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Streaming Video Using Microsoft Windows XP: Optical Solutions, Microsoft, and Intertainer to demo streaming video capabilities
by broadcasting movies, music and television shows on the Microsoft Windows XP operating system at SUPERCOMM 2001,
June 5-7, 2001, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia
(31MAY01) (OpticalSolutions)
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Motorola Set-Top For DSL: Motorola to demo Streamaster set-top box for DSL for providing digital-quality broadcast television,
high-speed internet access, videogames, video-on-demand, music-on-demand, online shopping during SuperComm 2001,
June 5-7, 2001, at the Hard Rock Cafe, 215 Peach Tree Street, Atlanta, Georgia (31MAY01) (MOT)
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Pace Set-Tops For DSL & PVR: Pace Micro Technology Americas to demo Pace DSL4000 digital home gateway
and Pace PVR home gateway with integrated games technology at SUPERCOMM 2001, June 5-7, 2001, Georgia World
Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia (30MAY01) (Yahoo.BW)
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Interactive TV For Spain: Quiero TV launches platform for TV watching, tcommerce, music, requesting videos, TV-show related
chats, and short-message-service texting from TV to advanced cell phones (30MAY01) (Europemedia)
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SmartRight Smartcard Copy Protection: Thomson Multimedia intros SmartRight copy protection system utilizing
descrambler in a removable smartcard security module (30MAY01) (Thomson)
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The news announcement quotes Thomson Multimedia research & innovation senior vice president Jean-Charles Hourcade as stating, "We do expect that consumers will want to do in their digital living room what they already do today in an analog environment. They'll want to record their favorite shows, time-shift, store copies for future viewing, and share that content with other devices in their own home. All of these functionalities will be part of the SmartRight system, as will technology preventing unauthorized redistribution of digital content." -
DeCSS DVD Encryption Case: Kathleen Sullivan makes new argument that technology exists to prevent
unauthorized copying of DVDs without the need to fully encrypt movies (31MAY01) (Videobusiness)
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- Ford Advertising On TV Guide IPG: Gemstar-TV Guide makes 18-month advertising deal with Ford and J Walter Thompson to make Ford the first long-term automotive category advertiser on the Gemstar-TV Guide interactive program guide platform (30MAY01) (Adweek.DJ) (related.links: a b c d e f g )
In the first related news item, Ford Motor Company's Ford Division marketing communications manager Rich Stoddard is quoted as stating, "This partnership allows us (Ford Division) to test a variety of new technologies and experience the capabilities of what interactive TV can do for us." Gemstar-TV Guide media sales president Jeffrey Mahl is also quoted as stating, This is a milestone in the birth of a brand-new media that is destined to become a major force in the advertising industry." (Note: The first related news item which is the Gemstar-TV Guide news announcement shows a date of May 15, 2001, while the second news item which is the Business Wire version of the news announcement shows a date of May 31, 2001.) For other recent IPG and interactive schedule-related advertising news including news about Lexus advertising on TiVo IPreview interactive television schedules to link up Lexus-sponsored TV shows, click here.- TVGateway IPG For MediaHawk VOD: Concurrent MediaHawk Broadband Video-On-Demand System with TVGateway interactive program guide gets Motorola Acadia validation for Motorola DCT-2000 interactive digital cable set-top box (30MAY01) (WorldGate) (alt.link) (alt.link)
The news announcement states, "The TVGateway IPG has development features that allow it to seamlessly plug into WorldGate's middleware platform, along with a variety of other interactive television (ITV) applications, such as Concurrent's VOD, on the Motorola DCT2000 set-top."- TV Via Phone Line News: iMagicTV DTV Manager software suite is bundled with ViaGate 4000 Series VDSL platform to enable telcos and service providers to deliver end-to-end multi-channel digital TV, interactive media services, media-on-demand, and traditional telecommunications services via existing telephone copper wire (30MAY01) (iMagicTV) (alt.link) (related.link)
The news announcement quotes Yankee Group media and entertainment analyst Ryan Jones as stating, "IP-based interactive television solutions are opening a new world of interactivity to consumers - and ... new streams of revenue to telcos. Coupling iMagicTV's technology with ViaGate's VDSL solution makes good sense. Telcos can get very close to a one-stop solution that has bandwidth to spare."- Other iMagicTV News: iMagicTV appoints former SBC executive Gregory Allemann to iMagicTV board of directors (30MAY01) (iMagicTV)
- More TV Via Phone Line News: British Telecom under new chairman Sir Christopher Bland could mean possible offering of television services via phone lines to 19 million BT customers (28MAY01) (Guardian) (alt.link) (alt.link) (related.link)
The Guardian quotes Sir Christopher Bland as stating, "Other companies are operating in our market, so why shouldn't we do the same?" The Guardian reports, "The expertise Sir Christopher has acquired in his role as the chairman of the BBC is likely to accelerate BT's expansion into broadcasting now that regulations restricting the move, put in place when the former monopoly was privatised in 1984, have expired."- Cable Set-Top Upstream Amplifier: Motorola Broadband Communications Sector to integrate MicroStreamer MT1530 Upstream Amplifier into Motorola SURFboard cable modems and Motorola DCT interactive digital set-top terminals (30MAY01) (Microtune) (alt.link)
