Networks Not Biting Yet On Apple's SVOD Pitch

11/07/09 Cable network executives would not comment on Apple's proposed $30 a month subscription video on demand buffet package. The Wall Street Journal's All Things D site reported Nov. 2 that Apple is pitching networks on the proposal, which would allow consumers to access iTunes' full complement of cable and broadcast network-based shows - currently offere..... ...Read More »

Smarter Traffic Pattern

10/16/09 As broadcasters and cable networks muddle through the current economic downturn, providers of the software used to schedule commercials are fine-tuning their products to minimize the cost and labor associated with ad-sales, scheduling, reconciliation and billing processes. Traffic-system vendors are also trying to help customers maximize revenues with better report..... ...Read More »

IBC 2009: Omneon Addresses Content-Management Challenge

09/13/09 IBC Amsterdam 2009: Complete Coverage of the IBC Show As it seeks to grow its customer base out of the traditional playout market to further expand into production applications, server and storage supplier Omneon introduced at IBC a new software product designed to better manage the flow of content across its Spectrum servers and MediaGrid storage systems. Taki..... ...Read More »

Beatles playing for keeps with "Rock Band" game

09/04/09 DENVER (Billboard) - Paul DeGooyer is tired -- for good reason. It's about two weeks before the September 9 release of MTV's "The Beatles: Rock Band," and DeGooye ...Read More »

Stations Grapple With Internet-Advertising Pipe

08/07/09 At the same time that standard-definition syndicated delivery services are being overhauled in favor of new high-definition systems, local broadcasters are increasingly contending with a new delivery method for commercials. The television industry's broad shift over the past decade from tape-based ingest, storage and playback to file-based, server-centric operations has paved the way f..... ...Read More »

Syndicated Delivery Gets an Overhaul

07/31/09 After years of complaints by broadcasters that they need an easier way to receive high-definition syndicated content, two competing systems that promise to solve the problem are readying for deployment, perhaps even in time for the new television season in September. Both aim to replace a labor-intensive, often-manual workflow where stations record linear satellite feeds onto hi-def tape de..... ...Read More »

Microsoft Launches Mediaroom IPTV Platform With Virtualization Support

05/27/09 Microsoft’s award-winning Microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol Television and multimedia software platform launched with virtualization Wednesday. That makes Mediaroom the first IPTV platform to offer virtualization support, according to the company. Mediaroom with virtualization offers a significant reduction in server hardware and operator costs for small deployments. Vi..... ...Read More »

Entone Offers Vudu VOD Platform to Telcos

05/27/09 Internet-protocol TV vendor Entone has announced plans to make Vudu's online video service available via its next-generation media hubs and to offer the service to telcos. The offering would allow telcos to supplement their programming offerings with 15,000 titles from Vudu's library and dramatically expand their HD offering. Vudu currently offers more than 1,800..... ...Read More »

CableLabs: 22 Companies In ITV Interop

05/20/09 CableLabs said a record 22 software and hardware vendors, programmers and operators participated in an interactive TV interoperability event at its Louisville, Colo., headquarters May 4-9. The weeklong event included lab sessions with more than 35 applications, written to CableLabs' tru2way and Enhanced TV Binary Interchange Format (EBIF) specifications, running across..... ...Read More »

BigBand Wins IPTV Deal in Taiwan

05/17/09 Posted at 12:01 a.m. ET Cable transmission vendor BigBand Networks has reached a deal with Taiwanese telco Chunghwa Telecom to supply an advanced advertising solution for its IPTV service, Multimedia-On-Demand (MOD).Chungwa will use BigBand’s MSP2000 (Media Services Platform) switched-digital video product to deliver targeted ads based on geographi..... ...Read More »

Activision names Yahoo veteran to guide Guitar Hero

03/23/09 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activision said it named Dan Rosensweig, Yahoo former chief operating officer, to run the unit that develops the videogame software maker's unit popular Guitar Hero franchise. ...Read More »