPad Version
By: Todd Spangler Nov 20 2012 - 5:09pm
MSO to Debut iPhone App to Complement Original iPad Version

Doubling down on multiscreen video, Cox Communications next month expects to add more than 50 live channels to its IP television service, bringing the lineup to more than 90, and will launch an iPhone version of the app for accessing the service to complement its original iPad version.

Omneon Founder Kaplan Leaving Harmonic

Harmonic Also Hires Ex-Cisco Exec Ventura as VP of Channels
By: Todd Spangler Nov 20 2012 - 4:32pm
Harmonic Also Hires Ex-Cisco Exec Ventura as VP of Channels

Harmonic announced that Larry Kaplan -- the founding CEO of Omneon, the video-production and playout equipment vendor Harmonic acquired in 2010 -- is stepping down from day-to-day operations as of the end of November.

In addition, Harmonic announced that it has hired Lauren Ventura, who previously worked at Cisco Systems, Bain Capital and Boston Consulting Group, as vice president of channels.

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ESPN Reboots Xbox 'TV Everywhere' App

Sports Programmer’s Full TV Everywhere Lineup Now Available on Game Console
By: Todd Spangler Nov 19 2012 - 11:29pm
Sports Programmer’s Full TV Everywhere Lineup Now Available on Game Console

ESPN and Microsoft officially launched WatchESPN for the Xbox 360 game console, with the full lineup of the sports programmer’s TV Everywhere service -- but it’s currently available only to users of five participating pay TV providers.

Adobe Adds Features to Project Primetime Platform

Launches Beta Version with New MediaWeaver and Primetime Media Player Components
By: George Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable) Nov 15 2012 - 3:53pm
Launches Beta Version with New MediaWeaver and Primetime Media Player Components

Adobe Systems has announced new features for its Project Primetime platform for the delivery and monetization of content across multiple platforms that include a new ad-insertion service, Adobe MediaWeaver, and the Primetime Media Player.

Adobe has been rolling out new features for the Project Primetime platform all year and with the addition of these two components is now making a beta version of the technology available.

CEA Fetes Dish's Controversial AutoHop Ad-Skipper

Trade Group Bestows CES ‘Innovations’ Award on Satellite Operator, Which Is Under Attack from TV Broadcasters
By: Todd Spangler Nov 15 2012 - 1:33pm
Trade Group Bestows CES ‘Innovations’ Award on Satellite Operator, Which Is Under Attack from TV Broadcasters

The Consumer Electronics Association named Dish Network’s AutoHop ad-skipping feature -- the subject of ongoing copyright-infringement litigation by major TV broadcasters -- an International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering Award Honoree.

The AutoHop feature lets users choose to automatically zap through commercial pods in DVR recordings of primetime TV shows on the four big broadcast networks. It’s available with Dish’s Hopper Whole Home HD DVR, introduced at the 2012 International CES.

Virgin Media Launches 'TV Anywhere' Service

U.K. MSO Releases Apps for Smartphone, Tablet and Web Viewing of Live TV and On-Demand for TiVo DVR Subs
By: Todd Spangler Nov 15 2012 - 1:04pm
U.K. MSO Releases Apps for Smartphone, Tablet and Web Viewing of Live TV and On-Demand for TiVo DVR Subs

Virgin Media, the U.K.’s No. 1 cable operator, has launched “Virgin TV Anywhere,” which lets customers with TiVo DVR service access up to 45 live TV channels and schedule DVR recordings via mobile devices and computers.

In addition, the service lets customers access more than 4,000 hours of video-on-demand from any broadband or Wi-Fi connection. The Virgin TV Anywhere service does not provide access to a customer’s TiVo DVR recordings remotely.

VOD Ad-Insertion Vendor This Technology Raises $7.5 Million

Company Announces Comcast, NBCU, Verizon, ABC as Customers
By: Todd Spangler Nov 15 2012 - 8:05am
Company Announces Comcast, NBCU, Verizon, ABC as Customers

This Technology, a provider of software that enables dynamic ad insertion for video, announced a $7.5 million series A financing round led by General Catalyst Partners, and also touted wins with four major customers: Comcast, Verizon Communications, NBCUniversal and ABC.

BitTorrent Inks Deals With 20 TV Set Makers

Net-Connected Televisions Will Let Users Stream Both Legal, Illegal Video Content
By: Todd Spangler Nov 14 2012 - 6:45pm
Net-Connected Televisions Will Let Users Stream Both Legal, Illegal Video Content

Consumers using Internet-connected TV sets from some 20 manufacturers will soon be able to stream video content -- including both legal and illegal material -- downloaded via embedded BitTorrent software, with the click of a remote.

BitTorrent has reached deals with 20 consumer-electronics manufacturers, according to CEO Eric Klinker. He declined to identify them.

Most of BitTorrent’s deals are for TV models that will launch -- as early as this holiday season -- in Europe and Asia, Klinker said.

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