Interactive TV Headlines Round-Up 7/24/15 (II)

July 23, 2015

Cablevision, Hulu, Canoe, Magid, Kabillion, Music Choice, Broadway Systems, CBS All Access, CeeLo Green, CNN, Collective Digital Studio, Comcast, EA

As most of you are probably aware, [itvt]'s daily news reporting was on hiatus for several weeks, because our editorial team was working on TVOT SF 2015 and then taking a post-event break. In order to catch up with the news we missed during that period, we are covering stories in headlines/round-up format (note: we have marked older stories with the date they originally broke). We expect it will take us a few weeks to catch up with all recent developments, so if you have sent us a press release or briefed us about a piece of news, and don't yet see it covered here, please bear with us.

Cablevision Awarded US Patent for Audience Measurement and Analytics System
Cablevision in Deal to Offer Hulu to its Optimum Customers (April 28th)
Cablevision Unveils Product Offerings Targeted at Cord-Cutters (April 23rd)
Canoe Reports 8% Quarter-to-Quarter Increase in DAI Impressions for Cable VOD in Q2; DAI Impressions Totaled 2.77 Billion for the Quarter
Canoe in VOD DAI Deal with Kabillion
Canoe in VOD DAI Deal with Music Choice (June 24th)
Canoe-Commissioned Study by Frank N. Magid Associates Finds that "Ads Viewed in a Network's Cable Free VOD Programming in the Day 4+ Window Have a Stronger Lift on Brand Metrics than those Viewed in General TV Advertising, which Includes Viewing on Live Programming, DVR and VOD Anytime" (May 5th)
Canoe-Powered VOD DAI Impressions Totaled 2.56 Billion in Q1 (April 23rd)
Broadway Systems Partners with Canoe to Offer Dynamic VOD Advertising Management in Broadway Tools (April 9th)
CBS OTT Service, CBS All Access, Expands its Live Local Feeds to 75% of the US, via Deals with Media General, Scripps, Sinclair and Other Affiliate Groups
New Music Video from CeeLo Green Offers Interactivity via Google Search
CNN.com Generates 212 Video Streams in June, Beating all Competitors Including Buzzfeed and Yahoo
ProSiebenSat.1 Acquires YouTube MCN, Collective Digital Studio; Merges it with its own Web Video Arm, Studio71; Combined Company Will Be Called Collective Studio71
Comcast Beta-Launches "Stream" Internet-TV Service for Xfinity Internet Customers; Will Offer HBO and Major Broadcast Networks, plus Cloud DVR, for $15 per Month; Will Only Be Available in the Home
Comcast Teams with EA to Bring Gaming to TV
Comcast Unlocks Sixth Tuner in its X1 DVR's
Comcast Rolls out X1 Updates, Including Pre-Order, Revamped Video Toolbar
Comcast Launches X1 Screen-Sharing Tool, "Co-Pilot"
Comcast Launches Open Source Testing Tools to Encourage Innovation on its STB's
Comcast Adds "Baseball Extras" to its X1 Sports App (June 29th)
Comcast Rolls out X1 Updates (June 11th)
Comcast Names Chris Satchell EVP and Chief Product Officer (June 2nd)
Comcast Customers Gain Access to HBO Go, Showtime Anytime on Amazon Fire TV Devices (May 20th)
Comcast Rolls Out X1 Updates (May 15th)
Comcast Teams with Texas Instruments on Voice-Enabled Remote (May 5th)
Comcast Launches X1 "Kids Zone" (May 5th)
Comcast Launches WebRTC-Powered "Xfinity Share," Allowing Xfinity Customers to "Live Stream Videos over the Internet from their Phones Directly to X1-Enabled Televisions" (May 4th)
Mobile Viewing Up 64% for Comcast's Third Annual Watchathon Binge-Viewing Promotion (April 22nd)
Comcast Launches Remote-Control/Content-Discovery App for Apple Watch (April 21st)
Comcast Rolls Out X1 Updates (April 7th)