Interactive TV Headlines Round-Up (VI): Scripps Networks Interactive, ulive, SeaChange, TiVo, Rovi, Sensio, Shazam, "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Simple.tv, Sky, Sling Media, Simulmedia, TRA, Sofia Digital

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been busy working on TVOT NYC 2013 (December 11th in New York City), we are covering stories in this issue in headlines/round-up format:

•  Scripps Networks Interactive Launches Broadband Video Service, ulive; Service, which Is Free to Anyone (Not Just Authenticated Pay-TV Subscribers), Offers Videos from all Scripps Channels, Plus 70+ New, Original Series; Ford Motor Company Is Service's Launch Partner
• Report: TiVo, Rovi Interested in Acquiring SeaChange International
• Sensio in Licensing Deal to Offer 3D Movies from Universal Studios on its 3DGO! VOD Service
• Second-Screen/ACR Company, Shazam, in Partnership with "Jimmy Kimmel Live"
• Shazam Tapped to Bring Interactivity to Ad Council's Campaign for FEMA's "Ready Kids" Initiative
• Shazam Updates App Look-and-Feel for iOS7
• Simple.tv Announces Android and Chromecast Apps, Support for DLNA
• Sky Adds More Titles to its TV Box Set Service and More Channels to its Catch Up TV Service
• Sky Updates Search Functionality of its Sky+ HD Set-Top Box; New Capabilities Include "Technology that Collates Results Based on Real-Time Searches across the Nation, [which] Means Customers Can Expect the Most Recent and On-Trend Suggestions at the Top of their Searches"
• Sling Media Launches Slingbox 350 TV-Placeshifting Set-Top Box in UK and Scandinavia
• Targeted TV Advertising Specialist, Simulmedia, Becomes First Company to Launch Guaranteed Ad Campaigns Using Purchase Data from TiVo Research and Analytics (TRA)
• Hungarian Telco, Antenna Hungaria, to Use Sofia Digital's Sofia Backstage HbbTV Platform to Power HbbTV Trial; Trial Will Feature Range of Red-Button Interactive TV Apps (September 13th)

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