Comcast offered an inside look at the Xfinity X1 platform that underlies its video offering. Xfinity X1 technology provides content providers with tools to give subscribers new ways to interact with programming, the company notes in a blog post. One…
Viewers in large part aren’t taking advantage of the “smart,” interactive and other features built into the latest generation Internet-connected HDTV sets, though they are using them to access over-the-top (OTT) video services in addition to traditional broadcast offerings, according…
Verizon has enhanced the program guide for FiOS TV and is beginning to roll out. Verizon likes to call theirs an interactive media guide (IMG), and Verizon FiOS IMG 1.9 is its latest version. I tend to look at these…
I’ve been covering both the IPTV and cable sectors for the past decade. What I’ve witnessed is typical of most competitive scenarios. Upstarts, IPTV providers in this example, try to take market share away from incumbents, cable MSOs in this…
As VOD and Internet content expand consumers’ viewing options, search and recommendation capability will become increasingly important. A new research report from Parks Associates reveals several success factors in this area, including the ability to present content from traditional and…
Major cable industry forces are backing Canoe Ventures in an initiative aimed at fostering adoption and growth of ITV–interactive television–in the U.S. In a big demonstration of support for Canoe’s efforts to develop an interactive digital television platform, MSOs Bright…
Cox announced a series of enhancements to its digital video package, calling it the ‘Plus Package.’ New features include whole home DVR, additional DVR storage, additional HD channels, and a new interactive program guide, Trio. “Plus Package gives customers everything…
Interest in interactive television is on the rise, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive for interactive television solutions provider Ensequence, which found that 55% of drama viewers and 70% of sports viewers would like interactive features. Both numbers…
Several INS Companies Launch CloverLeaf Digital’s DotDaily and Funspot Interactive Television Services New York, NY, November 9, 2009 – CloverLeaf Digital LLC, a leading provider of interactive television applications and services, announced today that Iowa Network Services (INS), has signed…
Brooklyn, NY, June 29, 2009 – CloverLeaf Digital LLC, a leading provider of interactive television applications and services, and Minerva Networks, a leading provider of IPTV middleware announced today that Pineland Telephone Cooperative in Georgia and WT Services in Texas…
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – The little red button on the DIRECTV remote is about to come up big for sports fans. That’s how DIRECTV customers with advanced receivers will activate ScoreGuide™, a new on-screen feature of DIRECTV’s industry-leading program guide….
Brooklyn, NY, April 21, 2009 – CloverLeaf Digital LLC, a leading provider of interactive television applications and services, announced today that HickoryTech (Nasdaq: HTCO) has launched CloverLeaf’s DotDaily interactive television service providing localized news and information to HickoryTech’s IPTV subscribers…
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