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Interactive TV News Round-Up (IV): ES3, Pelmorex, Microsoft, Playcast, Bouygues Telecom, Revision3

January 24, 2012
--ES3, Pelmorex Launch The Weather Channel/MeteoMedia App for Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV Platform
--Playcast Powers Cloud-Based Interactive TV Games Service for Bouygues Telecom
--Revision3's New HTML5 Player Already Carrying 10% of Company's Video Views
Due to the large volume of news generated by the recent 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format. We anticipate that it will take us several more days to process all the news from the show: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't yet see your news covered in this issue, please bear with...

Video-Games-on-TV Company, Playcast, Partners with Game Controller Specialist, Playfect

June 29, 2010
Playcast Media --a start-up with offices in Israel and London that offers a games-on-demand system which it says allows consumers to play modern, high-end video games on their existing cable or IPTV set-top box, using a game pad or controller, without lags or latency (note: the company was founded by two Harmonic veterans--Guy de Beer, who previously managed that company's VOD product lines, and Natan Peterfreund, who was previously its principal scientist and who is...

Games-on-Demand Company, Playcast, Signs MOU with Portuguese Pay-TV Operator

May 26, 2010
Playcast Media , a start-up with offices in Israel and London that was founded by two Harmonic veterans--Guy De Beer, who previously managed that company's VOD product lines, and Natan Peterfreund, who was previously its principal scientist and who is one of the originators of the H.264 compression standard--has signed an MOU with a large Portuguese pay-TV operator whose identity the company has not disclosed, the Israeli business news service, Globes, reported late Wednesday.
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OTT Specialist, Roku, in Multi-Year Deal with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)

May 16, 2010
--Two New Subscription-Based Channels--Kung Fu Theater and Cowboy Classics--also Launch on Roku
--Sony Teams with FIFA to Stream World Cup Programming on Bravia Connected TV Devices in Europe
--Playcast's Games-On-Demand System Now Supports HD
--Netflix Now Supporting Instant Streaming of HD Titles to PC's and Macs
OTT specialist, Roku , and pay-per-view event provider, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) , announced a multi-year deal, late Sunday, that will see all major UFC events featured on Roku, starting with the May 29th UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans PPV event from the MGM Grand Garden Arena. "We are always looking at the latest technology and the newest ways to bring the UFC experience to our fans," UFC president, Dana White, said in a prepared...