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All the latest news and interviews on interactive and multiplatform television.
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Augmented Reality Gaming Company, Ogmento, Raises $3.5 Million in Series A Funding
--Company's Offerings Include Technology that Lets Users "Sketch Images and Watch them Come to Life"--metaio Partners on AR App with Portland's Regional Transit Agency, TriMet
BBC Relaunches iPlayer with Simplified User Experience, New Personalization and Social Features
--Service Will Provide Links to Broadband Video Services from ITV, Channel 4, S4C, Five, Arqiva
Unicorn Media Adds Support for Video Syndication to Roku Player
--RadioTime, Bigstar.tv to Launch Channels on Roku OTT Platform
Brightcove and Mobile Roadie Integrate Technologies to Facilitate Development of Mobile Video Apps
--Miniweb Joins Brightcove's Partner Program
OPINION: Google TV: Why It Will Fail
Ellen Dudar, co-founder and chief product officer of FourthWall Media (the interactive TV technology company formerly known as BIAP), has authored a short white paper that provides some skeptical analysis of Google's recently launched Google TV platform and its projected consumer adoption (note:...
Hillcrest Launches New Version of its Kylo TV Web Browser
--Says "Advanced Users" Will Be Able to Configure Kylo to Access Hulu, Which Had Blocked It
TiVo "Non-DVR" Software to Be Integrated into Connected TV's from Best Buy's Insignia Brand
--Legal and R&D Expenses Widen TiVo's Q1 Losses
BBC Trust Publishes Conclusions of its iPlayer Review, Begins Consultation on New Syndication Policy
--New Policy Would Ban iPlayer Self-Builds, Ensure iPlayer Branding on Third-Party VOD Platforms--BBC Closes Red Button Blog, Launches New Comedy Site
News Round-Up
--Canoe Ventures Testing Dynamic VOD Advertising--Envivio Tapped to Support Meo's New Internet TV Service--MGM Mirage Launches "Vegas Reality" Augmented Reality App for iPhone--Netflix to Use Microsoft PlayReady in "Netflix-Ready" OTT Devices--Saffron Digital Powering NBC Universal International's New Online Video Platform--Sezmi Updates its Service--Stoneroos Launches TV Guide App for iPhone/iPod Touch, Yahoo! Widget Platform
YDreams, Canesta to Combine Augmented Reality with "Electronic Perception" Technology
--Helios Interactive Develops Augmented Reality Game for Best Buy
