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Following multiple requests for more time to submit nominations for the 17 th Annual Awards for Leadership in Interactive and Multiplatform Television , we have extended the deadline to midnight this Friday, August 7th . The winners of the Awards will be announced throughout the two days of our upcoming virtual show, TVOT Leadership Congress 2020 (September 9 th and 10 th ), as well as at the show’s opening party/networking event, which will take...

Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor , in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry. Pay attention: this is good stuff. This week's Friday Fireside features Jo Kinsella, President of TVSquared , the global omni-channel attribution and measurement firm. Jo discusses their recent deal with Sky, her belief that Covid-19 has focused the television industry on ROI, and the possibility that the retreat from bricks-and-mortar retail (in favor of virtual) could...

VIDEO EXAMPLES included ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Tom Shelburne, Director of Sales and Business Strategy at Pixotope , a mixed-reality company that has generated quite a bit of buzz in recent days, due to the digitally rendered crowds it has created for F ox Sports’ broadcasts of Major League Baseball . Among other things, he...

ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Stefan Lederer, Co-Founder and CEO of online video infrastructure provider, Bitmovin, discussing the company’s platform, the rapidly evolving market in which it operates, how to build an effective, engaging and reliable livestreaming experience, emerging opportunities, and the company’s roadmap going forward. (Note: We will be producing our first virtual TVOT show,...

Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry. This week’s HIGHLY enjoyable Friday Fireside features Adriana Waterston, SVP of Insights and Strategy for Green Horizons Insights, a division of Horowitz Research. Adriana will share highlights from their study, “Cultivating the Cannabis Market,” which reveals that 39% of US adults--82 million people—are regular cannabis users! And, as promised in the interview, following is Alice B. Toklas’...

ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Todd Achilles, President and CEO of Edge Networks , a company that will be launching an ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV)-powered pay-TV service, called Evoca, in Boise, Idaho, later this summer. The service is slated to offer over 80 live channels for less than $50 per month, and to feature HD and...