- Broadband iDTV Platform: Jacobs Rimell announces availability of Transportable Broadband Integration Platform to enable broadband operators to provide interactive digital television, web access, and email via cable modem and digital set-top boxes (30MAY01) (JacobsRimell) (alt.link)
- Personal One-To-One Shopping Via TV: Media Logic and IBM Global Services to promote and deliver iSeeTV home shopping system (PDF) (30MAY01) (iSeeTV) (alt.link) (related.link)
The news announcement states, "iSeeTV delivers a video signal, unique to each customer, direct to the user's TV. This gives the consumer a private, face-to-face conversation with a personal assistant in a call center, who can present customized video information on products, travel destinations or graphs on financial services, offer advice and complete a transaction."- Software For Enhanced TV: ACTV launches version 3.0 of HyperTV without the plugin (30MAY01) (ACTV) (alt.link) (related.link)
The news announcement states, "While previous HyperTV versions required users to download a proprietary plug-in to experience HyperTV content, HyperTV 3.0 doesn't require a plug-in download and install. By integrating with Macromedia's dynamic presentation Flash technology, HyperTV 3.0 insures that HyperTV content will appear the same on all interactive platforms."- Hopes Fading To Make 2006 DTV Deadline In The US: Jack Myers of the Myers Group asks if receiving digital television signals on PCs will count toward penetration figures to force television broadcasters to accelerate their digital TV efforts in the US (30MAY01) (MediaLife)
- Hitachi HDTV Monitors: Hitachi Home Electronics America intros 2001 television line with nine new rear-projection UltraVision Digital HDTV monitors but no fully integrated HDTV sets (30MAY01) (Twice)
- Bypassing Regional DVD Zone Restrictions In Australia: Consumers voting with their wallets to buy unrestricted multi-zone DVD players in Australia to play DVD movies released in other countries prior to DVD release in Australia (30MAY01) (AustralianIT)
The Australian IT reports, "Sometimes sound and vision quality could vary from one region to the next and region one discs typically had more extra features, such as commentaries, behind-the-scenes documentaries and games." The Australian IT goes on to report that the "Starship Troopers DVD was a good example of that, with the US version containing more features and the Australian disc being a bare-bones version, which required turning over halfway through the movie" and that "[s]ometimes the full version would be released in Australia as a 'special edition' at a later date." And one could expect the price could possibly be higher for a "special edition."- Related: European Union Directorate General For Competition also looking into whether DVD regional coding causes increased DVD prices for Europe (01JUN01) (Videobusiness)
Video Business reports, "Regulators in Australia and Europe ... are concerned that by rendering American discs unplayable overseas, the studios are able to charge local consumers higher prices than they charge in the U.S. for the same movies."- Other DVD News: Bundesverband Video reports DVD sales were up 190% for Y2000 (29MAY01) (Europemedia)
Europemedia reports, "The German DVD sector saw explosive growth last year with disk sales up 190 per cent, according to figures released by trade organisation Bundesverband Video."- DVD Recorder News: Matsushita Electric Industrial intros DMR-E20 video recorder for recording on DVD discs (29MAY01) (Matsushita)
- WorldGate Subscriber Stats: WorldGate Interactive Service statistics for 1Q 2001 finds 87% of subscribers surfed the web, accessed email and chat, and played games, 70% used Channel HyperLinking to interact with TV shows and commercials, and 64% of all total banner ad impressions were garnered by "walled garden" content (29MAY01) (WorldGate)
- Digital TV In Brazil: National Telecommunications Agency in Brazil begin public discussion for adoption of standards for digital TV (29MAY01) (GazetaMercantil)
- iTV & Broadband In Europe: Report on Third Annual TV Meets the Web Seminar, "User-Focused Strategies For Broadband and Interactive TV In Europe," recently held in Amsterdam in the Netherlands (29MAY01) (TVMTW)
The seminar was recently held at the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on May 16-17, 2001, and hosted by the good folks at Van Dusseldorp & Partners.- TVMTW Seminar Agenda: Seminar programme agenda schedule for Third Annual TV Meets the Web Seminar with downloadable PowerPoint presentations (29MAY01) (TVMTW)
The agenda included presentations by speakers from various companies including UPC, Nokia, TiVo UK, OpenTV Europe, Liberate, NDS, SES Multimedia, Philips, Pearson, Economist TV, Silicon Artists, Reuters, SBS Broadcasting, Digital Island, TwoWayTV, Interactive Publishing, Submarine, RealNetworks, Victoria Real, ID Media, Terra Lycos, FramFab Labs, Telefonica Media, Cell Interactive TV, and by host company Van Dusseldorp & Partners.- TVMTW Seminar Video: Streaming video webpage for Third Annual TV Meets the Web Seminar (29MAY01) (TVMTW)
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- Ford Advertising On TV Guide IPG: Gemstar-TV Guide makes 18-month advertising deal with Ford and J Walter Thompson to make Ford the first long-term automotive category advertiser on the Gemstar-TV Guide interactive program guide platform (30MAY01) (Adweek.DJ) (related.links: a b c d e f g )
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