RS-DVR

Here is a round-up of some other interactive TV-related stories we didn't have room for in this issue (as well as some stories from the ongoing SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in Denver, which our editorial team was unable to attend):

The US Supreme Court said Monday that it would not revisit a US appeals court's decision last August to overturn a March, 2007 lower court ruling in favor of the plaintiffs in the Cablevision Remote Storage (RS)-DVR case. The decision is in accordance with a recent recommendation (see article published on itvt.com, May 31st) by US solicitor general, Elena Kagan, that the court not hear the case: Kagan was asked by the court to submit an advisory brief on the case back in January.

US Solicitor General, Elena Kagan, has recommended that the US Supreme Court not revisit a US appeals court's decision last August to overturn a March, 2007 lower court ruling in favor of the plaintiffs in the Cablevision Remote Storage (RS)-DVR case.

According to a report in Bloomberg news, New York-area cable MSO, Cablevision, is in negotiations to offer an interactive TV travel service on its iO TV digital cable platform that would allow viewers to book flights, hotels and vacation packages through their television sets. John Pasmore, president of Voyages North America, one of the companies reportedly in talks with Cablevision about launching the new service (note: Voyages North America recently began offering travel videos on Cablevision's VOD platform), told the news organization that the service would resemble Internet-based travel-booking services such as Expedia and Orbitz.