Interactive TV Headlines Round-Up 9/1/15 (VI): Sky, Sling TV, Comcast, Snapchat, Sony PlayStation Vue, Starz, Synacor, Civolution, Teletrax, TiVo, Tremor Video, TubeMogul, Teads, comScore

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been busy working on TVOT NYC 2015 (December 3rd at the SVA Theatre in New York City--purchase your Super-Early-Bird tickets here!), we are covering stories in this issue in headlines/round-up format:

• Sky Rolls Out New Features for Sky Movies on its Sky+ Connected-TV Platform
• Sky Rolls Out Updates to its NOW TV OTT Service (June 16th)
• Sky Significantly Increases Line-Up of Children's Content on its On-Demand Service (May 21st)
• Report: Sky Set to Launch "SkyQ" Hybrid Set-Top Box that Will Offer "Apple- and Netflix-Style Experience"
• Comcast Refuses to Air Sling TV Ads on NBC Owned-and-Operated Stations; Sling TV CEO, Roger Lynch, Responds in Video
• Sling TV Experiences Glitches during "Fear the Walking Dead" Premiere
• BuzzFeed and iHeartRadio Added to, Yahoo and Warner Music Group Removed from Snapchat Discover; Reshuffle Appears to Increase Traffic
• Snapchat Powers Social TV for Fox News Republican Primary Debate, Powers Social-Media Promotion for Disney XD's "The Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything"
• Snapchat Names Ex-Fullscreen Exec., James Veraldi, Head of Strategy and Partnerships for its Discover Service
• Sony's PlayStation Vue Virtual MVPD Service Launches in Dallas and Miami
• Fox Soccer Plus Now Available on PlayStation Vue
• Redesign of Sony's Crackle OTT Service Aims to Replicate Elements of Linear TV Experience
• Standard Media Index (SMI): Advertisers Shifted $1.5 Billion from TV to Digital YoY
• CEO Albrecht: Starz Evaluating Direct-to-Consumer Offering
• Starz' Encore Play "TV Everywhere" Service Adds Support for Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick
• Starz Encourages TVE and VOD Binge-Viewing of "Da Vinci's Demons" and "Flesh and Bone"
• Starz Play TVE Service Adds Support for Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick (June 19th)
• Synacor Expands Relationship with Windstream via New Deal that Includes its Next-Gen Portal and its Search and Discovery Metadata Platform for Multiscreen TV
• Synacor Reports Higher Revenues, Lower Losses
• TDG: Internet Set-Top Boxes Now Present in 21% of US Broadband Homes, Representing a 63% Year-over-Year Increase
• 4C Acquires Teletrax from Civolution; Says Teletrax' TV Analytics and Cross-Screen Ad-Synchronization Capabilities Will Complement its Social Advertising and TV Measurement and Planning Software; Civolution Will Now Focus on its Nexguard Forensic Watermarking Business
• Teletrax Launches Analytics Tool for TV-Synched Ad Campaigns (June 24th)
• Teletrax Renews Broadcasting Monitoring Deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution (June 16th)
• Teletrax Integrates Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings to Enable Advertisers to Programmatically Reach TV Audiences on Second Screens (May 11th)
• Media iQ Integrates Teletrax' TV-Synched Ads Solution into its AiQ Platform to Power its TV Sync Offering (May 6th)
• Report: TiVo "Bolt" to Replace Roamio; Clears FCC
• Tremor Video Launches Real-Time Video Supply-Side Platform (SSP) Reporting
• Tremor Video Enters APAC Advertising Market via Acquisition of Programmatic Video Advertising Solutions Provider, TVN
• TubeMogul in Programmatic Video Advertising Partnership with Teads
• TubeMogul Reports 50% Increase in Revenue; CEO Brett Wilson: "Revenue from Our Expansion into Programmatic TV Contributed to Our Outperformance in Q2 and We Are Excited to Begin Offering Brand Advertisers Cross-Screen Planning and Buying, with TV as the Centerpiece of this Effort"
• TubeMogul Trumpets Success of Client Certification Program
• TubeMogul Seeks to Boost Cross-Channel Capabilities via Launch of Display Ad Formats
• MyWebGrocer Consolidates Video Advertising on TubeMogul's Platform
• TubeMogul Opens D.C. Office, Taps Matthew Dybwad to Head Political and Public Affairs Advertising
• TubeMogul Taps Hirotada Kondo to Head Japan Operations
• TubeMogul's Demand-Side Programmatic-Video Solution Integrated with placemedia's Supply-Side Platform
• TubeMogul Publishes "Mobile Cheat Sheets Outlining Comprehensive Data that Breaks down Completion Rates for Video Ads According to Device, Video Length and Time-of-Day"
• TubeMogul Integrates comScore validated Campaign Essentials (vCE) into its Programmatic Platform in Asia-Pacific Region (June 8th)
• TubeMogul Teams with IPG Mediabrands' Cadreon to Build Custom Advanced-TV-Buying Automation Platform (May 11th)
• TubeMogul in Video-Advertising Partnership with London-Based Agency, Essence (May 8th)
• TubeMogul Named Exclusive Video Advertising Partner by Vancouver Agency, Wasserman + Partners (May 5th)
• Hill Holiday Names TubeMogul Preferred Video Advertising Partner (April 30th)