Interactive TV Headlines Round-Up (V) 1/24/17: Sling Media, Sling TV, Studio71, MGM, Tegna, ThinkAnalytics, THX, TiVo, Tru Optik, Turner, Twitter, Dick Clark Productions, Rooster Teeth, Go90

January 23, 2017

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 NYC 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.

Report: Sling Media Ceases Manufacturing Slingbox
Sling TV Launches "Optimized for Sling TV" Device-Certification Program
SPI/FilmBox Launches Bundle of International Channels on Sling TV
Sling TV Launches Fandor Festival, More Starz Channels (December 14th)
Sling TV Launches New UI on Amazon Fire (December 2nd)
Sling TV Launches Cloud DVR Beta Program (November 29th)
France's TF1 Group and Italy's Mediaset Invest $56+ Million in ProSiebenSat.1-Owned MCN, Studio71
MGM and Station Group, Tegna Media, Team on Live, Interactive, Multiplatform Show, "BOLD" ("Broadcast Online Live Daily")
ThinkAnalytics Launches ThinkMarketing Suite of Marketing-Oriented Dashboards and Consoles, Integrated with its Search and Recommendations Engine; Billed as "Giv[ing] Pay-TV Operators and OTT Players a Unified View of the Performance of Campaigns and KPI's, and an Integrated Platform from Which to Manage...Recommendations, Analytics and Editorial Programs"
THX Teams with Conviva on Audio and Video Streaming Quality Certification Program
TiVo in Deal to Distribute Frequency's Online Video Service via its Retail and Pay-TV Platforms
TiVo Launches Audience Management Platform (AMP), Billed as "a Data-Agnostic System that Enables Revenue Management Executives, Media Planners and Service Providers to Increase Profitability through More Precise, Data-Driven Audience Targeting and More Effective Ad-Inventory Allocation"
India's RJMPL Taps TiVo's CubiTV to Power its HD and 4K STB's
TiVo Signs Long-Term OTT Intellectual Property License with HBO
TiVo Shows Off New "Hydra" User Interface that Stresses Personalized Recommendations
TiVo Updates its Amazon Video App
Philips to Offer TiVo-Powered DVR
Judge Blocks TiVo Research and Analytics' Claim for Damages from Kantar Media
Tru Optik Launches Audience Monetization Platform (AMP), Billed as "Combin[ing] Data-Management, Campaign-Activation and Audience-Measurement Capabilities to Enable Media Companies and Advertisers to Segment, Measure and Engage OTT Audiences with Unprecedented Accuracy and Reach"
NPD to Use Tru Optik's OTT Data to Better Understand Digital Demand for Movies and Video Games (December 15th)
Tru Optik Launches "OTT Data Cloud"; Offering "Provides Access to a Broad Range of Behavioral, Demographic and Purchase Data through Partnerships with Cross Pixel, Experian Marketing Services, Media Source Solutions, TargetSmart and V12 Group" (August 25th)
Turner Broadcasting Launches Turner Ignite Sports, Billed as an "In-House, Full-Service, Sports Marketing Agency for Clients"
Turner Ad Sales Names Mediavest Veteran, Christine Merrifield, SVP of Ad Sales Strategy and Monetization
Twitter Selected as Exclusive Live Streaming Distribution Platform for PGA Tour Live OTT Coverage in 2017
Twitter Teams with PBS to Live-Stream Trump Inauguration
2.7 Million Users View Twitter's Live Stream of the Golden Globes Red Carpet
Twitter in Red-Carpet Live-Streaming Deal with Dick Clark Productions
Twitter's Vine Shuts Down, Replaced by "Vine Camera" App
Twitter Launches Online Archive of Vine Videos
Report: Verizon Lays Off 155 Go90 Employees; Tasks Ex-Vessel Execs. with Rebuilding the Service
Rooster Teeth Develops Exclusive Series for Verizon Go90
Viaccess-Orca Acquires Finnish Mobile-Video App Company, BigHill
Viaccess-Orca Launches VR Solution (December 22nd):
Viaccess-Orca to Use Media Motive's M3µ Test Automation Platform for its Mobile and Web Apps