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Brightcove Kills App Cloud Service

Online Video Services Company to Focus on Native Player Development Kits
By: Todd Spangler Feb 27 2013 - 9:50am
Online Video Services Company to Focus on Native Player Development Kits

Brightcove, a provider of online video management services, said Wednesday it will discontinue its App Cloud platform designed to provide a “write once, deploy many” capability for video providers to publish apps across different device platforms.

Instead, the company said it will “accelerate investment” in its native player software development kits.

TiVo's Cable Operator Revenue Jumps in Q4

Its Largest MSO Customer, Virgin Media, Added Nearly 900,000 Subs in 2012
By: Todd Spangler Feb 26 2013 - 7:33pm
Its Largest MSO Customer, Virgin Media, Added Nearly 900,000 Subs in 2012

TiVo’s revenue from cable operator customers increased by 83% for the quarter that ended Jan. 31, 2013 -- although the $8.2 million in subscription revenue generated from MSOs in the period represented just 9% of its total sales, and the company posted a net loss.

The DVR company added 222,000 net new customers through cable partners during the period, its fourth quarter of fiscal 2013, to reach 2.12 million. It lost 13,000 TiVo-owned subs to stand at 1.03 million.

TiVo Matches TV Viewers With Their Web Usage

Claims to Offer Largest Single-Source Sample for Cross-Platform Measurement
By: Todd Spangler Feb 26 2013 - 2:53pm
Claims to Offer Largest Single-Source Sample for Cross-Platform Measurement

TiVo’s research unit is offering what it claims it is the largest data set in the industry for analyzing what consumers watch on TV and see on the Internet, with a sample of more than 100,000 households that uses online data supplied by Experian.

The TiVo Research and Analytics subsidiary’s TRA Cross Media Measurement service also cross-references TV and Internet media exposure data with consumer purchase data.

Comcast HITS Upgrades Satellite Platform for Smaller Ops

Company Will Convert Several SD Transponders to DVB-S2, Freeing Up Space for More HD
By: Todd Spangler Feb 25 2013 - 4:59pm
Company Will Convert Several SD Transponders to DVB-S2, Freeing Up Space for More HD

Comcast’s HITS, which provides satellite video distribution to independent operators, announced an upgrade to its HITS Quantum technology platform that will enable it to add more MPEG-2 HD services later in 2013.

The upgrade project, known as “Q2,” includes converting several HITS standard-definition transponders to DVB-S2 technology. That will increase the number of HD services offered in MPEG 2, and deliver the entire programming lineup via a single satellite.

LG Buys HP's WebOS for Smart TVs

CE Company to Use Palm-Developed Operating System Across a Range of Devices
By: Todd Spangler Feb 25 2013 - 3:52pm
CE Company to Use Palm-Developed Operating System Across a Range of Devices

LG Electronics has acquired Hewlett-Packard’s webOS operating system -- originally developed by Palm as a rival to Apple's iOS -- which LG plans to use to support its next-generation smart TVs as well as a range of other consumer-electronics devices, the companies announced today.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. HP and LG said they do not expect the transaction to have a material impact on either company's financial statements.

Motorola Brings ITV to Older Set-Tops With ActiveVideo Software

Cisco Also Has Licensing Deal for ActiveVideo CloudTV Platform
By: Todd Spangler Feb 25 2013 - 3:35pm
Cisco Also Has Licensing Deal for ActiveVideo CloudTV Platform

Motorola Mobility, whose Home division is in the process of being acquired by Arris Group, has licensed ActiveVideo Networks’ CloudTV HTML5-based interactive TV software to render advanced user interfaces on even low-end set-tops.

ActiveVideo also has a licensing pact with Cisco Systems, which has offered the CloudTV software under its Videoscape brand as a way to let service providers deliver new features and applications to legacy set-top boxes.

Telemundo Partners with Fandango on Fandango Cine

Sprint, Universal's 'Fast & Furious 6' Are Launch Partners
By: Tim Baysinger (Broadcasting & Cable) Feb 25 2013 - 2:22pm
Sprint, Universal's 'Fast & Furious 6' Are Launch Partners

 

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NCTA, CEA Set-Top Energy Coalition Elects Officers

Comcast’s Reynolds to Chair Power-Conservation Steering Committee
By: MCN Staff Feb 25 2013 - 12:22pm
Comcast’s Reynolds to Chair Power-Conservation Steering Committee

The set-top box energy conservation initiative led by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association and the Consumer Electronics Association on Friday created a steering committee that will be chaired by Steve Reynolds, Comcast’s senior vice president of premises technology.

Verizon Sees Starz Everywhere

Telco Becomes Fourth Affiliate to Offer Starz-Branded Services
By: Todd Spangler Feb 25 2013 - 11:23am
Telco Becomes Fourth Affiliate to Offer Starz-Branded Services

Verizon Communications is the fourth affiliate to get on board for Starz’s branded TV Everywhere services, as the premium programmer works to battle over-the-top rivals like Netflix as well as catch up to HBO in the authenticated-content arena.

Verizon Plugs 11 NBCU Nets Into 'TV Everywhere' Site

Authenticated Content Available to FiOS TV Subs Under Pact Signed Last Fall
By: Todd Spangler Feb 22 2013 - 11:06am
Authenticated Content Available to FiOS TV Subs Under Pact Signed Last Fall

Verizon Communications has stocked the TV Everywhere buffet for FiOS TV subs with content from 11 NBCUniversal networks, under a pact the companies signed last fall.

The NBCU programming, available through the telco’s My Verizon portal, includes shows from Bravo, USA, Oxygen, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC News, NBC, Syfy, mun2, Telemundo and Cozi TV. In addition, FiOS TV customers can access a live simulcast of CNBC.

Next month, Verizon expects to “launch a few more NBCU networks,” according to spokeswoman Heather Wilner.

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