Interactive TV Headlines Round-Up (V) 8/19/16: Verizon, Vevo, VideoAmp, Videology, AdMore, Virgin Media, VR (MIT, NextVR, Jaunt, Visionary VR, Samsung), Vubiquity, Watchup, Yahoo, Hulu, YouTube, Zype

August 18, 2016

As most of you are probably aware, [itvt]'s news round-ups were on hiatus for a couple of months, because our editorial team was working on TVOT SF 2016 and then taking a post-event break. We expect it will take us a few weeks to catch up with all recent developments (note: we have marked older stories with the date they originally broke), 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.

Verizon Digital Media Services Teams with Airtel to Launch 4 New Points of Presence in India
WSJ: Advertisers so far Disappointed in--but Media Partners Pleased with--Verizon's go90 Service
Vevo in Music Video Distribution Deal with Warner Music Group
VideoAmp Launches "Advanced Television" Ad Buying Platform for "Automating Using Data for the Purchase and Measurement of Video Campaigns Running across On-Demand and Linear-TV Channels"; FreeWheel, WideOrbit, SpotX, TubiTV to Supply Broadcast TV, Premium OTT, Digital Long Form and Live Stream, and STB VOD Inventory; Mediavest/Spark, Varick Media Management, Swirl Will Be Beta Agencies
Programmatic Advertising Specialist, Varick Media Management, Integrates with VideoAmp's Video DSP for Cross-Screen Campaigns (July 26th)
VideoAmp Names Michael Parkes Chief Revenue Officer (July 6th)
VideoAmp Names Ex-Vizio Exec, Nick Chakalos, VP of Global TV and Data Partnerships (March 9th)
Converged TV and Video Advertising Specialist, Videology, Announces "Significant Improvements" in its Ability to Use Predictive Video Targeting
Videology Report on Canadian Video-Advertising Market Sees Advertisers Embracing Cross-Screen Campaigns
Videology Report on US Video-Advertising Market Sees "Real Movement in the Use of Data and Technology for Advancing TV-Advertising Efficiencies"
Videology Integrates with Clearcast to Offer Real-Time Ad-Clearance Solution
Videology Report on UK Video-Advertising Market Finds that View Through Rate Is Priority for Advertisers and Agencies (July 19th)
Videology Appoints Ex-Mediacom Exec, Jayesh Rajdev, to Lead Brand Solutions in UK (July 18th)
Videology Publishes "Knowledge Lab" on Advanced Linear-TV Advertising (July 5th)
Videology in Programmatic Partnership with AdMore (June 29th)
Videology-Commissioned Study Explores "the True Emotional Impact of Video Advertising, beyond Standard Usage Statistics and Viewability Scores" (June 8th)
Videology to Integrate Rogers Media's Linear-TV Inventory into its DETV Software to Enable "Programmatic Access and the Ability to Leverage Data for Advanced Targeting Capabilities" (June 8th)
Videology to Power Cross-Platform Programmatic TV and Video Advertising for Bell Media (June 6th)
Videology Says Its Platform Has Blocked 28 Billion+ Fraudulent Bot Requests since Integrating with White Ops in May of Last Year (May 17th)
Videology Expands its Integration of Nielsen Data to Enable Users "to Transact across TV and Video with Single Audience View" (April 21st)
Videology Partners with China's Xtrader to Launch Premium Video Ad Exchange Platform (April 5th)
Videology Launches "Videology Labs" Industry-Education and Client-Collaboration Portal (March 17th)
UK Cable Operator, Virgin Media, Offers Sneak Peak of its Next-Gen, TiVo-Powered STB, the Virgin V6; Will Support 4K and Multiple OTT Apps
Virgin Media Rolls Out Major Update for its TiVo Platform; New Features Include "Series Link+," Billed as Allowing Customers to "Pull Together More of the TV They Love into One Place--from Live TV Channels, On-Demand, and Online Services Like Netflix and BBC iPlayer"
MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Unveils "Interactive Dynamic Video" to Speed Up VR/AR Creation
Start-Up Visionary VR Launches "Mindshow" Platform, Billed as "a World Where Anyone Can Be Their Own Movie Studio"
Live VR Specialist, NextVR, Raises $80 Million; Plans Expansion in Asia, Other International Markets
Viceland-Produced 360-Degree US Basketball Documentary Launches on Samsung Gear VR Platform
"Cinematic VR" Company, Jaunt, Launches Jaunt Publishing, Billed as "a Program that Allows the Growing Community of Professional VR Creators to Publish their High-Quality VR Content Directly to the Jaunt VR App"
Vubiquity Secures Exclusive Multi-Year Extension of its Wholesale Content-Supply Chain Contract with Sky
Watchup Launches New Version of its Streaming News App
Yahoo Launches "Yahoo View" Ad-Supported Social TV-Watching Site; Will Be "Preferred Partner of Hulu for Full-Length Television Shows and Movies"
YouTube Space Opens in London
YouTube Content Chief, Daniels, Pushes Back against TV's Multiplatform Measurement Efforts
YouTube's Daniels: YouTube Red Subscriptions Exceeding Expectations, Company "All In On Original Content"
Google Migrating Hangouts On Air from Google+ to YouTube Live
Google Releases Data on How Hispanic Consumers Engage with YouTube
Google Sends 15 YouTube Stars to Rio to Live-Stream Olympics
Google Says It Has Now Extended Encryption via HTTPS to 97% of YouTube's Traffic
Disney Launches YouTube Travel and Fashion Series, "Destination: Disney Style"
YouTube Teams with BBC, NHK and Multiple Other Broadcasters to Offer Olympics Highlights Coverage
UK comedian John Cleese Launches YouTube Channel
YouTube Integrates its YouTube Kids App with its YouTube Red Subscription Service
OTT Cloud Video Distribution Company, Zype, Raises $2 Million; Company Initially Raised $1.6 Million Last October; Claims Significant Revenue and Customer Growth