Interactive TV Headlines Round-Up 2/17/15 (II): PGA Tour, Bedrocket, BitTorrent, BlackArrow, Bravo, Brightcove, Canoe, CBS, Charter, CIMM, Cinemacraft, Cisco, Disney, Comcast

February 16, 2015

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been busy working on The TV of Tomorrow Show 2015 (June 23rd-24th in San Francisco--purchase your Super Early-Bird tickets here!), we are covering stories in this issue in headlines/round-up format:

PGA Tour Teams with Bedrocket to Launch Internet Video Network, Skratch TV; Service, which Targets Younger Viewers, Will Offer Original and Curated Programming, PGA Tour Highlights and Event Coverage, across a Range of Online Video and Social Media Platforms
Bedrocket Raises $15 Million (September 4th)
BitTorrent in Exclusive Partnership with Rapid Eye Studios to Identify, Produce and Distribute Original Video Content for New "BitTorrent Originals" Offering
BlackArrow Deploys Dynamic Ad Insertion for VOD on Tablets, Smartphones and other Internet-Connected Devices; Time Warner Cable, which Has already Deployed Company's Tech for its Traditional VOD and Linear-over-IP Platforms, Is First Company to Use New Solution
BlackArrow Names Ex-Cisco/NDS Executive, Paul Ranger, VP of Sales
UK Cable Operator, Virgin Media, Deploys BlackArrow VOD and Multiscreen Advanced-Advertising Solutions (December 2nd)
Nick Troiano Replaces Dean Denhart as BlackArrow CEO (November 25th)
Bravo Using LinkedIn for Social Contest Promoting Business-Focused Reality Series, "Best New Restaurant"
Brightcove Trumpets "Broad Support from the Video Ecosystem" for its New Brightcove Player; Partners Include Adobe Analytics, Adways, Akamai, AOL Platforms, Chartbeat, comScore, Conviva, DoubleClick, FreeWheel, Google Analytics, IRIS.TV, LiveRail, Mediametrie, Nice People at Work, Nielsen, SpotXchange, Videoplaza, and YuMe
Brightcove Names Neil Lieberman CMO
Brightcove Reports Higher Revenues, Losses
Malaysia's MCIL Multimedia Taps Brightcove to Power Video for News Site, Pocketimes.my, and Ecommerce Site, LogOn.com.my (December 9th)
Brightcove in Online Video Deals with Indonesia's Okezone (November 4th), Philippines' ABS-CBN UAAPsports.tv (October 29th), and Singapore's ONE Fighting Championship (October 27th)
Cable-Backed Advanced-Advertising Technology Company, Canoe, Releases "2014 VOD Viewed Ad Impression 2014 Year-End Report"; Highlights Include: 20%+ Growth in Each Quarter of 2014; "Vast Majority" of Viewed Ad Impressions Occurring in Mid-Roll Positions; Saturday and Sunday Seeing More Views than other Days; 1,900+ Campaigns Run through the Platform; Canoe DAI-for-VOD Available in 32 Million Digital Cable Homes in 29 of the Top-30 DMA's; 50+ Canoe-Enabled TV Networks; 70+ Networks "in the On-Boarding Process"
Canoe Serves its 10 Billionth Ad Impression (November 10th)
CBS and The Recording Academy Offer Grammys Telecast OTT via CBS All Access Subscription Service; First Time Available Online; "Grammy Live" Second-Screen Experience also Available on the Platform
CEO Moonves Says CBS Has Reached a Streaming Deal with an Unnamed SVOD Company
CEO Moonves Says CBS Succeeding in Convincing Advertisers to Pay for C7 Commercial Views
UK's Channel 5 Commissions Two Series Based on User-Generated Content
Charter Tells FCC it Will Soon Conduct Tests of STB's with New Downloadable Security System
Report: Viewership of Children's Cable TV Networks Falls Dramatically, due to Competition from OTT Alternatives
Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom Selects Envivio to Power Trial of 4K HEVC Streaming Service
Cinedigm and TV4 Entertainment Partner to Develop and Launch Niche OTT Channels
Tokyo-Based Provider of Interactive Video Embed Technology, Cinemacraft, Raises $3.9 Million in Series-A Funding Round
Cisco Visual Networking Index Predicts Nearly 10-Fold Growth in Mobile Data Traffic over Next 5 Years; Finds Mobile Video Will Represent 72% of Global Mobile Data Traffic by 2019
CEO Iger: "There Is Definitely an Opportunity" for Disney to Offer ESPN and Other Brands as Unbundled OTT Services, but Company Doesn't Want to Be "Precipitous"; Mentions Marvel and "Star Wars" as Possible Candidates for OTT Services
Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM) Unveils 2015 Roadmap, Promotes Managing Director, Jane Clarke, to CEO
Comcast Rolls Out Updates to its X1 Platform to Facilitate "Simpler Navigation and Content Selection"
Comcast Rolls Out Live TV Buffering on its X1 Platform's Xi3 IP Set-Top Box