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Because the [itvt] editorial team has been busy working on The TV of Tomorrow Show 2013 (June 25th-26th in San Francisco--Early-Bird Registration ends midnight Sunday!), we are covering stories in this issue in headlines/round-up format:

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been busy working on The TV of Tomorrow Show 2013 (June 25th-26th in San Francisco--Early-Bird Registration ends midnight Sunday!), we are covering stories in this issue in headlines/round-up format:

[itvt] is pleased to present video and audio recordings of the special presentation, "The Anatomy of a Companion App," which was one of the highlights of The TV of Tomorrow Show 2012 (June 12th-13th).

The presentation was described in the show brochure as follows:

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will today announce the winners of the 64th Primetime Emmy Engineering Awards, as well as the winners of the Philo T. Farnsworth Award, the Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Engineering Plaque.

The winners of the Engineering Emmys are:

Dear Readers:

I walked into my office this morning and saw somebody riding a bicycle through a village--apparently in Japan. Then I heard a sound to my left and turned towards it. There was a storefront--a florist--with customers, and a bird chirping. From behind me I hear water dripping and turn around to encounter a young woman dipping a drink from a bamboo spout--it reminded me of the scene from the end of "Kill Bill." And then I hear a car pull up beside me and turn towards it.

--Event Will Feature 3 Tracks, Close to 150 Expert Speakers and Panelists, an Art Exhibit, and the 9th Annual Awards for Leadership in Interactive and Multiplatform Television
--Tickets on Sale Now: Special Early-Bird and Group Rates Available

Interactive TV application development company, Ensequence, said Monday that shopping channel, QVC, has tapped its Ensequence Managed Services Group and its iTV Manager Programmer Edition technology to develop an EBIF-based, bound, tcommerce application (note: Ensequence also developed an EBIF version of rival HSN's tcommerce app, Shop by Remote--see the article published on itvt.com, December 3rd; Shop by Remote, which launched nearly four years ago, is currently available on Comcast, Oceanic Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS TV and D

Canadian broadcaster, Citytv, contacted [itvt] Wednesday to let us know about an interactive TV competition it is conducting around the reality TV show, "Hell's Kitchen." During the May 7th and May 14th episodes of the show, Citytv will display a special image at the bottom left-hand corner of the screen throughout the broadcast. Viewers will be invited to go to a dedicated "Hell's Kitchen" page on Citytv's Web site, identify the image from a series of choices presented through a drop-down menu, and submit their answer through an online form.