Interactive TV Headlines Round-Up (I): ActiveVideo, Aereo, Amazon, Antik, Audible Magic, BBC, Big Frame, Beachfront Media, Blip, My Damn Channel, Boxee, CBS Interactive, Charter, Cisco, Apalya

April 24, 2013

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been busy working on The TV of Tomorrow Show 2013 (June 25th-26th in San Francisco--special $300 discount on tickets ends midnight April 30th!), we are covering stories in this issue in headlines/round-up format.

Cloud-Based Interactive TV Specialist, ActiveVideo Networks, Names Ronald Brockmann CTO
Controversial TV-Placeshifting Service, Aereo, Announces Boston Roll-Out
Broadcasters Appeal Ruling by Panel of Second Circuit Court of Appeals that Aereo's Streaming of their Signals Does not Violate their Copyright
Amazon Invites Amazon Prime and Lovefilm Users to Vote on which of 14 Comedy and Children's Pilots Should Be Made into Full Series; Claims Initiative Is already Proving Successful
Report: Amazon Planning to Launch OTT Set-Top Box; Device Is Being Developed at Company's Lab126 Division
Antik Technology Unveils New Juice Mini II Hybrid Set-Top Box, Powered by STMicrosystems' Liege STiH207 Chipset
Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) Specialist, Audible Magic, Awarded Six New Patents--Including Patent for Technology that Automatically Identifies TV Advertising
For First Time, BBC iPlayer Sees More Requests on Tablets than Mobiles
BBC's EVP of Digital, Robert Nashak, Casts Light on Corporation's Transmedia and Xbox Plans
BBC Releases Red-Button Interactive TV Schedule through April 27th
YouTube Programming and Talent Company, Big Frame, Selects Beachfront Media's Video App Platform to Distribute its Content across Smartphones, Tablets and Connected TV's
Digital Network Blip in Strategic Production and Sales Partnership with My Damn Channel
Blip Partners with Producer, Michael Uslan ("The Dark Knight"), on Original Web Series, "The Great S. Cape"
Deal with Virgin Produced Brings Blip Original Programming to Virgin America and Virgin Australia Passengers
FremantleMedia North America Ends Exclusive Distribution and Ad-Sales Deal with YouTube for "The Pet Collective," Switches to Blip
Boxee Launches its Cloud DVR Service in SF Bay Area
CBSSports.com and CBS Mobile App to Offer "Extensive" Interactive Second-Screen Experience for 2013 Draft
FCC Grants Charter Communications Two-Year Set-Top Waiver, Enabling it to Deploy Downloadable Security
Cisco Enhances its Videoscape Architecture in India via Integration of Apalya Technologies' Video-Delivery Platform